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  • Hacking in the shadow of 9/11

    The September 11 terrorist attacks sparked suspicion of the security community -- but the hackers and white-hat experts haven't gone quietly away.

  • Microsoft to hackers: Don't publish code

    The software giant criticises security firms and independent programmers who release sample programs to compromise computer systems.

  • Deciphering the hacker myth

    Going beyond popular hacker stereotypes, Symantec's Sarah Gordon says cyber-rebels aren't evil--they're just misunderstood.

  • Facial recognition to reopen unsolved crimes

    Facial recognition technology will be rolled out across Victoria over the next 18 months allowing police to reopen 20,000 unsolved crimes.

  • DEF CON home page gets hacked

    LAS VEGAS -- What better way to start the DEF CON hacker convention than by hacking the DEF CON home page? At least, that seems to be what some hackers had in mind, when they replaced the DEF CON home page with one of their own design late.

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  • Halting hackers

    You've discovered that your system has been compromised. What should you do next? Also: How to defend yourself from future penetration.

  • Getting bad with Apple

    Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on iTunes with BadApple.

  • Software security--a matter of trust

    You can make a good argument that any practical computer security arrangement involves some level of trust between software providers and software users.

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  • Windows Superguide 2000

    We've upgraded and so should you. Here's our Windows Superguide with the straight story--much of it undocumented--about how to make Windows 2000 work for your business.

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