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  • Security gurus welcome Microsoft's goal

    Microsoft's recent spate of software security breaches has prompted a new focus on security and privacy issues. Security experts hope that this time Microsoft really, really means it.

  • Hexadecimal Heroes: Part I

    The votes are in and the heroes have been proclaimed. ZDNet Australia recognises our readers' Hexadecimal Heroes, Gadget Gurus and Legends of the Code in the history of computing.

  • Microsoft claims secure development success

    A program placing strict controls on developers to ensure they build secure code is showing early signs of success, according to a senior executive from the software giant.

  • Security experts hit back at presidential advisor

    Security experts have hit back at an advisor to the US's Homeland Security Council and President Bush for criticising the software industry for producing flawed code.

  • AFP, Microsoft roll out predator tracking system

    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) announced today that it will be rolling out a new investigative logistics system developed by Microsoft for its online child protection unit, only a day after Queensland police swooped on Australian members of a global paedophile network.

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  • 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.

  • Security experts hit back at presidential advisor

    Security experts have hit back at an advisor to the US's Homeland Security Council and President Bush for criticising the software industry for producing flawed code.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Negroponte's laptop plan moves closer to reality

    Nicholas Negroponte is a man on a mission. As Chairman of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC), he has big plans ahead of him: to help eliminate poverty through education, via US$100 laptops distributed to the world's poorest children.

  • A treat for password crackers

    Would you divulge your password to a complete stranger? A large majority would immediately pooh-pooh the notion but not some office workers in London.

Reviews (1)

  • And Then There Was Light

    The appeal of a tiny 1.58 kg notebook is obvious to those who lug around a traditional laptop. But what isn't as well known is that many of the negatives of these machines are fading away.

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