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    The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has launched a new study into the effects of cybercrime on Australian commerce by commissioning a survey of more than 10,000 businesses across the country, seeking information about their experiences with online transgressions and what is being done to prevent them.

  • The future of the future

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  • Police your net with PortSentry

    Monitoring incoming port scans is not a task anyone would willingly do 24/7. Fortunately, you can find tools to do the job for you. Here's how to get one such tool up and running.

  • State of the Web: Glass half full

    Looking past the dot-com debacle, Webby Awards impresario Tiffany Shlain says more people are using the Web than ever--to the point where things are really starting to get interesting.

  • DoubleClick doubles down

    The company has long been criticised for ruining the Internet with marketing campaigns that not only don't work, but that may trample consumer privacy rights. Now, as the dust from the dot-com shakeout settles, analysts say the company is emerging as the tallest player on the online ad network field, making it once again a lightning rod for the hopes and concerns of Net advertising.

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    Sterling Ball, whose company is the world's leading maker of premium guitar strings, explains why he made the move to open source and why he's never looked back since.

  • Microscopic 'Braille' points to new storage

    Scientists experiment with a molecular-scale storage device that can be read like Braille and could lead to systems that hold nearly 100 gigabits of data per square inch.

  • Police your net with PortSentry

    Monitoring incoming port scans is not a task anyone would willingly do 24/7. Fortunately, you can find tools to do the job for you. Here's how to get one such tool up and running.

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  • Microscopic 'Braille' points to new storage

    Scientists experiment with a molecular-scale storage device that can be read like Braille and could lead to systems that hold nearly 100 gigabits of data per square inch.

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