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• Distributed computing cracks Enigma code

  More than 60 years after the end of World War II, a distributed computing project has managed to crack a previously uncracked message that was encrypted using the Enigma machine.

• Antispyware vendors come under fire

  Some antispyware companies are using deceptive practices and "hijacked" Web browsers to scare Net consumers into buying their products, a leading Internet public interest group told federal regulators on Wednesday.

• The Global State of Supercomputers

  With a click of the mouse, Tadashi Watanabe set the seas in motion.

• Fixing AOL's identity crisis

  Since the blockbuster AOL Time Warner merger two years ago, this combined company continues to be one heck of a property--but one severely burdened by the absence of any clearly articulated future.

• Climbing the Great Wall: China's IT future

  Given the gloomy outlook around the globe, China is one of the few countries that can excite just about any high-tech exec. But is the Beijing bubble about to burst? ZDNet Australia investigates.

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• GPS Tag wins Microsoft Devsta Challenge

  Turbulence, a game of tag using GPS-enabled mobile phones, has taken out Microsoft's Devsta Challenge 2008. We take a look at the top five entries.

• Photos: The digital heroes of WW2

  As England's historic Bletchley Park raises funds to restore buildings used by code-breaking legends such as Alan Turing during World War II, ZDNet.com.au 's sister site CNET News.com is taking a look back at the cryptographic machines that kept vital specialists of the German, American, British, Polish, and Japanese military forces awake at night.

• Database security in your Web-enabled apps

  Web-based applications have numerous entry points that can put your data at risk. See how to restrict access to those points and block potential attacks.

Reviews (3)

• Xbox hacking not for amateurs

  The first add-ons that purportedly allow the console to play illegally copied game software have gone on sale, but analysts say they're unlikely to inspire a wave of copy infringement.

• Thinking Machines?

  "What is intelligence?" The answer for now is, we don't know. But that hasn't stopped researchers from designing systems that act independently of human beings, learn from experience, and make decisions.

• Avoid injury in the DVD standards war

  Personal computing, the Internet, and home entertainment are on a collision course. This could wind up being that wonderful 'synergy' they talk about in those pop-business books, or it could be a train wreck. The events of the PC Expo in New York this week may give us a clue as to which will occur.

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