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  • Facial recognition to reopen unsolved crimes

    Facial recognition technology will be rolled out across Victoria over the next 18 months allowing police to reopen 20,000 unsolved crimes.

  • Do antivirus apps ignore US government spyware?

    Companies that produce security software may soon be ignoring certain spyware, and potentially even infecting their customers through auto updates, under orders from US government agencies.

  • Study: Governments need open source

    A new study has recommended that governments require the use of open-source software, fanning the flames of the increasingly heated debate over the place of open-source in public policy.

  • Feds target P2P child porn

    A coalition of federal law enforcement agencies announced a new push against child pornography on file-swapping networks, citing undercover operations ongoing since the northern fall of 2003.

  • Governments vote against Microsoft

    Microsoft has had its share of bad courtroom experiences, but lately the software giant has been taking some of its hardest knocks in city council and legislative chambers.

  • George Orwell, here we come

    What could a corrupt FBI, Secret Service or US Homeland Security police force do with advanced technology by the end of the decade?

  • Callers beware, Customs knows where you are

    Customs plans on rolling out a system to identify a caller's location and what phone system they are using, however it has yet to reveal whether it will cross reference calls with Australia's national caller database.

  • Taming the Web

    Not long ago, civil libertarians looked to cyberspace as the utopia of ultimate freedom, beyond the reach of restrictive technologies and government regulators.Today, that dream may be fading with the hyper-speed of Internet time.

  • End users weakest security link: AFP

    Fewer than half of all home computer users protect their systems from viruses, cyber-crime and other hacking, Australian Federal Police e-crime chief Neil Gaughan told federal parliament this week in a wide-ranging testimony.

  • Australian police swoop on Warez community

    The Australian Federal Police have swooped on homes across the country as part of a global crackdown on cyberspace gangs distributing pirated software.

  • Jail for DrinkorDie software counterfeiters

    Three British men were given prison sentences totalling six years on Friday for their part in a software counterfeiting ring.

  • Red Hat acquires AOL's Netscape server software

    In a move to add more open-source arrows to its quiver, Linux seller Red Hat has acquired the Netscape server software products of AOL Time Warner, the companies plan to announce Thursday.

  • Photos: The tools of a digital forensics expert

    Ever wondered how to catch the world's most high tech criminals? This photo gallery gives you a tour of the tools used in digital forensics.

  • Top 10 security threats for 2008

    In 2008 the line between cybercrime and legitimate business will blur, Australians will find out just how many data breaches occur, smartphones will attract malware, and people will decide which group is worse: social networking sites seeking to monetise page hits or identity thieves.

  • NT government reeling as Sasser goes bush

    The Northern Territory government has put its hand up as being among the victims of the Sasser worm, which began spreading across global computer networks Saturday.

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