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Apple's MacBook Air hits the shelves

Apple's MacBook Air hits the shelves

Apple has started shipping its super-thin MacBook Air notebook in the UK.
Robert Jaques Feb 1 2008 2:26PM Hardware
Mobile phone reads text to the blind

Mobile phone reads text to the blind

A mobile handset released today is being touted as the smallest text-to-speech device ever created.
Staff Writers Jan 31 2008 3:29PM Hardware
Guest column: The Saas Trap - What you need to consider before moving to SAAS

Guest column: The Saas Trap - What you need to consider before moving to SAAS

Adoption of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) sales model is accelerating at a phenomenal rate in the region, changing the way vendors do business and the way organisations use software.
Paul K. Berger Jan 31 2008 3:11PM Software
Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source

Hardware vendors will follow the money to open source

The success of consumer IT products like the ASUS Eee PC will help provide the leverage needed to get hardware vendors on board with open source, according to Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief technologist for open source.
Sarah Stokely Jan 31 2008 1:07PM Software
Gaming away the Australian skills shortage

Gaming away the Australian skills shortage

With the 2008 harvest of high school graduates now in the bag, universities are reporting rising enrolment figures in the traditionally stark fields of science and engineering.
Liz Tay Jan 29 2008 3:31PM Training & Development
HP delivers the skinny on mobile thin client

HP delivers the skinny on mobile thin client

HP has launched three new thin client products, including the company's first mobile thin client, which aims to provide businesses with a simpler, cheaper and more secure and easily managed computing infrastructure..
Staff Writers Jan 28 2008 10:03PM Networking
Robot planes take to the skies

Robot planes take to the skies

New weather monitoring system cuts humans out of the loop.
Iain Thomson Jan 25 2008 3:08PM Hardware
Drive-by pharming attacks seen in the wild

Drive-by pharming attacks seen in the wild

The first drive-by pharming attacks have been spotted in the wild, researchers said this week.
Frank Washkuch Jan 24 2008 10:35AM Security
Focus on: The firewall

Focus on: The firewall

One of the most trusted security elements, it can nonetheless be misconfigured and play right into the hands of the hacker.
Staff Writers Jan 21 2008 2:30PM Security
Andreessen has his head in the clouds

Andreessen has his head in the clouds

The next great wave in computing will comprise hosted platforms and services, according to Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen..
Shaun Nichols Jan 21 2008 6:58AM Software
Boffins create the ultimate black

Boffins create the ultimate black

Scientists at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York have made black paint that absorbs light almost perfectly..
Iain Thomson Jan 18 2008 7:12AM Hardware
Excel exploit targets vulnerability in the wild

Excel exploit targets vulnerability in the wild

Microsoft this week warned Windows and Mac users that cyberattackers are remotely exploiting a flaw in Excel to take over computers.
Frank Washkuch Jan 17 2008 4:21PM Security
AI news reader brings academia to the real world

AI news reader brings academia to the real world

When he found himself staring at a screenful of irrelevant headlines in search of the few news stories of interest, Artificial Intelligence enthusiast Alex North decided that it was time to delegate the task to a machine.
Liz Tay Jan 17 2008 11:36AM Software
International police plan 'Server in the Sky'

International police plan 'Server in the Sky'

Police in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have announced plans for a database of international criminals that can be shared between countries..
Iain Thomson Jan 16 2008 7:07AM Security
Australian Fibre to the Home still on the table, says Conroy

Australian Fibre to the Home still on the table, says Conroy

Fibre to the Home proposals will be welcome among bids for Australia's national high speed fibre network, according to Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.
Adam Turner Jan 14 2008 11:26PM Telco/ISP
The Illusion of Privacy

The Illusion of Privacy

The public's idea of confidentiality is not compatible with the way their details are handled.
Tim Mather Jan 11 2008 2:52PM Security
Social media to rock the web in 2008

Social media to rock the web in 2008

2007 was widely touted as the year of social media, but analysts expect to see changes this year in the way social media is used and an increase in its effect on business..
Clement James Jan 9 2008 7:30AM Software
ACCC publishes exemption applications from Telstra

ACCC publishes exemption applications from Telstra

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published Telstra's exemption applications made in relation to its supply of the domestic transmission capacity service (DCTS) for tail-end and inter-exchange DTCS in CBD areas.
Staff Writers Jan 7 2008 1:29PM Telco/ISP
Review: SC Magazine picks the cream of the crop

Review: SC Magazine picks the cream of the crop

SC Magazine's technology experts have made their choices for the best products of 2007 from among the dozens of entries that were subjected to thorough group tests and reviews during the year.
Staff Writers Dec 21 2007 12:12PM Security
Roundup 2007: The year's top fives

Roundup 2007: The year's top fives

TOP 5 CYBERATTACKS:

1. The Storm Worm
What began as an email-spawned trojan attack using fake news stories to lure victims became the most widespread cyber-assault in recent memory. Still replicating, and exploiting a number of patched vulnerabilities, the botnet-fueled, socially engineered attack may make next year's list as well.
Staff Writers Dec 21 2007 11:43AM Security

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