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    I did a double take recently after listening to Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell acknowledge that his company was ready to lose even more money in online services in the near term, if that's what it takes to catch Google.

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    At what point does one achieve the status of cultural icon? Let's be honest: socialite Paris Hilton is an icon, Larry Ellison isn't -- although techies and geeks might disagree about the Oracle honcho.

  • University of Tasmania cautious on Vista

    The University of Tasmania (UTas) will take a sober approach to migrating its desktop fleet to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.

  • With settlement, Kazaa casts off its pirate garb

    A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery.

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    Microsoft is investigating an e-mail that appears to be a security warning from the software heavyweight which patches a vulnerability in the "WinLogon Service".

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    It took help from three security experts, Citibank's spokesperson, dozens of e-mails and almost a full working day of investigation to confirm that an e-mail I had seen from Citibank was not actually a clever phishing attempt.

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    Eric Benhamou, former chief executive of both 3Com and Palm, has just joined the board of Finjan and taken a minority stake in the web security company through his venture capital fund, Benhamou Global Ventures.

  • Good security news in short supply

    With the start of the new year, it's time to take a shot at predicting the key trends that will define the field of information security in 2006.

  • Should ISPs be accountable for Internet security?

    The debate over the relationship between ISPs, customers, and Internet security is definitely a complicated one, but who should bear the responsibility for protecting users online?

  • Happy birthday, Opera -- you survived

    The browser company's success could be a case study about how boring could be better.

  • Week in review: Browser mania

    The battle of the browsers heated up this week as Netscape unleashed its latest version and Internet Explorer embraced tabbed browsing.

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  • ViewSonic VP950b

    Once you've calibrated the colours using the bundled PerfectSuite Plus software, the VP950b will deliver exceptional image quality. All that's left to consider is whether a 19in. display with a native resolution of 1,280 by 1,024 pixels is adequate for your professional needs.

  • CRTs: The price of progress

    There are about a million tonnes of glass from old CRT monitors sitting in homes and offices - all set to become waste over the next 10 years.

  • BenQ FP767 17.1-inch LCD

    BenQ's attractive FP767-12 delivers enough image quality for typical home use, but it isn't quite all it's cracked up to be for gaming and video.

  • Dell Latitude D505

    Budget-minded business buyers should take a close look at Dell's well-featured Latitude D505, which introduces Intel's cut-down Celeron M processor.

  • IBM ThinkPad X31

    The ultraportable ThinkPad X31 provides a depth of features in a compact format that's suitable for serious travellers.

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