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  • Do browsers need a 'best-before' date?

    Security researchers have suggested that like food, browsers should have a best-before or expiry date. This comes after revealing that 637 million internet users are surfing with outdated and unpatched browsers, which puts them at risk from Web-based attacks.

  • Ease not fraud ushers in PIN for credit cards

    Credit card users will be given the option of entering a PIN as an alternative to signing their name to authenticate a transaction under a banking industry initiative scheduled to start today.

  • CeBIT 2008: What you missed

    See what you missed at CeBIT 2008 in our round-up featuring NICTA, the CSIRO, Google, the OLPC XO, Netgear and a whole lot of technology.

  • Should staff swim naked on the Internet?

    Businesses should rethink perimeters, shed the firewall and allow people to "skinny dip" on the Internet, according to security and communications researcher, William Cheswick.

  • Privacy rules for a Web 2.0 world

    Former privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton says governments are not doing enough to attract citizens to use their online services due to an overly risk-averse and closed-minded approach to liability and privacy.

  • Has Windows Vista's UAC feature failed Microsoft?

    Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is far less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP.

  • DMCA makes Google kill open source project

    A copyright complaint pushes Google to remove an open-source project to let Linux use proprietary video decoding software called CoreAVC.

  • Tcard payout maxes out at AU$17m: ERG

    As the NSW government looks to go after some AU$90 million from the ERG Group over the state's cancelled Tcard project, ERG says there's only AU$17 million at stake.

  • Commander flogs Nexon back to prior owners

    Commander has taken the next step in its turnaround plan by selling a recent acquisition, telecommunications reseller and network service provider Nexon, back to its previous owners.

  • 'Digital Universe' 10 percent bigger than predicted

    IDC has measured the size of the "digital universe" -- all the digital data stored globally -- and it is 10 percent bigger than first predicted and will be 10 times bigger again by 2011.

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Reviews

  • Salesforce.com Spring '04

    Salesforce.com's service is a good solution for co-ordinating any business's sales efforts.

  • Eight e-mail virus scanners tested

    We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.

  • First Look: Gmail

    Google's new Web mail service is free and provides a gigabyte of storage, but also raises privacy concerns. We put the beta version through its paces.

  • Next Xbox to skip hard drive?

    Flash memory maker M-Systems announced on Wednesday that it has signed a contract to provide storage products for future versions of the Xbox, bolstering speculation that Microsoft may ditch the game console's hard drive.

  • Intel reveals new 64-bit chip

    Company officials say the new Nocona processor won't be in desktops anytime soon.

  • Tech Guide: Intel overclocking

    Why overclock a processor? We examine why you'd want to overclock a CPU and how to do it for the Intel Celeron and P4 processors.

  • Instant messaging for business: 3 packages tested

    The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?

  • New Photoshop targets clutter

    Shoe boxes are for shoes. That's Adobe Systems' message as the publishing software giant pushes a new consumer version of Photoshop, its flagship image-editing software.

  • IM still not secure

    The safest way to exchange instant messages (IMs) is to stay within the enterprise, but in most cases the IM cat is already out of the bag, and security staff are playing catch up.

  • Wireless Visionary: Prepare for smart buildings

    In the future, Deborah Estrin says "nanometer-sized sensors will track the path of pollutants, and "smart buildings" will adjust their bearings to avoid earthquakes. Believe it, or not?

Blogs

  • The 'secret': Banks are freaked out by security

    Last week's blog on why consumers might be confused by contradictory messages on computer security from banks drew a few objections from interested parties — ones that I thought would be worth responding to this week.

  • Is my bank the biggest scammer out there?

    Does the improved credit card security offered by chip and PIN-embedded credit cards mean a future of greater personal liability?

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  • Array Dear carriers: More walking, less talking
    Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all — and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.
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