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.
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.
With a click of the mouse, Tadashi Watanabe set the seas in motion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
Ben Forta: All about Adobe
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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Telstra shareholders fear break up
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