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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 »

Russia steals malware gold from China

Russia has passed China to become the largest generator of spyware and other malicious code, according to a report. Read more »

Australia number one in Asia Pacific for offshoring

The Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) dominate a list ranking the top 30 global offshoring locations. 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 »

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 »

Inside the Top500 supercomputers

Roadrunner has topped the Top500 supercomputers list to be released Wednesday at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany. Read more »

Microsoft to give students free developer tools

Microsoft wants more students using its software tools and it thinks it has hit on the right business model -- it's going to give away its software. 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 »

Infamous Russian malware gang disappears

An alleged Russian malware hosting gang has abruptly disappeared, according to security experts. 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 »

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Understand Oracle 10g's Hierarchical Query options

In this week's Oracle tip Scott Stephens discusses Oracle 10g's features that help with Hierarchical Queries. Read more »

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 »

Using hash variables in Perl

In Perl, a hash lets you create a one-to-one association between a variable, called the key, and a value. We'll show you the basics of Perl hashes and some useful tricks. Read more »

Talking tech with Bill Joy

Famed technologist-turned-venture-capitalist says tech industry innovation is moving beyond Moore's Law. 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 »

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 »

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