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Domain names--a hot issue for businesses looking to protect their identity online. ZDNet Australia talks to ICANN's CEO about changes which are afoot in the policy arena.
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Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: So-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.
In 2002, users and companies got a respite from the disruptive viruses of 2001. But a more sophisticated generation of worms is on the way.
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