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Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system. Read more »

Apple security talk cancelled

Just days before the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a talk on Apple's FileVault encryption system has been abruptly cancelled by its presenter. Read more »

Intel to boost single-core performance

Intel plans to increase the performance of individual cores in the Itanium processor, and not just increase the number of cores to it, according to an Intel engineer. Read more »

Exposing software flaws -- no easy job

Security researcher Christopher Soghoian reflects on the hard work that comes after finding a vulnerability. Read more »

Mac hacked through QuickTime flaw

The security hole used to breach a MacBook in a hack-a-Mac competition last week lies in Apple's QuickTime media player, the flaw finder said on Tuesday. Read more »

MacBook hacked in contest at security event

Software engineer Shane Macaulay hacked into a MacBook through a zero-day security hole in Apple's Safari browser, winning a free laptop in the process. The computer was one of two offered as a prize in the "PWN to Own" hack-a-Mac contest at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada. Read more »

Clock is ticking on Apple's Boot Camp beta

Those considering setting up a Windows partition on a Mac using the test version of Apple's Boot Camp might want to pay close attention to the licensing terms that accompany the beta software. Read more »

Black Hat with a Vista twist

Black Hat is not just about breaking and entering this year as Windows Vista and IE7 come under the spotlight. Read more »

Microsoft to embed Live services in Windows

Microsoft's Live-branded online services don't end at the Web browser. They extend deep into Windows. Read more »

Oracle defends security record

Oracle has shrugged off criticisms of its recent security record, saying that one of the company's biggest security concerns is that its customers are so used to being secure that they are not used to applying patches. Read more »

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Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliance

Although many software makers promote responsible disclosure, it isn't universally backed by the security community. Critics say it could make security companies lazy in patching. Full disclosure of flaws is better is preferred. Read more »

Certification essential for all IT security staffers

Those aspiring to work in security management need to begin earning some certifications right away. Find out why these certs are vital for any security role. Read more »

IT businesses: gotta go global

Businesses in the Australian IT sector might be able to earn a living by staying small, but for long-term survival they will have to look offshore. Read more »

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Discounted entry to Web Directions

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Web Directions 2008 returns to the Sydney Convention Centre in September and Builder AU can help you save on the entry fee. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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