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Wabbadabba offers prizes as you search

Wabbadabba offers prizes as you search

A new search engine has launched in the UK that lets users win prizes as they search.
Staff Writers Sep 21 2007 3:17PM Software
Botnets leapfrog DDoS attacks as top ISP threat

Botnets leapfrog DDoS attacks as top ISP threat

For the first time botnets have leapfrogged distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks as the top operational threat to internet service providers (ISPs), new figures suggest.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 19 2007 12:26AM Security
Intel touts virtualisation as the 'data centre OS'

Intel touts virtualisation as the 'data centre OS'

Virtualisation will enable a new "data centre operating system", according to Pat Gelsinger, Intel's senior vice president for enterprise systems.
Tom Sanders Sep 13 2007 7:04AM Software
Whirlpool in a legal spin as founder gets sued

Whirlpool in a legal spin as founder gets sued

Simon Wright, the founder of popular broadband discussion forum, Whirlpool, is being sued by accounting software firm 2Clix Australia for alleged "injurious falsehood".
Mitchell Bingemann Sep 12 2007 1:53PM Telco/ISP
Boffins tout bandwidth as global currency

Boffins tout bandwidth as global currency

An international team of computer scientists has proposed a next-generation e-commerce system that uses internet bandwidth as a global 'currency'.
Robert Jaques Aug 31 2007 7:16AM Telco/ISP
Spam campaign uses Northern Territory Library as bait

Spam campaign uses Northern Territory Library as bait

A spam email purporting to be legitimate news from the ‘Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’ is circulating across Australia and leading users to an infected website in Korea, experts at Sophos have warned.
Negar Salek Aug 24 2007 3:16PM Security
VeriSign founder Jim Bidzos returns as chairman

VeriSign founder Jim Bidzos returns as chairman

The game of musical chairs continues at leading domain registrar and certificate authority VeriSign, as the company announced late Tuesday that founder Jim Bidzos has taken the role of chairman of the board, replacing Edward Mueller.
Dan Kaplan Aug 23 2007 7:28AM Security
'Critical' Windows flaw revealed as nine Patch Tuesday fixes loom

'Critical' Windows flaw revealed as nine Patch Tuesday fixes loom

Microsoft announced Thursday that it will release nine patches — six of them deemed "critical" — on Tuesday, just a day after a vulnerability for Windows was revealed.
Frank Washkuch Aug 14 2007 12:13PM Security
NetAlert helps public libraries

NetAlert helps public libraries

Australian public libraries will receive free ISP security filtering to help protect users from online dangers.
Negar Salek Aug 10 2007 12:15PM Security
Black Hat attendees pick mobile threats as the next hot security topic

Black Hat attendees pick mobile threats as the next hot security topic

Mobile threats were considered the next major security issue by IT professionals who attended the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas last week, according to a survey released today by Symantec.
Frank Washkuch Aug 6 2007 9:59AM Security
Protecting the king, as well as the castle

Protecting the king, as well as the castle

A new type of threat has emerged that poses a significant risk to businesses - this threat is real. There are examples of it in the news. There are security experts who are warning against the risk. So why are most companies ignoring it?
Jim Doherty, Aug 2 2007 3:53PM Security
P2P slammed as 'new national security risk'

P2P slammed as 'new national security risk'

Peer to peer technology (P2P) has been described as the “new national security risk” by a retired general at a recent Government Reform Committee hearing.
Clement James Aug 2 2007 9:56AM Security
Boffins tout 3-D facial recognition as password replacement

Boffins tout 3-D facial recognition as password replacement

University of Houston team claims radically new approach to biometrics.
Robert Jaques Aug 2 2007 9:41AM Security
Mozilla releases two patches, including URI handling fix, as part of Firefox 2.0.0.6

Mozilla releases two patches, including URI handling fix, as part of Firefox 2.0.0.6

Mozilla patched a pair of flaws on Monday via its release of Firefox and Thunderbird versions 2.0.0.6.
Frank Washkuch Aug 1 2007 9:45AM Security
Worm 'proves' Macs as vulnerable as PCs

Worm 'proves' Macs as vulnerable as PCs

Anonymous hacker boasts of attack that can penetrate fully-patched Macs. An anonymous security researcher claims to have developed a worm capable of delivering a malicious payload to fully-patched Mac OS X systems.
Shaun Nichols Jul 19 2007 6:54AM Security
Salesforce stakes claim to 'platform as a service'

Salesforce stakes claim to 'platform as a service'

Users can develop new apps for Salesforce on-demand enterprise service.
Shaun Nichols Jul 18 2007 10:30AM Software
Trojan uses Hotmail and Yahoo as spam hosts

Trojan uses Hotmail and Yahoo as spam hosts

Scammers bypassing authentication systems.
Staff Writers Jul 9 2007 6:40AM Security
Reporter admits using Wikipedia as source

Reporter admits using Wikipedia as source

Japanese hack claims information was 'common knowledge'.
Simon Burns Jul 6 2007 8:10AM Software
Wii remote feels the force as light sabre

Wii remote feels the force as light sabre

Lucasfilm exec reveals Star Wars tie-in.
Matt Chapman Jul 3 2007 12:07PM Hardware
Canon emerges as green champion

Canon emerges as green champion

Amazon, eBay and Apple among worst performers in new survey.
Andrew Charlesworth Jun 25 2007 11:47AM Strategy

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