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Cybercrooks who rig Web sites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert said this week.
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Commonwealth Bank CIO Michael Harte this week publicly pondered popular Web technologies most IT managers must be looking at and asking "how can these make/save me money?"
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Google's recent announcement of Android has sparked a debate over whether the mobile Linux platform will prove more secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone.
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With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.
In the just-released Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft mirrors the look and feel of other browsers while adding a few unique features.
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