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• Telstra to fight separation Bill

  Telstra said today it will oppose the passage of the government's Bill which would allow it to force separation on the big telecommunications company.

• Security vendors to block police hacks

  Major security vendors Symantec, Sophos and Kaspersky yesterday said their products would block legalised hacking attempts by NSW Police under new legislation as they would any other security threat to users.

• Concerns raised over NSW hacking Bill

  Civil rights and privacy advocates yesterday expressed concern about a NSW Parliament proposal that would allow the state's police to remotely access a suspect's computer for up to 28 days without disclosing the hack for some time.

• iPhone bill shock hits Optus

  Like Vodafone, Optus has started to receive complaints about iPhone billing problems relating to excess data charges.

• Government yields on device spying bill

  The Federal Government has abandoned plans to grant law enforcement agencies unfettered freedom to intercept communications from multiple devices that are not listed in a warrant, yielding to pressure exerted by the privacy lobby.

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  Does Microsoft adore Apple's iPhoto?

  Apple customers must cringe when Microsoft starts talking about Windows Vista -- after all many of the same "new" features have been available on Mac OS X for about five years.

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• Optus Monster Caps: Read the fine print

  In the everlasting war to win your dollar, Optus has again recalculated its capped contract plans, calling these new plans Monster Caps. But as with the announcement of its prepaid broadband plans late in 2008, the devil is in the details, or monster as the case may be.

• PC or people -- who's the boss?

  Newly hired Microsoft researcher Bill Buxton sees big changes coming in how you and your computer interact.

• Gates on Google

  Google has emerged as the poster child for a new wave of applications assembled from the piece-parts of several Web sites. No Windows necessary but Microsoft has its own ideas, of course.

• US Senate approves electronic ID card bill

  Last-minute attempt fails to derail the bill, which with President Bush's signature would require federalised IDs for all Americans.

• Researchers infiltrate denial of service networks

  Security researchers have been infiltrating denial of service 'botnets' to study what may be an unstoppable Distributed Denial of Service (DoS) technique.

Reviews (6)

• Microsoft Money 2006

  Microsoft Money 2006 is a worthwhile upgrade for current users who like to bank and pay bills online, but it requires Windows XP.

• Gates hints at Microsoft version of iTunes

  Microsoft's chairman says a digital music store should be offered by the company, which would not aim for significant profit from the feature.

• MS: Secure computing is still a decade away

  COMMENTARY--One year ago, Bill Gates challenged his Microsoft troops to make the company's products more trustworthy. What's been accomplished? A bit. What still needs to be done? A lot.

• Microsoft to tweak Smart Displays

  An update of the technology, which is due to launch late Wednesday during company Chairman Bill Gates' keynote speech at CES, is already under way.

• AMD CPUs--onward and upward

  AMD will market its latest and greatest CPUs, the Athlon XP 2700+ and 2800+, to the consumer market. But is this a wise move considering Intel's clear dominance in the IT space?

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