An urgent business proposition
and requests for urgent assistance
from a so-called Nigerian official were heeded by a Detroit bank secretary in the latest example of how the ubiquitous e-mail scam actually works
ISPs are preparing for a new cybercrime code of conduct that will detail how much data they should keep on subscribers in order to co-operate with police and other law enforcement agencies
Millions of internet users have unwittingly consented to having their online activities monitored by agreeing to convoluted terms and conditions on web sites
Despite a promise last week to elaborate on its plans, Palm Australia is keeping its shutters closed tightly when it comes to revealing whether Australia will be included in the company’s aggressive push to capture the mass-market
Citing Microsoft’s own somewhat patchy security record, Australian industry commentators have called into question the software maker’s worthiness to advise the Federal Government on the country’s cyber security policy
Embattled computer giant Sun Microsystems has come up with a new strategy to challenge the dominance of Microsoft. In a plan, dubbed Project Mad Hatter
. It will sell cheap desktop computers running the free Linux operating system and charge companies a small monthly fee for service and support
Free Web-based e-mail services have long used customers as marketing mules, adding an unobtrusive tag line at the end of each message to tout their products. Now MailFrontier, an anti-spam company, is drawing fire for using the same tactic
Nearly 100 years after the Wright brothers’ first heavier-than-air powered flight, the US Air Force is testing an experimental plane that uses wing warping
, the steering and control technique that kept Orville Wright aloft in 1903. But this time round, it will be at supersonic speeds
An online anarchist scavenger hunt
proposed for next week’s annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank has raised the ire of police, who fear demonstrators could damage property and wreak havoc. Break a McDonald’s window, get 300 points. Puncture a Washington DC police car tire to win 75 points. Score 400 points for a pie in the face of a corporate executive or World Bank delegate
California may become the first state requiring computer makers and sellers of television sets to charge buyers to recycle the machines
Australians will soon have another alternative for wireless broadband Internet, with Melbourne startup Azure Wireless set to step into the ring with more establish players
A concept for a colossal cargo aircraft designed to skim a few metres above the surface of the ocean has been revealed by researchers at the aerospace company Boeing. The concept aeroplane, called the Pelican Ultra Large Transport Aircraft (ULTRA), would exploit an aerodynamic phenomenon known as the
Electric signals can be transmitted at least four times faster than the speed of light using only basic equipment that would be found in virtually any college science department
LindowsOS Version 2.0 offers networking features for connecting with Windows-based PCs, support for more printers and a streamlined interface similar to the Windows desktop
Billionaire engineer Charles Simonyi, who left Microsoft to co-found a company called Intentional Software, says his new firm’s software-development tools will reduce annoying or even dangerous bugs to one in a million
Microsoft has signed up Brightmail to tackle the junk mail bombarding Hotmail accounts. It is to install Brightmail Solution Suite at the SMTP gateway, to hoover up junk mail before it reaches the user
New research has revealed that Australia’s Big Four banks’ poor Web account services are threatening to drive customers to rivals with more user-friendly facilities
Controversial Australian domain name reseller Internet Registrations Australia is being taken to court by the ACCC amidst allegations of misleading conduct
AOL7 will begin trial of its new broadband service in a matter of weeks, with a view to providing the service commercially by 2003. But it’s worth studying the fine print before signing up for any broadband service, because tiny download limits are tripping the unwary
Speculation is growing that Optus is about to launch a high-speed data wireless network
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