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  • Will Google's App Engine become a malware portal?

    Security experts fear Google's new application hosting service App Engine will become a tool to spread malware and could ruin Web security defences.

  • Inside SP1 -- is it all users have been waiting for?

    Microsoft has released more details of what SP1 will bring to Vista, but Microsoft has advised Vista systems may experience sluggishness as a result of the upgrade -- or little performance difference at all.

  • Conference encourages Linux in the bathroom

    Australia's biggest Linux conference will kick off next week and the organiser has promised that attendees will get a lesson in how to control and monitor everyday objects -- including a toilet flush -- using the open source operating system.

  • Microsoft exec kicks off new browser security war

    Internet Explorer is more secure than Firefox, according to a senior Microsoft executive, who compared how many vulnerabilities were found in the two browsers -- but critics say his study is flawed.

  • Schneier: Why rubbish security products win out

    Linux.conf.au kicked off its main proceedings in Melbourne on Wednesday morning with a stark message from security guru Bruce Schneier: "When security companies give you cost justifications, they're complete bullshit."

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    After more than three years in the making, Windows Vista was unveiled to corporate users late last year. This guide covers everything a business needs to know before embracing the new operating system.

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