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    Eleven people have been charged with hacking major US retailers, including TJX, and compromising the credit- and debit-card details of over 40 million people.

  • Powerhouse adds photos to Flickr Commons

    A Flickr project to house publicly held images is getting hundreds of photos from Sydney's Powerhouse Museum.

  • Dell to cut PC energy use by 25 percent

    Dell on Wednesday announced energy efficiency targets for its laptops and desktop PCs: a 25 percent reduction by 2010 based on the efficiency rating of today's models.

  • Nanotechnology makes small the new big

    The world's smallest hard drives have already shrunk to the size of a postage stamp, but nanoscale computing may soon make that achievement look elephantine, say some of the stars of information technology.

  • Skype sharpens focus on business users

    Skype is renewing its push to attract business users by expanding the ways in which its free Internet telephony software can be integrated with other enterprise applications.

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  • Did Australian Police raid a script kiddie?

    The footage Four Corners displayed of a suspected Melbourne fraudster's house and technology during a police raid last week hardly fits the profile of a master fraudster.

  • Photos: Tech takes centre stage at Formula 1

    Action snaps before last weekend's Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix kicked off in Melbourne's Albert Park.

  • The essence of a Geek

    A general rise in technical literacy driven by gadgets such as the iPod could be evidence that 'geekery' as a personality trait is becoming more pervasive.

  • Itanium: A cautionary tale

    The wonderchip that wasn't serves as a lesson about how complex development plans can go awry in a fast-moving industry.

  • Microsoft eyes ads as consumers close wallets

    Although Office and Windows continue to produce vast revenue and profits for Microsoft, some of the company's other well-known consumer titles are generating only a trickle of business.

Reviews (5)

  • Phoenix toughens up BIOS

    The software that sits between the operating system and a PC's hardware hasn't changed much in decades. Now, Phoenix Technologies wants to introduce greater security, usability and copy protection.

  • Next Palm OS due late 2003

    The next version of the Palm operating system for handhelds will be available to licensees at the end of the year, according to a PalmSource executive.

  • Will robots spit the dummy?

    Why build an angry robot? We talk to the authors of a system that will bring emotional feelings to aircraft, fridges and household appliances.

  • Emotional Machines -- Do we want them?

    An Australian company called Mindsystems has a revolutionary software package they claim can replicate human emotion. Is this the vanguard of angry robots of the future?

  • Video Editing Cards

    Making your own movies on your PC is now faster, easier, and more affordable than you might imagine.

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