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    UK resident Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations.

  • Futuris' Amcom stake finds a home

    Local telco Amcom Telecommunications has moved to shore up its future by buying back some of the 50 per cent stake its partial parent Futuris had been looking to sell.

  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

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    IT Services company Commander Communications has voluntarily appointed administrators after the company's lenders decided not to grant further extensions on outstanding debt.

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    I was interested to read that Telstra had the good sense to finally hand over its network designs to the Federal government last week.

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    In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

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    "Hi, where do I find the keynote session," I asked the registration desk of the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) conference. "That's upstairs. Just follow the drumming." Right, I thought.

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    Teams from around the world were on the move across Australia this past week to show what a homemade car and some solar panels can do.

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    A mobile telecommunications revolution in Africa is bringing new economic opportunities to the world's most impoverished continent, while providing lessons that can help carriers around the world push into other low-value markets. Brad Howarth reports.

  • 10 security problems unique to IT

    Organisations face a host of security concerns driven by the power of technology and the vulnerabilities inherent in its use. IT pros have to be vigilant about all these issues, from system penetration threats to hardware portability to employee turnover.

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    Artificial intelligence has gone beyond a gimmick to become a business tool you will almost certainly deploy in the future. But, as Simon Sharwood discovers, you may already be using AI without even knowing it.

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    Microsoft's Hyper-V is a solid virtualisation platform that's compatible with a wide range of modern server hardware.

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    This is a powerful system that enables server administrators to very quickly restore data that may have been lost due to viruses, user error or hardware failure.

  • Intel drops 3G from Centrino

    Intel has confirmed that it has pulled the plug on all plans to add 3G to its Centrino notebook platform. From now on, says the chipmaker, it's WiMAX all the way.

  • BlackBerry 8800

    The BlackBerry 8800 offers several improvements to its predecessor, including GPS and the Pearl trackwheel, although it doesn't support 3G.

  • South Koreans warned on Vista compatibility

    South Korean government officials are warning consumers that Internet and e-commerce sites in that country may lack full compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which will become available to consumers next week.

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