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Typing style to become a digital fingerprint?

Typing style to become a digital fingerprint?

Our typing styles are as individual as our fingerprints, and could be used to identify computer users, according to a Queensland researcher.

May 16th, 2012 in Typing by AAP 1 Comment 1 Vote
Budget 2012: ID verification opened to business

Budget 2012: ID verification opened to business

The Australian Government will spend $7.5 million to extend and open up its National Document Verification System to local businesses in the hopes of recouping losses from the system's troubled deployment.

May 8th, 2012 in Budget2012 by Michael Lee Comment 2 Votes
Companies must think big data or bust

Companies must think big data or bust

Companies that don't examine what big data means to them today may not be around tomorrow, according to Malcolm Crompton, the managing director of privacy consulting firm Information Integrity Solutions and former privacy commissioner of Australia.

May 4th, 2012 in Big Data by Michael Lee Comment Vote
Creating a key for every door

Creating a key for every door

How close are we to having one password for all of our online services instead of having to remember dozens?

April 18th, 2012 in Security by Drew Turney 2 Comments Vote
Your word is your log-in, literally

Your word is your log-in, literally

Voice recognition technology has yet to deliver anything like the "Enhance!" scene from the film Blade Runner. But voice biometric authentication does work — and Australia is a world leader.

March 26th, 2012 in Security by Stilgherrian 3 Comments Vote
Internet won't always be anonymous: ITU

Internet won't always be anonymous: ITU

Anonymity and the internet may appear to go hand in hand, but, according to International Telecommunications Union (ITU) head of corporate strategy Alexander Ntoko, it wasn't always that way, and shouldn't be in the future.

February 9th, 2012 in Security by Michael Lee 1 Comment Vote
Identity theft? It's easy!

Identity theft? It's easy!

Identity theft is easy to commit, as Welsh comedian Bennett Arron discovered. He explains just how easy on this week's Patch Monday podcast.

October 17th, 2011 in Security by Stilgherrian Comment 2 Votes
Google brings new ID monitoring features

Google brings new ID monitoring features

Google is pushing its privacy settings offerings just a tad higher with the addition of some new identity management options.

June 16th, 2011 in Google by Rachel King Comment Vote
Identity theft's next frontier: your kids

Identity theft's next frontier: your kids

A report by Carnegie Mellon's CyLab has found that identity theft is a growing concern for children. In a scan of 42,000 US child IDs, CyLab found that more than 10 per cent of kids had someone else using their Social Security number.

April 19th, 2011 in Security by Larry Dignan Comment Vote

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15 minutes ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

17 minutes ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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Q&A of the Week: 'The current state of the cybercrime ecosystem' featuring Mikko Hypponen http://t.co/6lUYFs0X

You say that the golden age of cyber crime will be over by 2014/2015. I would like to differ. I believe that cyber criminals are getting ...

1 hour ago by Staden on Cybercrime golden age over in two years?

Before accusing me of fudging the figures, that was the percentage in April, the latest available. It seems that as the advantage of the ...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Wireless currently carries less than 2% of total internet data traffic. Simply to carry the existing traffic, we would need 50 times the ...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

The stupidest part about a wireless solution for the burbs is that it will actually cost more to put an antenna on the roof to get the si...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

The problem is not range of the cell in the urban areas where Turnbull wants LTE instead of fibre, it is the number of users. In urban ar...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

After the Second World War, the pursuit of pleasure domains the entire world atmosphere, Lancel (Lancel) to adapt rapidly into the demand...

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RT @DellEnterprise: Dell Secureworks talks with ZDNet about Android's biggest #security flaws - http://t.co/LSFLQVFq #infosec

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Another thing I found so misleading here is the step on how you assume to make the USB bootable . (The NTLDR needs to be renamed to USBNT...

8 hours ago by WindowsAnalyzer on Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive

You can also use the help of these links, just incase your stuff failed, I probably got Windows build by using the Pebuilder as per the i...

8 hours ago by WindowsAnalyzer on Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive

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RT @konradski: Whaddayaknow - turns out Wi-Fi CAN interfere with a plane's navigation systems http://t.co/ospQCU2S

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12 hours ago, NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

Sorry no deal Cinders, I'd rather send my money to someone and watch them desperately try to stop the NBN as this has much better enterta...

12 hours ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

What else can you expect from a Dodo customer?

12 hours ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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Biometric bugs too dangerous for public? http://t.co/8JLz5tdF via @zdnetaustralia

Oh please dont be unkind, I gotta have some fan's. btw I agree I dont set the standard, but who does I wonder?

14 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

You agree but give him thumbs down... I think you'd better take the medication before one of your alter ego's Fred/Frank/Frergers appear...

14 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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14 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

War talk dominates #AusCERT 2012 - http://t.co/SlBpMj0c - #security #cyber

So we agree it was a stupid idea and even stupider comment then ;-)

14 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Not you obviously ;-)

And stop giving yourself thumbs up FFS.

14 hours ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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#NewSouthWales ditches registration stickers 4 light #vehicles in favour of #technology http://t.co/xX5N0Rp9

Anonymous hacks Reliance's Internet filtering server - ZDNet (blog) http://t.co/uObU1HBP http://t.co/0UBXxwX4

Which Windows will make for a better tablet? http://t.co/4mAHg850

Listening to @stilgherrian cover AusCERT and cyberwar, http://t.co/6lGUEz8H

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/VN5tGJzC

#Westpac Board goes paperless with #Ipads with #Tabula #App http://t.co/duxuj2fd #Cybersecurity #Bank

Microsoft is serious about open source??? http://t.co/mqQGgta7

@joedamato just try varying caps randomly. Maybe they do this http://t.co/1FN5FwYv

NSW outlines datacentre migration plans - Hardware - News - ZDNet Australia http://t.co/OQfUl0D1

"on the new fast Internets everyone wants the fast plan" #orly #nareally #yarly http://t.co/kvfCa84A

Chrome overtakes IE: does it matter? http://t.co/e4SILk8a

A ZDNet study showed that British Facebook users are drunk in 76 percent of their photos.

The HDMI cable ripoff and why retail is really dying http://t.co/eFT7zEW7

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/IUysbyKf

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ZDNet reports Microsoft launches its own social service http://t.co/VJS5BkwF

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