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    Security vendor Trend Micro's UK and Japanese Web sites were hacked last week; attackers managed to inject malicious iFrames into their "virus encyclopaedia" pages.

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    Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed he's a big fan of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project but confessed that his own plans to switch entirely to the device have gone awry.

  • Wikipedia's neutrality is a 'facade'

    An Australian academic has accused Wikipedia of "US-centric bias" over the way the online encyclopaedia's administrators edit user-generated entries.

  • John Howard's team revise history on Wikipedia

    A tool used to discover the source of changes in Wikipedia has uncovered edits made by a number of Australian government organisations, including the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Department of Defence.

  • Wikipedia racks up one million articles

    The team behind Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia written by its users, is celebrating after the English version of Wikipedia racked up its one millionth article.

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    Commentary: The upcoming version of Office isn't just another software upgrade: The new features that you'll see aren't that interesting. What is interesting is going on behind the scenes.

  • Interfaces of the future

    How long will it be before your computer is able to read your facial expressions? Will a rude gesture become the next Control-Alt-Delete? ZDNet Australia investigates computing interfaces.

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    There's no shortage of tools to monitor and filter employees' use of the Internet and IT resources. But can blocking really save money?

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  • Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

    The improvements in Word, Excel and PowerPoint make this upgrade worth the cash, especially for Office 2001 users, but the new Project Center needs beefing up.

  • Microsoft Works Suite 2004

    Microsoft Works Suite 2004 delivers quality productivity apps for families, but there's not enough new this year to make Suite 2003 users switch.

  • ZDNet's 12 Days of Christmas Shopping

    Christmas is the giving season, but selecting the best IT gift can be tricky. Check out our Australian guide to the best presents this festive season.

  • Head to head: Encarta 2004 vs Britannica 2004

    Can the world's biggest software giant take down the world's best-selling encylcopedia? We put the two educational references head to head in our Australian review.

  • Britannica 2004 Ultimate Reference Suite

    Britannica overwhelms with textual information, but is weaker on the multimedia side.

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