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  • Photos: Search engines from the '90s

    Were you on the Net in the '90s? This photo gallery takes a look back at the first home pages for some of today's largest search engines, along with those that have passed on.

  • IDC Web site defaced by 'eco-terrorists'

    The Web site of Global IT research firm IDC has been hacked by a group purporting to be Brazilian environmental terrorists to serve a message urging people to take action over global warming.

  • Italian develops first multi-site Web-mail worm

    An Italian security researcher this week has developed the first Web-based e-mail worm capable of taking advantage of cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in multiple Web-mail services.

  • Lycos back online after outage

    Lycos was knocked offline on Tuesday in the US and the search engine is blaming the company's Internet service provider for the outage.

  • Java update warms to scripting languages

    Sun Microsystems released on Monday a Java development kit that seeks to meld Java and scripting languages.

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  • How to attack spammers in your sleep

    Plans are afoot to attack spammers by launching the kind of cyber-attack favoured by organised crime and hackers with an axe to grind.

  • How to slam spam

    If we're losing the battle against spam, how can we win the war? In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a comprehensive resource centre for IT professionals battling spam.

  • Latest MyDoom attacks Yahoo people search

    A new variant of the MyDoom worm, described variously as MyDoom.Q or MyDoom.O, was discovered on Tuesday that uses Yahoo's People Search to find new email addresses.

  • The fellowship of the 1GB storage lockers

    Move over Google, here comes Middle Earth. British-based Planet-Tolkien.com is the latest company to offer a Web-based e-mail product with 1 gigabyte of storage--a trend that kicked off in late March with the test release of Google's Gmail service.

  • One giant step against spam

    For almost two years, I've argued for a non-proprietary, interoperable, freely deployable anti-spam standard, even as every spam-fighting solution I've seen has failed to pass muster. Until now.

Reviews (11)

  • HotBot Quick Search Deskbar 3.1.6

    HotBot has potential, combining desktop with Internet searches, but this beta version has a few glitches to overcome.

  • How much do you trust Google?

    Commentary: Google is one of the best things on the Web--but there are signs that it may be tempted into rank commercialism.

  • The Google gods

    Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?

  • Opera advances in European theatre of browser war

    Opera Software claims the growth of Internet Explorer's share of the install base has halted for the first time, facing stiff competition from its own browser on the continent

  • NeoPlanet's trendy browser

    The aim of NeoPlanet is not to be smaller or faster than other browsers, but to be cooler.

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