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New Yorker charged with providing "sniffer" trojan for TJX hack

New Yorker charged with providing "sniffer" trojan for TJX hack

The trojan used to "sniff" the credit card information of millions of TJX shoppers was provided by a 25-year-old New York man, who has been charged with conspiracy.
Dan Kaplan Nov 5 2008 9:45AM Security
Microsoft: Flaws down but malware on the rise

Microsoft: Flaws down but malware on the rise

The amount of malware is increasing, and vulnerabilities are more likely to be found in applications than operating systems, according to the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report.
Dan Kaplan Nov 5 2008 9:45AM Security
New worm exploiting Microsoft vulnerability

New worm exploiting Microsoft vulnerability

A worm, exploiting the emergency Microsoft patch, turns infected computers into bots that can launch DDoS attacks.
Angela Moscaritolo Nov 5 2008 9:45AM Security
Intel dumps VMware shares

Intel dumps VMware shares

Intel Capital is to flog some 3.75 million of the 9.5 million shares it holds in virtualisation outfit VMware, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing reveals.
Paul Hales Nov 5 2008 6:22AM Software
Wrap rage cured with frustration free packaging

Wrap rage cured with frustration free packaging

If you suffer from 'Wrap-Rage', Amazon believes it has just the thing to cure you. The online retail giant has just launched 'Frustration-Free Packaging' to avoid punters ripping their hands to shreds as they wrestle with impenetrable plastic clamshells.
Sylvie Barak Nov 5 2008 6:22AM Hardware
Google and Yahoo propose new search deal

Google and Yahoo propose new search deal

The US Department of Justice has received details of a new version of the proposed advertising search deal between Google and Yahoo, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 5 2008 6:14AM Software
Gartner reports slowdown in SOA adoption

Gartner reports slowdown in SOA adoption

A growing number of firms are deferring or shelving plans for service-oriented architecture (SOA) implementations because of a lack of skills and expertise, or because the business case does not add up, according to new research from Gartner.
Phil Muncaster Nov 5 2008 6:14AM Software
Sydney Airport models passenger value

Sydney Airport models passenger value

Sydney Airport can now calculate how much passengers spend on airport services each month and the most profitable segments after ‘systematising’ a model developed by management consultancy LEK earlier this year.
Ry Crozier Nov 5 2008 6:00AM Software
Fastest desktop in the world launched

Fastest desktop in the world launched

Lewis Hamilton wasn't the only Brit setting records for speed today as UK retailer Yoyo Tech unveiled the world’s fastest desktop PC, unceremoniously shoving the two time winning 8-core SUN UltraSPARC system from its throne.
Sylvie Barak Nov 4 2008 4:03PM Hardware
Sun announces Solaris and ZFS updates

Sun announces Solaris and ZFS updates

Solaris 10 10/08 offers enhancements in virtualisation and ZFS file system.
Daniel Robinson Nov 4 2008 3:55PM Software
iPhone 3G cuts Optus earnings forecast by $44m

iPhone 3G cuts Optus earnings forecast by $44m

iPhone 3G subsidies could reduce Optus’ EBITDA by approximately $44 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2008, according to documents filed by the SingTel Group today.
Staff Writers Nov 4 2008 3:45PM Telco/ISP
Data centre space pricing to rise

Data centre space pricing to rise

Data centre customers could find themselves forking out more for their space in 2009 as supply struggles to catch up with burgeoning demand in the sector.
Staff Writers Nov 4 2008 1:37PM Networking
Verizon builds new US$5 million network

Verizon builds new US$5 million network

Global infrastructure company Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has chosen Verizon Business to build and manage a secure Internet protocol (IP) communications network under a three-year, US$5 million agreement.
Staff Writers Nov 4 2008 1:22PM Security
Pay rises may take a dive

Pay rises may take a dive

Merit pay increases for next year may be as much as 25 percent less than previously thought as the economic crisis starts to bite, according to data released today.
Staff Writers Nov 4 2008 1:11PM Training & Development
New guide launched to beat the phishers

New guide launched to beat the phishers

The anti phishing working group (APWG) launched a new best practice guide for registrars today, aimed at making it more difficult for online criminals to register domains for purposes such as creating phishing sites.
Phil Muncaster Nov 4 2008 11:48AM Security
Websense identifies Halloween malware infections

Websense identifies Halloween malware infections

Halloween provided extra scares as some sites were compromised with malware.
SC Australia Staff Nov 4 2008 11:38AM Security
Telstra cans Terria debate

Telstra cans Terria debate

Telstra is at the centre of a new storm amid allegations that it pulled out of tomorrow’s NBN debate after a failed last-minute attempt to oust the Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) and Paul Budde from the Broadband World conference program.
Ry Crozier Nov 4 2008 11:12AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft claims success with Vista security

Microsoft claims success with Vista security

Microsoft has claimed in its fifth Security Intelligence Report that Windows Vista is giving hackers a much harder time.
Iain Thomson Nov 4 2008 11:01AM Security
Coffee company brings on the guilt trip

Coffee company brings on the guilt trip

We've all seen them, those moochers who sit with one cup of coffee in an internet café for hours using the Wi-Fi effectively for free – one company has now come up with an ingenious way of preventing this.
Emma Hughes Nov 4 2008 6:52AM Networking
Microsoft claims success with Vista security

Microsoft claims success with Vista security

Microsoft has claimed in its fifth Security Intelligence Report that Windows Vista is giving hackers a much harder time.
Iain Thomson Nov 4 2008 6:47AM Security

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