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    Parallels has begun testing its virtualisation software for Apple's latest operating system, Leopard.

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  • Microsoft flip-flops on Vista virtualisation

    Company reverses plan to expand rights to allow home versions of the operating systems to run inside virtual machines.

  • Data breach laws 'force firms to improve security'

    California's data breach law has forced organisations to take data security seriously -- and has given consumers the tools to protect themselves against fraud, according to one of the architects of the legislation.

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    From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.

  • The secure Mac: myth or legend?

    Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image?

  • Schooled in security

    Universities are looking for ways to protect networks while maintaining a free flow of data and ideas -- an idea businesses could learn from.

  • Microsoft learned from open source: Security boss

    The director of Microsoft's product security, George Stathakopoulos, has told ZDNet Australia that the software giant has learned security lessons from the wider software community.

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    Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.

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