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  • Hackers hijack ICANN sites

    On Thursday, the domains used by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, were hijacked to redirect users to a protest message.

  • QuickTime zero-day bug threatens Macs, PCs

    A newly disclosed security vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software could put both Macs and Windows PCs at risk of cyberattacks, experts have warned.

  • Security group names top software risks

    A security organisation published its fourth annual list of the most vulnerable software on Wednesday, putting network administrators on notice that they need to check their systems.

  • Uptick in Windows attacks reported

    Several security experts are warning of increased cyberattacks targeting Windows PCs, but Microsoft says all is calm on the attack front.

  • AOL IM bot cloaked in encryption

    America Online on Monday said it is blocking malicious links tied to a recently discovered bot that uses encryption to increase the range of its targets and make eradication more difficult.

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    Adobe snaps up Business Catalyst

    Adobe's push into web-based services has delivered a windfall for Australian entrepreneur Bardia Housman, who quietly sold his company Business Catalyst to the US software maker at the start of September.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Aussie start-up execs hit Silicon Valley

    The global financial crisis might have tarnished some of Silicon Valley's lustre, but for many Australian technology entrepreneurs who have migrated to the US, it hasn't lost its bright shiny status.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Duel of the fates: Atlassian and Omnidrive

    Only a few years ago Atlassian and Omnidrive were the flag carriers for Australia's Web 2.0 movement. But recent developments have shown just how different the outcomes for start-up companies and entrepreneurs can be.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Cisco funnels cash to Melbourne firm

    US networking giant Cisco Systems has invested an unknown amount into Melbourne-based Majitek, an Australian firm primarily created by the founding members of Sausage Software.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Oracle invades San Francisco

    Welcome to San Francisco, California, for Oracle's takeover of a different sort of entity; a city.

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  • Security group names top software risks

    A security organisation published its fourth annual list of the most vulnerable software on Wednesday, putting network administrators on notice that they need to check their systems.

  • Top 10 Linux, Unix threats

    The FBI and SANS have released an updated list of the most exploited threats in Linux/Unix systems.

  • Sanity about SANs: What you should know

    With industry analysts predicting an annual growth rate of 50 to 150 percent for corporate data, it is a safe bet that the majority of businesses will require additional storage. What are SANs and how can they assist?

  • Building high-capacity backups on a limited budget

    When faced with high-priced options from vendors, one IT team decided to develop its own high-speed backup network. Find out how they did it.

  • Top Linux/UNIX security threats

    One of the most prevalent security problems with Linux/UNIX is outdated software that works great but contains flaws. See which programs represent the most serious security threats.

Videos (10)

  • Guy Kawasaki: What makes innovation?

    At Cisco Live in San Francisco, Silicon Valley entreprenuer Guy Kawasaki, author of Reality Check, talks about the four qualities of innovation that he believes all successful products need. They are: deep, intelligent, complete, and elegant.

  • New software updates for iPhone, iPod Touch

    At an event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs discusses new software upgrades for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

  • CNET.com: Apple tunes up Keynote features

    At Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, demonstrates new features of the company's Keynote software, which enables users to create dynamic presentations. A Keynote-coordinating iPhone application, for example lets users advance slides by using the device as a remote control, clicking them back and forth wirelessly.

  • 'Unified Communications' announced by Microsoft

    This week, Bill Gates took the stage in San Francisco to announce Microsoft's new line of software aimed at unifying voicemail, e-mail and business meeting technology.

  • CNET.com: Apple reveals new iPhoto features

    At Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, demos new iPhoto features. He shows off new GPS geotagging that allows users to organize photos using a digital camera by embedding geographical tags into photos, as well as new face detection software that helps users find photos by detecting faces across multiple photos.

Reviews (158)

  • Symantec gets ready to take on Microsoft

    At RSA Conference 2005 in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson knocks Microsoft's security efforts and says the upcoming merger with Veritas Software will provide businesses with an optimal product for corporate compliance.

  • Office Live almost out of the gate

    Office Live is still not an online version of Office, but the set of small business tools has a few new tricks and is heading out of beta.

  • Microsoft casts a spyware net

    At the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Zachary Gutt, a product manager in the business security unit, demonstrate SpyNet, an anti-spyware database created by collecting real-time alerts from computer users.

  • Who has got your backup tested? 4 software applications tested

    If you are looking for the right software to ease your backup pain, look no further.

  • First Take: Yahoo Messenger 7.0 (beta)

    Yahoo's next IM app lets you make free voice calls and leave voicemail, and it adds search and antispam tools.

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