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    Hackers have broken into BusinessWeek's online site and set up an attack scenario in which visitors to a section of the site could have their own computers compromised and their data stolen, a security researcher said on Monday in the US.

  • ACCC gives Telstra a break

    The competition regulator yesterday announced a preliminary decision to exempt Telstra from having to supply rivals with wholesale telephone services in some metropolitan areas.

  • Photos: Tech repair nightmares

    From 1994 to 2002, Rod Shelley worked as a PC technician at a major computer-retail store in the US. After seeing all kinds of wacky, operator-induced computer issues, Shelley decided to start documenting them. This photo gallery is the result.

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    Microsoft is warning that a Word flaw is being used for targeted attacks, and has also issued four 'important' patches, including one for a potentially serious DNS flaw in the latest Patch Tuesday bulletin.

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    When dumping your old PCs sounds a bit fishy

    It seems that the IT industry is missing out on an opportunity to 'help' sea creatures by dumping old computers into the ocean and creating an 'artificial reef'.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Choosing a vote: as easy as O-E-C-D?

    Well, here we are. After years of bluster, measured progress and loads of annoyance, Australia's broadband users head to the polls on Saturday with a score to settle.

  • Taking datacentres on the road

    Is it a truck? Is it a giant portable wind tunnel? Well, yes -- but it's also a mobile datacentre with a maximum capacity of 4.1 petabytes of storage, which would easily hold an awful lot of high-res Superman footage.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Banking show security bypassed with a smile

    Sibos 2006 organisers had probably spent more on security than any other exhibition I have been to; however, all it took was a friendly gesture from one security guard to create a gaping hole in the security infrastructure.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Dying for attention

    Why on Earth would anyone want to fake their own death online? For some people, it's an attention-seeking act. For others, it may seem the only way out of a sticky situation.

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  • Photos: Telstra survival kit

    Tell the Truth Telstra (T4), an initiative formed by a group of Telstra's competitors, sent out this media pack to combat what it said was a media barrage by the nation's largest telco.

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    How feasible is it that you could escape paying hefty licensing fees by using software subsidised by advertisements?

  • How to create a Blue Screen of Death

    Feeling nostalgic about the Microsoft Blue Screen of Death, which used to plague desktops in the bad old days of Windows? No need to keep those feelings locked away. This handy guide will show you how to force your PC to recreate the infamous error.

  • Intel and Cray link up, denting AMD

    Supercomputer expert Cray and Intel have entered a multi-year agreement on high-performance computing, a deal that seems to leave rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in the lurch.

  • Photos: First Look at IE8

    We take a look inside the new beta of IE8 that was released to developers today.

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    Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple's iPhone.

  • D-Link DNS-343

    The DNS-343 is the natural evolution of the DNS-323 a four-drive NAS that's quite good indeed.

  • Optus USB Slimline Modem

    The Optus USB modem works as advertised, but fluctuations in service and a few software bugs have hampered our experience during testing.

  • Yoggie Gatekeeper Card Pro

    Yoggie's Gatekeeper Card Pro delivers powerful plug-and-play protection for notebooks, removes the need to manage multiple software subscriptions and can boost your notebook's performance by removing the security software overhead.

  • Google Analytics

    If you're wary of Google knowing everything about your business and your web site, then Google Analytics is not for you. But for most, it's a useful ally in a challenging business climate.

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