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AMD co founder Ed Turney dies

AMD co founder Ed Turney dies

AMD co founder, Ed Turney, has died of brain cancer at his old age home in Cupertino, aged 79.
Sylvie Barak Oct 20 2008 6:52AM Hardware
VCs backing off of open source

VCs backing off of open source

Venture capital firms are pumping less money into open source companies, according to recent report.
Shaun Nichols Oct 20 2008 6:44AM Software
Teenage hacker charged for DDOS attack on Scientology

Teenage hacker charged for DDOS attack on Scientology

A teenager who took part in a distributed denial of service attack against the so-called church of Scientology has been charged.
Iain Thomson Oct 20 2008 6:44AM Security
Mozilla debuts mobile browser

Mozilla debuts mobile browser

Mozilla has released its first beta of a mobile version of its popular browser Firefox.
Iain Thomson Oct 20 2008 6:44AM Software
Open source licence violations manual published

Open source licence violations manual published

Dutch software engineer Armijn Hemel has just published a manual on how to detect violations of open source software.
Gijs Hillenius Oct 18 2008 10:28AM Software
NEC goes green with new business displays

NEC goes green with new business displays

NEC has introduced the first model in a new series of displays for business with a focus on image quality and environmental friendliness.
Daniel Robinson Oct 18 2008 10:23AM Hardware
Firms storing too much personal data

Firms storing too much personal data

A new type of intermediary is required to offer a secure way of storing and managing personal data, according to analyst firm Burton Group.
Madeline Bennett Oct 18 2008 10:23AM Security
Gmail outage irks IT administrators

Gmail outage irks IT administrators

IT administrators are being hassled by disgruntled staff who have found themselves cut off from Gmail with little explanation.
Iain Thomson Oct 18 2008 10:23AM Software
NBN ‘critical’ to resolving State backhaul complaints

NBN ‘critical’ to resolving State backhaul complaints

Two state government submissions to the regional telecommunications review led to the finding of ‘inadequate’ backhaul availability in regional Australia, the committee chair has revealed.
Ry Crozier Oct 18 2008 10:00AM Telco/ISP
FBI wipes out online credit card ring

FBI wipes out online credit card ring

The FBI has announced that it has concluded a two year investigation into an online market for stolen credit card data behind millions of dollars of fraud.
Iain Thomson Oct 17 2008 4:00PM Security
Early alarms over new Mac malware

Early alarms over new Mac malware

A new rogue security application for the Mac could be on the way, according to one industry executive.
Shaun Nichols Oct 17 2008 4:00PM Security
Schneier says quantum cryptography is “nearly useless”

Schneier says quantum cryptography is “nearly useless”

Deployment of networks protected by quantum cryptography is “nearly useless” for practical uses according to security expert Bruce Schneier.
Iain Thomson Oct 17 2008 4:00PM Security
Operating systems can't be secure, says Kaspersky

Operating systems can't be secure, says Kaspersky

Operating systems are inherently insecure and will remain that way in the future, according to Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Russian-based security vendor Kaspersky Lab.
Negar Salek Oct 17 2008 3:57PM Security
Brisbane ISP charges customers to make complaints

Brisbane ISP charges customers to make complaints

‘Impecunious’ Brisbane-based ISP, We.net.au, has been fined over $8,000 for trying to charge fees to customers that complained about them to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO).
Staff Writers Oct 17 2008 3:56PM Telco/ISP
Review: EMC Documentum IRM

Review: EMC Documentum IRM

EMC Documentum IRM (Information Rights Man­agement) brings complete document control and the ever-changing needs of users into one product.
Peter Stephenson, Oct 17 2008 1:02PM Security
Review: Utimaco SafeGuard Enterprise 5.3

Review: Utimaco SafeGuard Enterprise 5.3

Utimaco's SafeGuard Enterprise 5.3 is actually five components that roll into one product suite.
Nathan Ouellette Oct 17 2008 12:29PM Security
Effective Data Loss Prevention in an SSL World

Effective Data Loss Prevention in an SSL World

Today, businesses are increasingly moving to SSL-encrypted traffic on their network for greater security and data protection.
Wayne Neich Oct 17 2008 12:22PM Security
Multi-channeled sport not covered by review

Multi-channeled sport not covered by review

The government will not reconsider anti-siphoning laws as it formulates new digital strategies for ABC and SBS, despite claiming multi-channeling is important to future growth.
Staff Writers Oct 17 2008 11:32AM Software
Information processing RNA could control biological function

Information processing RNA could control biological function

U.S. researchers are developing synthetic RNA devices that can execute information processing operations, potentially bringing biocomputing one step closer to reality.
Liz Tay Oct 17 2008 11:27AM Hardware
FBI sting busts 56 for buying, selling stolen credit card data

FBI sting busts 56 for buying, selling stolen credit card data

Fifty-six people have been arrested in connection with an undercover FBI operation that posed as an online forum for trading stolen credit card numbers.
Dan Kaplan Oct 17 2008 9:53AM Security

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