Microsoft's Windows Live services experienced a significant outage on Tuesday, leaving many users unable to get to their Hotmail inboxes.
Tabcorp announced it will launch a self-exclusion service on Monday that allows gambling addicts to ban themselves from accessing their Internet or phone betting accounts.
A case of bank fraud involving an India-based outsourcer has rekindled debate about using overseas contractors for tasks involving sensitive data.
A prominent anti-virus vendor has described the latest email fraud scheme targeted at Westpac bank customers as the most "devious" the company has ever encountered.
ANZ has catered to those users about to purchase an iPhone by launching a new internet banking service customised for the device.
The next time you're buying antivirus software, don't go direct to Symantec or McAfee. Don't download free antivirus. And definitely don't see Harvey Norman. Ask your bank they're quite literally giving the stuff away.
Labor's policy of socialised broadband has certainly proved much harder than the party believed it would be back when it was in Opposition, but it is Telstra that stands to lose the most from the NBN - and that applies whether it loses the NBN contract or wins it.
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?
The world of speculative telecommunications investments has quieted down considerably since the beginning of the decade, when hype-fuelled carriers plunked down billions to reserve the right to carry mobile phone calls, video calls, and massive volumes of spam at high speed using then-fanciful 3G mobile technology.
The debate over the relationship between ISPs, customers, and Internet security is definitely a complicated one, but who should bear the responsibility for protecting users online?
E-mail has taken a battering over the last year or so with mountains of spam and viruses delivered to our mailboxes daily. Can the problem be fixed, and can e-mail still be free?
Since last November when iiNet very loudly launched its naked DSL product, "naked" has been on everybody's lips, and it seemed like everybody was in on it. Some, however have held out. This round-up of 13 ISPs looks into who's got it, who doesn't and who wants to.
As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.
Have you ever wondered just how much "junk" Internet traffic is costing your company? One of Jonathan Yarden's coworkers recently tasked him with finding out. In this case study, learn how he went about gathering this information, and see how unwanted traffic affects his organisation's bottom line.
Google's new Web mail service is free and provides a gigabyte of storage, but also raises privacy concerns. We put the beta version through its paces.
Its excellent, sleek design doesn't cover for its sluggish performance.
For home and student use, we think Norton 360 represents the best value for ease of use, tools offered, and overall system performance. We recommend it over McAfee Total Protection and Microsoft Windows Live OneCare.
PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 has a few shortcomings, but overall it's an affordable and feature-packed security suite that reliably defends against online threats.
Though Skype 2 suffers from middling voice quality when calling landline phones, it's still one of the best free VoIP services around, and its new Skype Video feature makes it even better.
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