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China's Firefox growth kicks Aussies off top user list
Australia has missed out making it into a list of countries containing the most Firefox users, with the number of Chinese users of the browser taking over Australian ones between November and December. Read more »
Government targets itself with phishing attack
Governments have had to target themselves with phishing attacks in order to highlight weak points in their security and protect national secrets from espionage, according to a report published this week by Sans. Read more »
Intel + Linux = iPhone killer?
Intel is looking to succeed where others including Noka and Palm have failed to set the world alight, and deliver a Linux-based Internet device by 2010, which could challenge the success of the iPhone. Read more »
CIA and Vatican alter Wikipedia entries
The CIA and the Vatican have made alterations to Wikipeda entries, according to a US hacker's homemade program that detects the source of edits to the online encyclopedia. Read more »
Black Hat expels reporters in network snooping
Three journalists for a French security magazine were kicked out of the Black Hat security conference after they allegedly sniffed the press room computer network on Thursday. Read more »
Infamous Russian malware gang disappears
An alleged Russian malware hosting gang has abruptly disappeared, according to security experts. Read more »
Study: Software piracy costs US$34b
Software piracy resulted in a loss of US$34 billion worldwide in 2005, a US$1.6 billion increase over 2004, according to a study commissioned by the Business Software Alliance. Read more »
Ex-OpenDocument advocates opt for W3C alternative
The conflict over document formats has taken a twist as some advocates for OpenDocument, or ODF, abandon the format in favor of the World Wide Web (W3) Consortium's Compound Document Formats standard. Read more »
Microsoft censors Chinese blogger
Microsoft has admitted to removing the blog of an outspoken Chinese journalist from its MSN Spaces site, citing its policy of adhering to local laws. Read more »
Vigilantes launch attack on scam sites
Internet vigilantes have launched a 48-hour bandwidth attack against spammers who allegedly defraud people online. Read more »
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Designing software for distant shores, Part 1
In the first part of a two part series, Angus Kidman examines the technical challenges of building applications for the international market. Read more »
Playing the international Web game
You have built a Web site, with a considerable investment of both time and money. Now, to start cashing in. ZDNet Australia offers these tips on marketing your local Web efforts to all the regions of the world. Read more »
Talking tech with Bill Joy
Famed technologist-turned-venture-capitalist says tech industry innovation is moving beyond Moore's Law. Read more »
Red Hat looks at a Linux desktop
Red Hat is warming to the use of the Linux operating system on desktop computers, a difficult market where customers are picky and Microsoft is the leader. Read more »
Deliver RSS content with JSP and JavaScript
You can generate RSS feeds for your JSP-based web site easily. We'll show you how. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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