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  • DNS exploits are happening

    A fatal flaw with the DNS (Domain Name System) was currently being exploited in internet attacks and more attacks were likely, the security researcher who discovered the flaw said on Thursday in the US

  • Telstra ends Kaz sale process

    Telstra today put an end to its long-running attempt to sell its IT services subsidiary Kaz, saying it would keep the company.

  • Researcher blackmails Sun, Nokia

    A Polish security researcher has claimed to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java, but is demanding 20,000 in return for full details of the vulnerabilities.

  • Gershon returns to Canberra

    Sir Peter Gershon will return to Canberra next week as the British efficiency guru gears up to deliver a landmark report to finance and deregulation minister Lindsay Tanner on how the federal public sector could better spend its annual $6 billion IT budget.

  • UK newspaper rolls out Google Docs

    The United Kingdom's Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is moving all of its 1,400 employees onto Google Apps following a successful trial of the technology.

  • Massive, coordinated DNS patch released

    A security researcher has responsibly disclosed a fundamental flaw within the Domain Name System (DNS), the addressing scheme behind the common names used on the Internet.

  • Judge orders YouTube to reveal 12TB of user logs

    Dismissing privacy concerns, a US judge overseeing a US$1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the online video sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

  • Companies must disclose their gases: Govt

    Companies belching greenhouse gases will have to keep track of their footprint as of today so they can report their levels to the government.

  • Defence turns to SOA for better battles

    The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is testing a service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based system to relay information from various intelligence sources and create a detailed image of a battlefield.

  • .NSW, .Uluru, .Oz, .footy domains coming in 2009?

    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in internet history, a French web official said.

  • Trend Micro's new vision: Signatures in the cloud

    Trend Micro chief executive and co-founder Eva Chen unveiled a new vision for the company that includes 'in-the-cloud' malware analysis.

  • Why IT sucks at being a law hound

    When legal wrangling turns serious and lawyers send corporate IT departments a barrage of emails looking for information to use as evidence in an upcoming trial, the IT geeks often aren't up to the challenge.

  • Red ring of death is closer than you think

    It can seem hard to believe that a company with all the resources of Microsoft can make make a billion-dollar mistake with a small chip-design fault. Yet chip design is not an exact science and Rupert Goodwins, who has been there himself, details how it can go horribly wrong.

  • Photos: Annoying hardware, a rogues' gallery

    Hardware may be less 'in your face' than software, but it can still ruin your day. We've listed our main bugbears: let us know if you agree.

  • Stallman: Linux used to track Londoners

    Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source software with London's "unethical" Oyster-card system.

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