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Sun threatened by Microsoft, Apple over patents
Revealing a bit of previously hush-hush history that's relevant today, Sun Microsystems' former chief executive said that both Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had threatened Sun for infringing their patents. Read more »
IBM unleashes new server family
IBM has introduced a new class of industry-standard servers that it hopes will widen its market share lead and put rivals like Hewlett-Packard and Dell on defence. Read more »
Microsoft fixes 8 IE holes, including one used in attacks
Microsoft on Thursday issued a cumulative critical patch for Internet Explorer that fixes eight vulnerabilities, including a hole targeted in the China-based attacks on Google and other US companies. Read more »
Microsoft bashes Google's Chrome-in-IE plan
Microsoft on Thursday lashed out against Google's Chrome Frame -- an Internet Explorer plug-in that supplants IE's rendering engine with Google's. Read more »
Defence hauled in over PM website attack
Security experts from Defence have been called in to assist agencies that were targeted by last night's attack on the Prime Minister's and other agency websites. More attacks are expected, according to sources. Read more »
Hacker defaces RAAF site
The Royal Australian Air Force has confirmed that a hacker defaced its website on 13-14 July, in an attack the perpetrator described as a warning message to stop racism against Indian students in Australia. Read more »
SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims
SCO Group has been ordered to pay a €10,000 fine in Germany for making claims that Linux includes intellectual property from Unix. Read more »
Georgia accuses Russia of co-ordinated cyberattack
The Georgian embassy in the UK has accused forces within Russia of launching a co-ordinated cyberattack against Georgian websites, to coincide with military operations in the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Read more »
BlackBerry PDF flaw exposes corporate networks
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is warning businesses to disable the function which allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until it can issue an update, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. Read more »
Unisys wants AU$250k open source advocate
The Australian arm of IT services multinational Unisys has placed an advertisement for an evangelist to plug open source software locally, with a potential pay packet of AU$250,000 per year. Read more »
Features (20)
IBM hopes to upend industry standard server ROI equation
IBM introduced a new class of industry standard servers that it hopes will widen its market share lead and put rivals like HP and Dell on defence. Read more »
Are employee self-evaluations worthless?
A study from Cornell brings the value of employee self-evaluations into question. Judging by the results of the study, can self-evaluations be trusted? Read more »
10 ways to manage your risk with web applications
Web apps continue to grow in popularity, but companies have legitimate concerns about security and reliability. Here are some ways to address potential risks and make sure you choose the right vendor. Read more »
10+ ways to avoid misunderstandings at work
Miscues happen all the time in business communications, and the results can range from annoying to disastrous. Here are some simple rules to follow that can save you a world of trouble when communicating with colleagues and partners. Read more »
10+ things you should know about rootkits
Malware-based rootkits fuel a multibillion dollar spyware industry by stealing individual or corporate financial information. If that weren't bad enough, rootkit-based botnets generate untold amounts of spam. Here's a look at what rootkits are and what to do about them. Read more »
How do I ... reject alpha characters in a SQL Server character column?
Enforcing your data's integrity is probably the single most important issue you face when designing a database. Validating user input is one way of keeping bad data from making its way into your analyses and reports. Read more »
Establish a patch management policy
Patch management is an issue that will always plague your organisation's network -- there will always be patches, updates, and security fixes to apply. Read more »
Phishing and pharming 101: Protect your identity
Using a variety of nefarious methods, phishing and pharming are a consistent problem that threatens everyone with identity theft. If you recognise what these methods are and how malicious users employ them, you can keep yourself and your users from becoming a victim. Read more »
Passwords: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Even with the best security technology in place, people are still putting enormous faith in the strength of their password, many without realising what having a "strong" password entails. Builder AU's Nick Gibson runs you through the basics. Read more »
In defence of freedom
The principles are the same, but technology has moved on significantly in the 15 years since the release of GPL 2. Read more »
Blog (8)
Hackers attack government websites
-- A hackers' alliance staged a denial-of-service attack on websites of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and ACMA on Wednesday night. Read more of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
Microsoft adopts GPL for Hyper-V Linux components
-- Mark this day in your diary: Microsoft has decided to use the GPL for some of its software. Read more »
Apple can give but can't take
-- Apple has complained about Microsoft's laptop ads, a hacker has defaced the RAAF website and Firefox 3.5 users could fall victim to drive-by attacks. Read more »
Hack attack week
-- It wasn't a good week to be an Alaskan vice-presidential candidate, an online publication or even a multinational science project -- as all were compromised by hackers this week. Read more »
Australian twitterati talks malware
-- It was inevitable that micro-blogging service Twitter would become infested with malware, according to a number of high-profile Australian users of the service. Read more »
Software in the courts
-- In week's Roundup explores Google's assertion that privacy no longer exists, the UK-based NASA hacker loses his extradition appeal, Microsoft becomes a sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation and the Australian Tax Office chooses Windows and only Windows, again, for electronic submissions. Read more »
Anti-Virus software hit with 6 critical vulnerabilities
-- Kaspersky Labs announced over easter that their latest maintenance pack fixes six critical security vulnerabilities in their anti-virus software. The security flaws affect the Anti-Virus 6.0 and Internet Security products, including both the workstation and server editions. Read more »
Google destroys Security Through Obscurity
-- Google Labs' new Code Search makes it easier for hackers to find database
username and password details by entering strings that are commonly used
within configuration files. Read more »
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