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Telstra hoses down 21 Mbps claims

Telstra hoses down 21 Mbps claims

Telstra claims that Next G users will experience peak downlink speeds of 21 Mbps by year end but ‘actual customer download speeds will be less’.
Staff Writers Oct 7 2008 12:46PM Telco/ISP
US seeks extradition of notorious hacker

US seeks extradition of notorious hacker

The United States is seeking the extradition of hacker Ehud Tenenbaum.
SC Australia Staff Oct 7 2008 9:54AM Security
Criminal gangs compromise more than 200,000 websites

Criminal gangs compromise more than 200,000 websites

Criminal gangs have acquired login details for more than 200,000 websites.
Dan Raywood Oct 7 2008 9:54AM Security
Google Trends gives hackers ideas for popular content

Google Trends gives hackers ideas for popular content

Hackers are setting up fake blogs after being tipped off about the latest hot topics from Google Trends.
Dan Raywood Oct 7 2008 9:54AM Security
Companies being hit by moles who are employed by gangs to steal data

Companies being hit by moles who are employed by gangs to steal data

Criminal gangs are placing staff members in companies to operate as moles.
Dan Raywood Oct 7 2008 9:54AM Security
HP ProCurve acquires Colubris Networks

HP ProCurve acquires Colubris Networks

HP ProCurve has completed the takeover of Colubris Networks.
SC Australia Staff Oct 7 2008 9:54AM Security
Stolen McCain party laptop had minimal data safeguards

Stolen McCain party laptop had minimal data safeguards

A laptop containing "strategic" GOP data was stolen from the Kansas City field office for Sen. John McCain -- but the machine lacked encryption.
Dan Kaplan Oct 7 2008 9:49AM Security
Intel flogs rackmount server biz to Kontron

Intel flogs rackmount server biz to Kontron

Maker of German mini computers, Kontron, is snapping up Intel’s rackmount server business.
Sylvie Barak Oct 7 2008 12:46AM Networking
Apple Brick rumours building

Apple Brick rumours building

The web has been buzzing with rumours that a new Apple product, code-named Brick, would be announced in an industry keynote on October 14th.
Stewart Meagher Oct 7 2008 12:46AM Hardware
Rumours hint at HP iPhone rival

Rumours hint at HP iPhone rival

HP is said to be preparing a rival to Apple's popular iPhone, with sources suggesting that it will ship before the end of the year.
Daniel Robinson Oct 7 2008 12:37AM Hardware
Intercage demise causes spam levels to fall

Intercage demise causes spam levels to fall

Spam email messages have fallen by eight per cent thanks to the demise on 20 September of California-based ISP Intercage, according to security vendor MessageLabs.
Tom Young Oct 7 2008 12:37AM Security
Virtualisation set to drive SaaS adoption

Virtualisation set to drive SaaS adoption

Three-quarters of organisations believe that server virtualisation will drive adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS), according to new research released today by web hosting firm Hostway.
Phil Muncaster Oct 7 2008 12:37AM Software
PacLib performs VMware analysis but chooses Microsoft

PacLib performs VMware analysis but chooses Microsoft

The PacLib Group has baulked at a $50,000 quote from VMware to virtualise its environment, deciding instead to take on Microsoft’s Hyper-V.
Ry Crozier Oct 6 2008 6:30AM Software
Hadron Collider churns out 15 million Gigs of data a year

Hadron Collider churns out 15 million Gigs of data a year

Three weeks have passed since everyone stood by their clocks wandering if the Large Hadron Collider was going to finish this world off for good - since we all survived it's time for the researchers to begin collecting the 15 million plus Gigabytes of data to be produced every year.
Emma Hughes Oct 5 2008 11:26PM Networking
Norway ISO members walk out over OOXML

Norway ISO members walk out over OOXML

Norwegian members of the Technical Committee of that country's International Standards Organisation (ISO) body Standard Norge have resigned their posts to protest the approval of Microsoft's OOXML document formats proposal in defiance of the majority recommendation.
Egan Orion Oct 5 2008 11:26PM Software
Foldable computer screens coming soon

Foldable computer screens coming soon

Research from the New Journal of Physics reveals what could possibly be the future of television and computer screen technology.
Emma Hughes Oct 5 2008 11:26PM Hardware
iPhone security flaws disclosed

iPhone security flaws disclosed

Security researcher Aviv Raff disclosed two iPhone security flaws Thursday that could allow attackers to trick people into unknowingly surfing to malicious destinations.
Egan Orion Oct 5 2008 11:26PM Security
Middle East gets into supercomputing

Middle East gets into supercomputing

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has announced a partnership with IBM to build the fastest supercomputer in the Middle East.
Iain Thomson Oct 4 2008 12:51PM Hardware
Microsoft grants XP another stay

Microsoft grants XP another stay

Microsoft is planning to further extend the retail life of Windows XP.
Shaun Nichols Oct 4 2008 12:51PM Software
Opinion: Dynamic contrast ratio is the new evil in displays

Opinion: Dynamic contrast ratio is the new evil in displays

Consumer digital displays (oh alright, LCD TVs and some LCD computer monitors) are getting steadily better across the board. But in an attempt to lure customers, the companies that make them have resorted to adding crap to their displays that reduces the overall picture quality.
David Field Oct 3 2008 5:35PM Hardware

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