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Sony recalls 100,000 notebook batteries

Sony recalls 100,000 notebook batteries

Several of the world's best-known notebook manufacturers have issued recall notices for 100,000 Sony-made batteries because of fears they might overheat.
Nov 1 2008 9:48AM Hardware
Warning on Halloween web fraud

Warning on Halloween web fraud

Scammers are latching onto Halloween web sites as a method of spreading infectious code internet monitoring company Websense is warning.
Iain Thomson Nov 1 2008 9:48AM Security
Support fades for Australian net censorship

Support fades for Australian net censorship

The Australian government’s plans to censor all web content at the borders of the country looks in danger of coming unstuck.
Iain Thomson Oct 31 2008 3:13PM Telco/ISP
Ubuntu releases 8.10 update

Ubuntu releases 8.10 update

8.10, the latest edition of the Ubuntu Linux operating system has been released, adding "major features" according to Canonical.
Shaun Nichols Oct 31 2008 3:13PM Software
Google extends SLAs

Google extends SLAs

Google has said that it is extending the service level agreement (SLA) it offers to Premier Edition customers to all Gmail users.
Iain Thomson Oct 31 2008 3:13PM Software
Open Office gets security fixes

Open Office gets security fixes

A pair of security fixes have been posted for Open Office.
Shaun Nichols Oct 31 2008 3:13PM Security
ATO loses thousands of records on unencrypted CD

ATO loses thousands of records on unencrypted CD

The Australian Taxation Office lost an unencrypted CD containing thousands of personal details – and waited three weeks to inform those affected of the loss.
Kathryn Small Oct 31 2008 3:05PM Security
IEEE votes on updated low-power design standard

IEEE votes on updated low-power design standard

IEEE is set to vote on the unified power format (UPF) 2.0 low-power design standard for integrated circuits, signifying the draft standard is now stable.
Staff Writers Oct 31 2008 3:03PM Hardware
Sydney Water plans SOA to data warehouse bridge

Sydney Water plans SOA to data warehouse bridge

Sydney Water has embarked on a project to enable its SOA and data warehouse environments to share the same view of enterprise data.
Ry Crozier Oct 31 2008 3:02PM Storage
IT security policy enforcement struggles

IT security policy enforcement struggles

Companies are struggling to come to grips with the basics of vulnerability management, says Chris Schwartzbauer, vice president of development and customer operations at Shavlik Technologies.
Dan Raywood Oct 31 2008 10:47AM Security
Source of rogue malware tracked down

Source of rogue malware tracked down

The trail of bogus anti-virus software and the money it brings in leads to a software company in Russia, according to security researchers.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 31 2008 10:44AM Security
Opera Software fixes flaw with browser version 9.62

Opera Software fixes flaw with browser version 9.62

Nine days after version 9.61 was released, the newest browser version patches a major security flaw in the "history search" page.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 31 2008 10:31AM Security
Cybercrooks use Google name to spread Facebook worm

Cybercrooks use Google name to spread Facebook worm

Malware writers are leveraging the trusted Google name to launch a new wave of worm attacks against Facebook users, researchers said this week.
Dan Kaplan Oct 31 2008 10:29AM Security
Spammers exploit hosted services

Spammers exploit hosted services

The percentage of new web sites harbouring malware and other potentially unwanted programs has increased by almost 50 per cent this month, according to the latest figures from security firm MessageLabs released today.
Phil Muncaster Oct 31 2008 10:24AM Security
NSW Department of Corrective Services eyes-off local biometrics product

NSW Department of Corrective Services eyes-off local biometrics product

Australian biometrics specialist, Argus Solutions, has won an order from the NSW Department of Corrective Services (NSW DCS) for the supply of its identity management solution.
Lilia Guan Oct 31 2008 12:27AM Security
China's Evermore Office suite takes off

China's Evermore Office suite takes off

Chinese software vendor Evermore says individual downloads of its Office 2009 suite have taken off recently to reach 5.3 million units, local media in China reported Thursday.
Egan Orion Oct 31 2008 12:15AM Software
Microsoft shows off future technologies

Microsoft shows off future technologies

On the third day of Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference, Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research, showcased some of the projects the company is working on.
Daniel Robinson Oct 31 2008 12:10AM Software
Javascript to be next core malware language

Javascript to be next core malware language

The demand that the development of web 2.0 has placed on browsers to become more interactive and act as a portal rather than just a viewing platform is opening up new vulnerabilities to unsuspecting users, Itzik Kotler, team leader of the Security Operation Center at Radware, has warned.
Ian Williams Oct 31 2008 12:10AM Security
Alfresco makes collaboration simple

Alfresco makes collaboration simple

Open-source enterprise content management (ECM) vendor Alfresco has launched the latest version of its flagship product, designed to give customers more user-friendly document collaboration functionality.
Phil Muncaster Oct 31 2008 12:10AM Software
DSTO shows off two new Land Warfare robots

DSTO shows off two new Land Warfare robots

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) demonstrated two new robots at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane this week.
Staff Writers Oct 31 2008 12:03AM Hardware

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