Did a computer intrusion at a Best Western hotel in Germany open the door for a hacker to steal the records of eight million customers and pull off "the greatest cyber-heist in world history," as a Scottish newspaper put it?
US-based Mac clone maker Psystar plans to file its answer to Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit Tuesday in the US as well as a countersuit of its own, alleging that Apple engages in anti-competitive business practices.
Trade unions today said Telstra was thumbing its nose at government industrial policy by plotting to cut employees' pay by 15 per cent.
The three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who have been barred by a court order from discussing subway card vulnerabilities are now free to say what they want.
Global credit information group Experian is still withholding $19.8 million of payouts relating to its acquisition of Australian internet monitoring firm Hitwise in April 2007, according to a leaked letter to shareholders.
Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?
A while back, frustration with my inability to get online outside of the office drove me to invest in a 3G data service from Hutchinson's 3. For $30 per month, I get 2GB of data that's accessible pretty much anywhere I go (I do all my work in metropolitan areas).
Last week's blog on why consumers might be confused by contradictory messages on computer security from banks drew a few objections from interested parties ones that I thought would be worth responding to this week.
New storage technology can be frankly pornographic: it's big, it's sexy and you want it slammed into your rack right now but is a long term relationship more satisfying?
Are Australia's privacy laws slowly killing Australians by preventing medical professionals gaining access to patient information?
US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
Kevin Mitnick has proven that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.
Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.
Reality has been cruel to virtual worlds, with most failing to live up to expectations, especially in business environments. Did analysts get that right or are they also guilty of second-degree Second Life hyping?
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel's Justin Rattner and Michael Garner talk about materials and processes that will be used in the next 40 years to increase chip performance and advance production. Rattner and Garner discuss the future use of CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology and...
With millions of customers at AGL paying by credit card, Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007, explains the importance of security and why outsourcing it is a bad idea. Tizi also talks about why Australia should implement stringent data disclosure laws.
Gordon Moore, "We have another decade, a decade and a half" At the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore discusses the end of Moore's Law, which he believes will hit a wall in the next 10 to 15 years.
Phishers have started exploiting technologies such as Voice over IP and RSS to hook more victims while law enforcement authorities are being overwhelmed by the sheer volume and sophistication of attacks, according to the CEO of Websense.
If data security is paramount, the DataTraveler BlackBox is the USB flash drive of choice, despite its relatively high cost.
The Dell SE198WFP is a 19-inch monitor which presents excellent value for money, and a decent level of performance as well. Check our Australian review.
Windows Vista delivers some pretty snazzy new graphics, but all that "wow" can be a real drain.
Intel's latest mobile platform, now officially christened Centrino Duo, introduces the Core Duo (Yonah) chip with dual CPU cores. This and other developments should deliver useful -- if not revolutionary -- increases in notebook performance and battery life.
The choices are endless -- but do we really need everything our mobile phone sells us?
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