A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel.
From 1994 to 2002, Rod Shelley worked as a PC technician at a major computer-retail store in the US. After seeing all kinds of wacky, operator-induced computer issues, Shelley decided to start documenting them. This photo gallery is the result.
A technical contractor may have started a chain of events that led to security professionals divulging classified information
It's that time of year again when we look back and ponder what happened in the last 12 months. Here ZDNet Australia has collected some of the more colourful, amusing and insightful quotes that have passed through our pages in that time.
A hacker who claimed to have found a serious zero-day bug in Firefox now says he was never able to exploit the supposed vulnerability to hijack computers.
As Oracle gets bigger and bigger, one question remains unanswered: what type of company is Oracle?
A humorous look at Sun Microsystems' revelation it had shipped two of its Project BlackBox 'datacentre in a shipping container' products in Australia over the past year.
Telstra's antics have certainly kept the readers of Full Duplex amused this year. And as 2006 draws to an end, the laughs just keep on coming.
Securing your IT infrastructure, whether you look after five, 5,000 or 50,000 computers, is a complicated process. But my calculations tell me that by 2016, tech security will be as easy as flicking a light switch or turning on a gas cooker.
The key for organisations wanting to learn how to best utilise Twitter lies in understanding the subtle differences between it and other social networking tools.
Rich Anderson, an instructor at Dunwoody College, has put together a gallery of wild and crazy ways to use your laptop.
Venture capitalist Sharon Wienbar explains why discussions about the software ultimately end up resembling Dante's nine circles of Hell.
Is your team firing on all cylinders? Here are some guidelines for smoothing over conflicts between team members and knowing when to step in.
"Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanised private file and library," wrote information technology visionary Vannevar Bush in the July 1945 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.
Computers don't have personalities -- or do they?
I've come to the conclusion that all of the world's spam problems can be blamed on one tricolour feline. Well, that's not strictly true, but spam would be much easier to deal with if it was.
If you have a computer with a fax modem, Symantec's WinFax PRO 10.0 is worth having -- even if you also have a standalone fax machine.
Close that spreadsheet and break out the joystick -- it's time for some fun. From action/adventure games to space-combat sims, this has been a banner year for 3D games.
Having access to a portable network and cable testing device can be a lifesaver for a network technician, but the high price of most testing tools makes it tough for a manager to justify purchasing more than one or two. Fluke Networks' lightweight NetTool provides managers with some financial relief and technicians with a potent portable analysis tool with great battery life.
Google Chrome OS demonstration
Vice President of Product Marketing Sundar Pichai gives a virtual tour of Google's new operating system, Chrom… Watch it now
Malcolm Turnbull's ghost twitterer
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Surf the Net like it's 1991 with Gopher
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