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Contempt for hacker's autism defence

Contempt for hacker's autism defence

People like Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon often discover they have Asperger's Syndrome late in life. The UK government is more concerned that he discovered it late in his trial.
Mark Ballard Oct 16 2008 3:10PM Security
Nvidia introduces GeForce 9 series mGPUs

Nvidia introduces GeForce 9 series mGPUs

Nvidia introduces its new GeForce 9-Series mGPUs with the bombastic claim that “the integrated graphics motherboard as you know it is dead”, staking the claim that the integrated, single chip design will show game-changing performance of up to five times better than on Intel integrated graphics.
Sylvie Barak Oct 16 2008 3:10PM Hardware
Tiny IPv6-ready protocol stack created

Tiny IPv6-ready protocol stack created

Cisco, Atmel and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) have announced that they’ve built one of the smallest IPv6 stacks ever, and have open sourced it for general use.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 2:57PM Hardware
Netbook sales drive PC growth

Netbook sales drive PC growth

The latest figures from analyst house Gartner report that sales of PCs and x86 servers grew by 15 per cent from this time last year.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 2:57PM Hardware
Security industry falling behind hacking technology

Security industry falling behind hacking technology

The hacking community is outpacing the security industry and different sectors of the IT community need to work together more closely to close the gap warns a new report from the influential Georgia Tech Information Security Center's (GTISC).
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 2:57PM Security
McCain caught in DMCA flap

McCain caught in DMCA flap

Video-sharing site YouTube has declined to give special treatment to Republican presidential candidate John McCain over digital millenium copyright act (DMCA) claims.
Shaun Nichols Oct 16 2008 2:57PM Security
DSD approves ProtectDrive for government use

DSD approves ProtectDrive for government use

The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) has completed a security evaluation of SafeNet’s ProtectDrive, approving it for government security use.
Staff Writers Oct 16 2008 11:58AM Security
Terria confirms NBN bid without telco AAPT

Terria confirms NBN bid without telco AAPT

Terria has confirmed it will continue its bid for the national broadband network, despite AAPT’s withdrawal from the consortium today.
Staff Writers Oct 16 2008 11:37AM Telco/ISP
Malcolm Turnbull joins Twitter community

Malcolm Turnbull joins Twitter community

Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has joined the ranks of celebrities and influential tech leaders in getting a Twitter account -- and the results are surprisingly mundane.
Kathryn Small Oct 16 2008 10:57AM Software
MSN Messenger spam contains Trojan

MSN Messenger spam contains Trojan

A fake update claiming to be from MSN Messenger contains a malicious Trojan.
Dan Raywood Oct 16 2008 10:20AM Security
Study: Global information security improving, but far from perfect

Study: Global information security improving, but far from perfect

A global security study discusses what has improved around information security over the past year and where there is room for improvement.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 16 2008 10:15AM Security
New Zealander allegedly responsible for masterminding major spam network

New Zealander allegedly responsible for masterminding major spam network

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shut down what it claims was the world's largest network of spammers.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 9:56AM Security
Mobile phones are vulnerable to botnets

Mobile phones are vulnerable to botnets

Security researchers at Georgia Tech have determined that mobile phones are vulnerable to hacking attacks.
Aharon Etengoff Oct 16 2008 6:48AM Security
Dell teams with Red Hat on enterprise Linux

Dell teams with Red Hat on enterprise Linux

Red Hat and Dell have announced an alliance that will see the systems giant offer the new midrange Red Hat Application Appliance.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 6:40AM Hardware
HP boosts encryption for disk arrays and tapes

HP boosts encryption for disk arrays and tapes

HP has unveiled two new security features for its StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays, along with LTO-4 enterprise tape libraries.
Ian Williams Oct 16 2008 6:40AM Storage
Internet use boosts brain power

Internet use boosts brain power

Researchers have discovered that using the Internet can increase the power of your brain.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 6:40AM Strategy
NAB accused of dishonesty by social media commentators

NAB accused of dishonesty by social media commentators

NAB's latest social media experiment has been slammed by commentators and customers as 'dishonest and not-very clever' behaviour.
Kathryn Small Oct 16 2008 12:21AM Strategy
Telstra hammers ‘ramshackle’ Terria over funding

Telstra hammers ‘ramshackle’ Terria over funding

Telstra has come out swinging at the Terria consortium claiming it has no assets, money, plan or ‘intention of ever participating in the construction process for the National Broadband Network’.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2008 5:10PM Telco/ISP
NBN costs go down, not up

NBN costs go down, not up

Federal broadband minister Stephen Conroy has weighed in on suggestions of a cost blow-out for the National Broadband Network (NBN), suggesting the cost may in fact be lower than first thought.
Ry Crozier Oct 15 2008 3:45PM Telco/ISP
Intel says slowdown won’t harm technology

Intel says slowdown won’t harm technology

Intel has said it is prepared for an economic downturn and will not halt development of new processors.
Iain Thomson Oct 15 2008 3:37PM Hardware

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