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  • ACCC gives Telstra a break

    The competition regulator yesterday announced a preliminary decision to exempt Telstra from having to supply rivals with wholesale telephone services in some metropolitan areas.

  • Photos: Tech repair nightmares

    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.

  • Microsoft fixes DNS flaw but warns of Word attacks

    Microsoft is warning that a Word flaw is being used for targeted attacks, and has also issued four 'important' patches, including one for a potentially serious DNS flaw in the latest Patch Tuesday bulletin.

  • Massive, coordinated DNS patch released

    A security researcher has responsibly disclosed a fundamental flaw within the Domain Name System (DNS), the addressing scheme behind the common names used on the Internet.

  • Vista security to be 'obliterated' at Black Hat

    An IBM X-Force security researcher has promised to exploit massive holes in Windows Vista's defences at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.

  • Flaw turns Google into spam spewing machine

    A "serious security flaw" in Gmail turns Google's e-mail service into a spamming machine, according to a recent security report.

  • Schneier suspicious of Microsoft's security vision

    Speaking at the RSA conference in San Francisco this week, a senior Microsoft executive sang the praises of the software giant's emerging vision for 'trust' based security, prompting one industry figurehead to label the strategy as "anti-competitive".

  • HP ships USB sticks with malware included

    HP has released a batch of USB keys for numerous Proliant server models which contain malware that could allow an attacker to take over an infected system.

  • One in four SSD-based laptops fail

    Notebooks with solid state drives (flash-based) cost more than traditional hard drives, are "an order of magnitude" less reliable and do not perform as well when using Microsoft Outlook.

  • iFrame attacks: Blame your Web admin guy

    With one new Web site compromised every 14 seconds, including some of the biggest names, it's almost impossible to tell what's a "trustworthy" Web site. But who's at fault for exposing Internet users?

  • YouTube opens APIs, gets tough on terms of service

    YouTube has released application programming interfaces allowing its content to be embedded into other Web sites, desktop applications, video games and mobile devices.

  • Apple OS X flaw exposes Keychain password

    Apple has confirmed a security glitch that, in many situations, will let someone with physical access to a Macintosh computer gain access to the password of the active user account.

  • Want to quadruple the memory in your server?

    Disk drives have only recently begun to be measured in terabytes, but MetaRam CEO Fred Weber is talking about putting terabytes of memory into servers.

  • Researchers hack 'tamper-proof' PIN terminals

    Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals using a paperclip, a needle and some wire.

  • Tax Commissioner: E-tax doesn't make tax less taxing

    After announcing that 1.9 million Australians lodged their tax in 2007 using e-tax, the Tax Commissioner has said that online initiatives can only go so far to ease the burden of an overly complex tax system.

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