Over one million American Express, Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest customers' details have been sold on eBay.
Despite the explosion of new Web services, a number of hurdles stand in the way of consumer- and business-oriented social-networking applications, experts at the Web 2.0 Summit said Tuesday in the US.
The nation's number two telco Optus today outlined a number of new and renewed enterprise customer wins as part of its quarterly financial results statement.
The five major credit card companies have teamed up in the interest of better security.
Companies are making final tweaks in preparation for the new privacy legislation, just months after a report revealed that less than 20 percent of businesses were aware of the imminent changes.
An estimated 27,000 people have been affected by an identity theft ring that was discovered earlier this month, according to Sunbelt Software, the security company that uncovered the operation.
While Richard Alston and Daryl Williams were often criticised for their inept handling of the IT portfolio, perhaps Helen Coonan, Australia's new communications minister, can be the one to break this cursed trend.
What's holding back smart cards from widespread use in Australia? Could it be that vendors haven't found the applications consumers really want?
Tech Republic's Tim Landgrave, looks back on his predictions for IT activity in 2001 to see if he was on target. Here are his top five predictions and how they played out in 2001.
Forget ironclad shields against Slammer-style attacks. Companies need to cut back on the heroics and focus on limiting their pain.
Suppose, for a moment, that everything could talk to everything else. Your calendar could get information from and supply data to your documents, or your cell phone, or someone else's calendar and cell phone. Your computer's desktop could tell you that your dry cleaning is ready or your bank account is overdrawn.
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