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Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors has sued a university in The Netherlands to block publication of research that details security flaws in NXP's Mifare Classic wireless smart cards, a market leading product used in public transport and building entry systems around the world.
Google has launched a hosted security service for enterprise customers in Australia, a re-branded version of the Postini service it acquired last year.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), alongside the CSIRO, is on the hunt for a supercomputer to help improve weather forecasting and to map the effects of global warming.
Numonyx, the memory joint venture between STMicroelectronics and Intel is now shipping samples of phase change memory (PCM) chips durable, high density memory and will start shipping PCM chips commercially later this year, CEO Brian Harrison said at a press conference on Monday.
It looks like AusCERT and GovCERT have worked out their issues and are no longer stepping on each others' toes.
Unwired was apparently banking today that any announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange involving Google would boost the carrier's stock price.
After we published a list of the funniest and most biting public comments by Telstra's bombastic public policy chief Phil Burgess last week, a number of ZDNet.com.au readers wrote in suggesting more.
With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.
Financial organisations are slowly embracing the notion of unified communications, but significant organisational hurdles remain
Second Life, with an alleged population of 7.979 million, is changing the way businesses think about what their customers want, and whether "virtual" is a viable way to give it to them.
There are some strings attached to running Microsoft's OS on a Mac -- including Windows security risks, Apple says.
Philip Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, unveils MobileMe, the company's new cloud computing service, at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The new service will connect all of your devices and push information up and down to keep everything up to date.
The name suggests more of the same but with more space and better value. Hard disk lag issues, video out controversy and just okay sound stop it from being a true classic though.
The HP LP2465 is a great business LCD, should your workday require a huge, wide-screen display. Trouble is, Dell has a similar display that gives you more features for a cheaper price.
The prices are coming down which means LCD monitors are fast becoming standard on the desktop. And business-grade 19-inch monitors are holding their own when it comes to the desktop market. We review 10 flat-panel models.
The wide-screen Philips Brilliance 200W6CS display performs quite well and offers some useful extras (that will cost you extra), but other displays offer more flexibility in form and function.
Between fine image quality and flexible ergonomics, Samsung's 193P is a fine option for anyone willing to pay a little extra.
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