Scientists say they can genetically modify whole mosquito populations so that the flies are either susceptible to pesticides, or can’t transmit the malaria parasite. And they would only need to release relatively few GM mosquitoes to kick-start the process
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
Outraged at the exclusion of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, Greens call democracy impossible without representation of women. US Green Party officers travel to Europe for meetings with Green members of European parliaments and other Green officials and the European Federation of Green Parties
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 environmentalist organisation Greenpeace said a high-ranking microbiologist in the US government’s biological warfare program was likely behind the current wave of anthrax attacks that has cost the lives of five people
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
A little-noticed provision in the new anti-terrorism act imposes US cyber crime laws on other nations, whether they like it or not. And in related news, thirty countries signed a controversial international treaty to combat online crime last week. Representatives of 26 Council of Europe member states, plus the US, Canada, Japan, and South Africa, put their signatures on the document at the international Convention on Cybercrime meeting in Budapest
The annual pre-xmas swine slaughter in a south-western Hungarian village came to a shocking end on Saturday after one man died of electrocution while trying to stun a pig, whose owner then died of heart attack
Tempers have reached fever pitch in the local domain name game, with NetRegistry’s CEO Larry Bloch describing marketing practices of certain competitors as a deceptively misleading, sneaky, slimy attempt to mislead the public
. An opinion much supported by other domain name resellers from across the country
The much-loved but endangered water vole could soon be safe across much of London
Search engine spiders crawling the Web are increasingly stumbling upon passwords, credit card numbers, classified documents and even computer vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers. The problem is not new, security analysts say: Ever since search robots began indexing the Web years ago, Web site administrators have found pages not meant for public consumption exposed in search results
Australia is under pressure to establish a national cybercrime centre similar to those in the UK and US. Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Keelty says cyber crime is costing some US$3 trillion — AU$5.8 trillion — a year world-wide
French Stewart has agreed to trade places with Queensland Premier Peter Beattie and plans to seize control of Queensland with free beer
Earth-orbiting listening posts are on active duty in the United States-led war on terrorism. Signal-seeking spacecraft not only play a critical role in eavesdropping on nations from on high, but also within the borders of the US itself
A court date was set Monday in the lawsuit brought by British Telecommunications against US-based Prodigy Communications Corp for patent infringement through the ISP’s unauthorised use of the hyperlink
The world’s biggest luddite, Senator Alston has retained his position as Communications and IT minister for the Australian government following a cabinet reshuffle today — despite opposition from within his party and widespread rumours that he wanted to step down
Disgruntled employees have always posed dangers for businesses, but in the information age, that hazard has become far more sinister. GreenGrocer.com.au, a leading Australian e-tailer, learned this the hard way after its systems were violated by a trusted worker
The Office of Government Commerce is threatening to dump Microsoft, citing increased licence fees that would cost the UK £60 million a year, representing an increase of 50-200%
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