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• ISPs versus the zombies

  If providers don't pitch in against the threat, customers might defect -- and the health of the Net itself could suffer.

• The end of e-mail?

  The world's e-mail network is no longer the friendly place it once was and authentication could mean the end for the platform as we know it.

• Pest control: Battling spyware

  To help curb the torrent of spyware, ZDNet Australia presents a spyware superguide comprising the latest reviews, tips and tricks aimed at keeping users safe.

• Caught in a phishing trap?

  The rise in online identity fraud has companies on the hook: Either educate customers or lose them.

• Battling spyware in court

  In what could prove to be one of the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes centre stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.

• Intel colonises with chipsets

  Although Intel garners most of its revenue and profits from such well-known processors as the Pentium 4 or the Xeon, it's unsung heroes like the US$40 915G Express chipset, released earlier this year, that have let Intel become the largest and fastest-growing graphics chip designers on the planet.

• Google: Gunning for desktop space

  In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

• Google's desktop bet

  Google faces a difficult task if it tries to transplant its successful Web search business to the desktop.

• Using tech to slice spam

  A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.

• How far will Ellison go for PeopleSoft?

  With so many forces mounting opposition to Oracle's hostile bid to buy PeopleSoft, cooler heads might suggest it's time to call it quits. But Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has never been one to follow conventional wisdom. Additional reading: Protect your software assets

• Know your resources in the war against spam

  If you've made the decision to filter your organisation's incoming e-mail, your next step is to determine exactly how. This rundown of spam control methodologies can help you in your decision on which path to take.

• Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1 billion a year

  Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

• Net fraud and the truth

  We need to get the facts straight about identity theft and the Internet and stop scaring consumers away from the antidote to a US$47 billion national problem in the U.S.

• New .NET Passport flaws raise security doubts

  If you have employees using Hotmail to exchange confidential corporate information, you should be especially concerned with these new Microsoft .NET Passport flaws.

• Who's responsible for building a secure network?

  Does security start with the corporate IT staff or with the hardware and software manufacturers? The answer lies somewhere in the middle.

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