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Article | 14/09/2007 Report: Yahoo mistakenly blows the lid off new Mash service
As if Yahoo didn't have enough trouble already in social networking, a company employee tipped a New York Times reporter by mistake about a new, unann...
Article | 14/09/2007 Virtual worlds making artificial intelligence apps 'smarter'
An artificial intelligence company next month will unveil plans for a program that will help its AI software "learn" by interacting with humans in vir...
Article | 14/09/2007 Optus silent on cable speed boost
Optus is now 'considering its upgrade options' after Telstra unveiled its new 30Mbps cable service Telstra unveiled in Sydney and Melbourne on Tuesday...
Article | 13/09/2007 Yahoo mistakenly blows the lid off new service
As if Yahoo didn't have enough trouble already in social networking, a company public relations representative tipped a New York Times reporter by mis...
Article | 14/09/2007 Study reveals huge disparity between news sites
The topics covered by mainstream news sites are "markedly different" from those on sites that allow users to determine what is newsworthy, according t...
Article | 14/09/2007 Microsoft forces Messenger upgrade for 'security' reasons
Microsoft is forcing Windows Live and MSN Messenger users to upgrade to the newest version due to a security update included in that release, accordin...
Article | 14/09/2007 Group releases free iPhone unlock hack
A hacker group released a free, open-source unlock for Apple's iPhone late Tuesday, just a day after a commercial company started selling something si...
Article | 14/09/2007 Year-old QuickTime bug gives hackers new drive-by attack
A year-old bug in QuickTime that when paired with Firefox allows hackers to hijack PCs and Macs now has Mozilla scrambling for a fix, the company's ch...
Article | 14/09/2007 Sophos: St. Petersburg consulate Web site was hacked
Security vendors are warning that two US Department of State Web sites based in Russia could contain malware and should be avoided.
Article | 14/09/2007 MySpace announces internet TV series based on bloggers
MySpace will premier what it says is the first network quality television series produced directly for the internet in November this year.
Article | 13/09/2007 Government locks down $2 billion Communications Fund
Labor's Fibre-to-the-Node (FttN) broadband plans have been jeopardized by a federal government move to lock down the $2 billion Communications Fund, w...
Article | 13/09/2007 Online thugs assault security help sites
The good guys are taking a hit in the ongoing online war between the thugs who profit from phishing and malware, and those who work to stop them.
Article | 13/09/2007 Cisco chief calls for more collaboration
Cisco CEO John Chambers Wednesday outlined his vision for the future of the IT industry at VMworld in San Francisco.
Article | 13/09/2007 Obama queries LinkedIn users on business issues
US Sen. Barack Obama launched a new Web 2.0 campaign effort Wednesday, using LinkedIn's professional networking site to solicit comments from the netw...
Article | 13/09/2007 Hacker/security expert charged with credit card theft
A California man who served jail time for hacking hundreds of military and government computers nine years ago was charged Tuesday with new computer c...
Article | 13/09/2007 BigPond boosts speeds to 30 Mbps
Telstra BigPond today switched on Australia's fastest consumer cable broadband, with the launch yesterday of a 30 Mbps plan.
Article | 12/09/2007 2Clix sues broadband forum for "false and malicious" threads
The creator of the long running Whirlpool.net.au forum is being sued by 2Clix, a Queensland based business management and accounting software company,...
Article | 12/09/2007 Diving into a virtual world? Better plan ahead, report says
While companies are increasingly turning to virtual worlds for employee collaboration and as a way to strengthen relationships with customers, few hav...
Article | 12/09/2007 Man impersonates lawyer to take over domain names
A Las Vegas man has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud for impersonating an intellectual property lawyer and threatening to sue owners of certain In...
Article | 12/09/2007 Standards Australia defends its decision to abstain from OOXML vote
Standards Australia has defended it's decision to abstain from the ISO (International Organisation for Standardization) and IEC (International Electro...

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