Visa Australia said today it was moving to chip and PIN technology for all of its credit cards, with signature transactions to be banned by April 2013.
An international expert on ATM card skimming gangs has warned Australia is seen as a soft target because of large withdrawal limits and old ATM technology.
Tough new laws aimed at clamping down on identity fraud are being drafted by the NSW government.
Sydney police have charged two men over what is alleged to be a multi-million dollar credit card fraud racket involving online auction giant eBay.
The Queensland police have charged two people for allegedly conducting a Nigerian scam operation as well as a further four people for using credit cards with skimmed data.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
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Sick of being the biggest loser when it comes to free-to-air Web portals, Ten's getting serious. Time to check in on the eve of their new site launch.
Exetel CEO John Linton takes "Herr Krudd" and "Obersturmfuhrer Conroy" to task for their scheme to purge the Fatherland of the filth emanating from the diseased brains of the untermenscen.
Using a USB drive to transfer setting to a Cisco router has many benefits. Among others, it can hold multiple configurations and copies of the Cisco IOS and it will speed up the copying process. Here's how to use a USB flash drive with a Cisco 871W router.
E-mail is practically universal, but that doesn't mean that everyone knows how to use it correctly. These usage guidelines, which encompass things like virus, spam, and phishing protection, rules of etiquette, and attachment handling, will help safeguard your organisation and teach your users how to handle their e-mail responsibly.
Don't expect Internet scams, hackers, trojan horses and the like to vanish overnight. The challenge is for banks and customers to minimise their exposure to losses. But how?
A U-turn by Microsoft on abbreviating Web logs may portend a looming bandwidth crunch.
Far from being another update, the sequel to the V3 is a whole different kind of RAZR, with rounder edges, shiny surfaces and -- somehow -- a thinner silhouette.
If you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade. But stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.
Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.
This browser is built on the Internet Explorer engine yet includes built-in features Microsoft does not provide.
RMIT Labs looks at the latest DVD Burners and standalone DVD Recorders to work out this year's best burner. Read our Australian review.
Telstra shareholders fear break up
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The Change Program changes its Agenda
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The long-awaited separation of Telstra
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