The Computer Emergency Response Team‘s Co-ordination Centre, an important national clearinghouse for computer-security information, came under attack Wednesday, leaving its main Web site only intermittently reachable
Tasmanian state-owned electricity generator Hydro Tasmania said yesterday it was considering investing in mainland Australia wind projects
The birth records of more than 24 million Californians have been sold by the state and posted on the Internet, offering easy access to critical information needed to create fake identities
The largest prime number yet discovered is revealed to the world — all four million digits
AOL has joined the growing force developing an open-source alternative to Microsoft’s .Net network. And in other related news, the Seven Network is reportedly in advanced talks with AOL Time Warner for a merger of their Australian online businesses
A defiant Froggy has hit back at OzEmail and iPrimus campaigns to lure the pint-size ISP’s customer base, filing complaints with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Department of Fair Trading
Mail Server hiccups causing a temporary delay in outgoing mail for some OzEmail customers are currently under investigation, and thought to be linked to a sudden surge in traffic thanks to the Bad Trans virus
An Australian deckhand was electrocuted while thumbing the controller of a Sony PlayStation when a wave smashed into the boat’s wheelhouse
The guessing game over Ginger has come to an end as Dean Kamen unveils his engineering marvel under its official name: Segway. Developed at a cost of more than $100 million, Kamen’s vehicle is a complex bundle of hardware and software that mimics the human body’s ability to maintain its balance. Not only does it have no brakes, it also has no engine, no throttle, no gearshift and no steering wheel. And it can carry the average rider for a full day, non-stop, on only five cents’ worth of electricity
Telstra will evade penalties exceeding AU$10 million despite not complying with all of the competition watchdog’s demands by the 30 November deadline
Windows XP helps itself to 20% of your bandwidth, a useful tip at TweakXP reveals. But although this sounds like the sort of thing that could easily fuel paranoia, it’s more just a case of sloppy and wasteful configuration
Mojo Partners is being sued by the Business Software Association of Australia members for alleged copyright infringement in relation to Adobe and Microsoft software
Microsoft offered Germany’s parliament and Interior Ministry access to the source code for its Windows operating system to counter concern that data could be diverted to the CIA
A new system combining a mobile phone and a cryptographic technique will soon allow you to get the name of any music track you hear on the radio — perfect if the DJ babbles on afterwards without naming the tune
It would seem the dam has finally burst for Froggy ISP, as over half the staff at the company’s Liverpool call centre had their employment terminated yesterday
Most Australian service providers are pushing the wrong DSL services on to customers, with sting in the tail pricing to boot, hampering the uptake of broadband in the local market
More than 4 million Excite@Home broadband Internet customers could be left without access after the company said today it could not guarantee the supply of its service beyond Friday
The NSW department of Fair Trading has begun preliminary investigations into allegations that Nokia Australia has been selling mobile handsets with faulty displays
If you find yourself paying for bundled proprietary software and don’t actually install it, you can legally resell it no matter what the End-User License Agreement says. That’s what Judge Dean D Pregerson wrote in his Order Re: Application For Preliminary Injunction
in the case of Softman vs Adobe
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