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• World gets together on cyberattack early warning

  Twenty-six countries have united to form a global cyber-security group: the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (Impact).

• The next Internet revolution is coming

  "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come," said Howard Charney, Cisco's senior vice president, borrowing from Victor Hugo to summarise the power of the Internet.

• Microsoft gifts code to AIDS research

  Microsoft has announced that it has released to the AIDS research community the source code for four analytical software tools, a move intended to aid the development of a vaccine for the disease.

• Clients to advise Microsoft on software linking

  Microsoft is turning to its customers for advice on how to better link its products to the outside world.

• Use FUD to talk risk and security: CIO

  Chief information officers must use vendor-style FUD tactics to pressure boards and senior management to properly resource and prioritise operational risk management, a veteran CIO claims.

Blogs (3)

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  Searching for answers

  As the essential tool for the wired generation, Google's search engine has come to embody the zeitgeist of the noughties -- one of information overload and instant gratification. But is it dangerous for a tech company to have such cultural influence?

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  The Bangla village way of Web 2.0

  The Web 2.0 meme is percolating through all manner of media and has now reached as far as Bangladesh.

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  Why sacking sucks

  Shuffling from contract to contract is the employment reality for many IT workers.

Features and Case Studies (8)

• The war on file sharing hits Australia

  Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

• The next Internet revolution is coming

  "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come," said Howard Charney, Cisco's senior vice president, borrowing from Victor Hugo to summarise the power of the Internet.

• How government Web sites stack up

  Government Web sites around the world are not reaching the public as effectively as they might.

• How wikis are changing our view of the world

  Many now turn to the collaborative, democratic wiki form for fast news and history from different perspectives. But there are issues with accuracy and an author's agenda can be questionable. We look at the benefits and downsides of wikis.

• Opening doors for women in computing

  Harvard president's comments reignite debate over women in computer science, with reformers trying to reverse guy-centric patterns.

Reviews (2)

• When brains meet computer brawn

  Who needs cords and keyboards? Just plug your brain into the PC. Welcome to the future.

• Virus writers: If we can't kill them (and we can't), then what?

  From the reaction to Friday's column --in which I kiddingly called for death to virus writers--it's easy to tell who has had to deal with viruses and who hasn't. People who've spent hours, even days, undoing the work of these computer terrorists, whose crimes inflict tremendous damage on people they can't possibly know, seem to appreciate my viewpoint more than most.

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