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Spam report: volumes rising again
Spammers knocked offline two weeks ago when their hosting company, McColo, was shut down are finally coming back online, security researchers said this week. Read more »
IE entrenched in the enterprise
Alternative browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome may be aimed at toppling Microsoft's reign, but analysts say Internet Explorer's "overwhelming dominance" in the workplace will be difficult to defeat. Read more »
Why I switched from Firefox to Chrome
Sorry if it sounds like I'm drinking the Google Kool-Aid here, but I have switched from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome as my default browser for the very reason Google's executives said we should: speed. Read more »
Google adds OAuth to gadget mashups
Google has adopted the OAuth web-authentication standard, an open standard for controlling privacy, for its gadget platform. Read more »
Security firms slam Microsoft 'capitulation'
Major security companies have criticised Microsoft's OneCare security software and the software giant's decision to stop charging for the offering. Read more »
Yahoo to make BrowserPlus open-source
It was probably inevitable given what Google did with Gears, but Yahoo said Tuesday it's releasing BrowserPlus software as open source software. Read more »
Safari 3.2 includes antiphishing tools
Without fanfare, Apple has apparently added antiphishing to its Safari 3.2 release. Read more »
Virus downs London hospitals
Three London hospitals have had to shut down most of their computer systems after being struck by a virus. Read more »
Firefox 2 support to be cut off
The Mozilla Foundation is planning to end support for the Firefox 2 browser in mid-December, despite the persistence of significant flaws in the most-recent version of the popular browser. Read more »
Microsoft explains seven-year patch delay
Microsoft has offered an explanation as to why it took the company seven years to issue a patch for a known vulnerability. Read more »
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Microsoft details plans for Visual Studio and .NET
In the wake of the recent PDC and TechEd developer events, Microsoft has decided to put some of its key executives out on the road to explain the innovations that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 have in store. Read more »
Protect your JavaScript with obfuscation
This article takes a closer look at the concept of code obfuscation and provides a sampling of obfuscator tools that will help you protect your JavaScript code. Read more »
The benefits of agile development
I recently spoke to Scott Ambler, Practice Leader Agile Development, Rational Software from IBM about the benefits of the agile development method. Read more »
Should you install the new version of Java?
Sun Microsystems released a new version of Java for Windows, Linux and Solaris recently. Should you rush out to install it? Probably not. Read more »
10 questions to ask before migrating to Linux
If you're thinking about making the switch to Linux, Jack Wallen is all for it -- but only if you approach the migration with your eyes open. He recommends that you evaluate a number of key issues before taking this big step. Read more »
Security in the Web 2.0 Era
At the Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2008 in Sydney this week, Andrew Walls, the research director and security analyst at Gartner presented "Security in the Age of E-Commerce and Web 2.0". Read more »
Maintaining state in ASP.NET: Know your options
Maintaining state is a problem that all Web developers face regardless of the platform. ASP.NET adds four options on top of the standard approaches on the Web. This article drills down on these options. Read more »
Clickjacking: Potentially harmful web browser exploit
Clickjacking has the potential to redirect unknowing users to malicious websites or even spy on them. We all need to be aware of clickjacking and how to avoid its trappings. Read more »
The Power of Perception
In some places, IT still has a perception problem, but this problem can be overcome to the benefit of the business. Read more »
Java on Google App Engine? Not yet
Reports out of a Google developer conference in India indicated that Google was primed to add support for Java programs running on its presently Python-only Google App Engine. Read more »
Video (40)
Disable USB storage under OS X or Windows
Hollywood would have IT pros believe that the biggest threat to network security comes from international super hackers or high school kids trying to download games like global thermonuclear war. In reality, we face a far more mundane threat–our end users, particularly those wielding USB storage devices. Read more »
How to spoof a MAC address
MAC address filtering is often used to secure older wireless equipment. Is this technique effective? In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you just how easy it is to spoof a MAC address and why MAC address filtering might not even keep out the \"slacker hackers.\" Read more »
I'm a Linux -- Club Builder
Microsoft has "I'm a PC" ads, Apple has "I'm a Mac", it's only fair that Linux has "I'm a Linux" too. Also on Club Builder this week, we look at the week of hacking and offer you the chance to win big in our competition. Read more »
Microsoft launches 3D photo viewer Photosynth
Microsoft Live Labs' latest project is actually an old one with a new twist. Windows-only Photosynth lets you stitch together an entire roll of photos into dazzling 3D environments. CNET.com's Ina Fried sits down with Microsoft's Gary William Flake to chat about what you can do with this new technology. Read more »
Microsoft slams Google on privacy
Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, according to the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategist Peter Cullen. Read more »
Captain Obvious vs the Crackpots -- Club Builder
In the case of the bleeding obvious, IBM says open source needs good designers; a claim is made that China can activate your phone to snoop on you; and we take a look at the Defcon conference. Read more »
Defcon: Where feds and hackers rub elbows
It's an unlikely pairing: security officials and underground hackers. Every year, they make peace and share information at Defcon, Black Hat's sister conference. Read more »
Cyber-security at the Olympics
Overseas travelers are being warned that personal information sent out electronically can be stolen. CBS News' Bob Orr talks with National Counterintelligence Executive Joel Brenner on cyber-security in China. Read more »
Honesty, WWIII and other minor annoyances -- Club Builder
On this week's Club Builder we look at some local scientists who have made a break through in fibre throughput, a group of local lads win big in Paris and we hand out our first Honesty Award. Read more »
Avoiding security risks with AIR
Being a native application, AIR needs far more security than a typical Flash application. Mike Downey, principal evangelist, Adobe, discusses the extra steps Adobe had to take with AIR. Read more »
Blog (65)
SMB bug gets seven-year itch
-- This week's roundup looks at the Great Firewall of Australia, seven year-old security holes, Android's big bug and we chase Steve Ballmer around Sydney. Read more »
Azure: A matter of trust
-- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »
Fennec: Firefox for Mobile reaches alpha
-- Mozilla has released Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, to users of the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet tablet. We take a look at the features of Fennec. Read more »
XP stays on life support for longer
-- This week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Read more »
AJAX applications and security
-- Douglas Crockford, the creator of JSON, gave a talk entitled "AJAX Security" at the recent Web Directions South conference. In this talk, Crockford discussed some of the security concerns with AJAX applications and what can be done to address them. Read more »
Google's browser ported to Mac and Linux
-- While Google work on an official port of the Chrome browser another company has ported the browser for Mac and Linux users to try for free. Read more »
The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security
-- I recently came across the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, which outlines issues affecting internet security, including application vulnerabilities, phishing, malware and spam. Read more »
Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table
-- I should have known it was only a matter of time. I've been covering security conferences on and off for about 14 years and considered myself lucky not to have been hacked, that I knew of. Until Thursday. Read more »
Lack of turn out shows Linux's crossover
-- This week's Roundup looks at the lack of excitement surronding this year's LinuxWorld conference, Dan Kaminsky has finally revealed the details of his DNS flaw and we take a look at the new features to come in Firefox. 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 »
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On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.