Incompatible new versions of the popular file-compression format could put the squeeze on users and as a result unravel support for Zip
New national e-crime guidelines have been launched by Standards Australia to help organisations deal with incidents following widespread concerns about the forensic status of computer-generated evidence
Covered in oil after resetting a sensor in the aircraft’s nosewheel, the pilot stood on a chair in the terminal building and pleaded with the exhausted tourists to join him
The lawless Mexican border town of Juarez is no stranger to death. Fiefdom of the infamous narco-trafficante ‘Lord of the Skies’, its fortunes are built on hard drugs and cheap labour. But now an even more ruthless menace stalks its dusty streets.
There is a new word spoken in Ciudad Juarez: Feminocidio — feminocide, the mass slaughter of women. There is no other word to describe what is happening: some 340 young women found murdered since 1992 in much the same manner as Sagrario, and a further 180 or so missing
Michael Berry’s name, reputation and credit line were easy pickings for some very scary people. Yours are, too
Thirty years after a bunch of hippies brought flower power to bear on a plan for a military camp in southern France, 100,000 ecologists and campaigners against global trade rules returned to the site yesterday for a festival aimed at putting the world to rights. The militant farmers’ leader José Bové was at Larzac then, and he is there now
Merrill Lynch is set to ban access to outside e-mail services from sites such as AOL, Yahoo and MSN, in response to regulatory requirements and to protect its network from viruses
US District Judge Joseph Tauro has rejected an attempt by the recording industry to uncover the names students suspected of online music piracy
In a statement worthy of Bill Hicks, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has declared that weapons sales by rich countries were responsible for the proliferation of wars. The outspoken veteran leader said wars were being waged as an excuse to try out new weapons
The craze for flash mobs — where jokers gather en masse at a moment’s notice, perform an inane activity and then disperse quickly — is spreading across Europe
Astronomers have found the first direct evidence of a giant spiral galaxy far away that is ripping apart a much smaller one and gobbling up millions of its stars — an event that demonstrates the power of that mysterious cosmic stuff called dark matter
A Royal Bengal tiger escaped from a Bangladesh zoo after its keeper left its cage open, but snuck back an hour later after apparently being frightened by the crowds — or possibly knowing when it’s onto a good thing
One of the sillier, yet oddly hypnotic, online games is Stare Down Sally, where you can try not to blink before Sally does
Ismo Rakkolainen and Karri Palovuori, from Tampere University of Technology, Finland, have come up with the Walk-thru Fog Screen. The fog screen, consisting of fog
that is blown down from top, and the protective laminar airflow creates a thin and crisp surface, pretty undisturbed by the air in the rest of the room, making it ideal for projector usage. People can walk right through this screen of fog. Their next idea is to use the fog as a touch-screen, making it even more accessible
Every night, as darkness descends, countless street lamps and lights turn on to keep the darkness at bay, bathing countless square feet of the planet in light that sometimes rivals day time. But has anyone stopped to consider what effect all this light may have on people and animals that have evolved to fit an environment where a significant part of the 24 hour day is spent in lightless conditions? Some scientists have, and they are claiming that all this light is causing numerous problems
Once again Telstra have disconnected ADSL with no warning. Their faults page mentions a miscellaneous 40 minute disruption of service in the early hours of the yesterday morning, but is typically silent over the seven hour downtime inflicted on many users in the Sydney area today
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Victoria Police will raid trading markets in search of pirated video games next weekend as the industry gears up for a crackdown on mod chipping
The morale boosting purchase of a talking Bob the Builder toy inspired a team of geeks to perform some exploratory surgery and endow Bob with some enhanced equipment… meet Evil Bob
Electronic Frontiers Australia has dismissed a proposal to restrict access to Internet accounts to those that can satisfy a 100 point identity check as ludicrous
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