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bennyboy64 writes:
Just when you thought their internet filtering policy was bad enough, the Australian Government is now also looking to implement a data retention regime that would require internet service providers log and retain subscriber's web browsing history.
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bennyboy64 writes:
Businesses that want to block access to social networking sites such as Facebook are not upgrading to the latest version of Internet Explorer (IE), according to Microsoft's Australian chief security adviser Stuart Strathdee, ZDNet reports. '[Companies are] happy to stay with IE6 because ... a lot of the social networking sites and the sites that they deem are unnecessary for work purposes, they're not going to render and function properly within [older versions of] IE,' Strathdee said. Are there any IT admins out there harassing IE6 for this purpose?
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bennyboy64 writes:
On the eve of the launch of the Apple iPad internationally, Australian PC manufacturer Pioneer has revealed plans to launch an Android-based competitor, reports ZDNet. Pioneer issued a release this week stating it would launch its DreamBook ePad 7. The company has billed the tablet as 'a revolutionary iPad-style mobile computer' at the Computex trade fair in Taiwan, which runs from the 1 to 5 June.
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bennyboy64 writes:
Australia's Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has accused Google of deliberately collecting payload data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks. 'Google have admitted to doing this and claim it was a mistake in the software code, meaning that it was actually quite deliberate, the code was collecting it," Conroy said in Parliament. The minsiter has been waging war on Google ever since it opposed his plans to censor the internet.
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bennyboy64 writes:
IBM has sent out an email to all attendees to the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) 2010 conference this afternoon, warning them that some of the USB drives handed out to delegates contained malware. Telecommunications company Telstra distributed malware-infected USB drives at the conference in 2008. It appears history has repeated itself.
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bennyboy64 writes:
The headline has the wrong spelling of geekgirl. Sorry.
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bennyboy64 writes:
Two prominent women in the Australian IT industry are in a bitter dispute over the ownership of the trademark 'geekgirl'. A woman attempting to use 'geekgirl' on Twitter told ZDNet women had been advised by the trademark owner to stop doing so since she owned the trademark for the word.'She noted her trademark and asked me to stop calling myself a 'geekgirl' in general conversation and to cease using the hashtag '#geekgirl' on Twitter,' IT consultant Kate Carruthers said.
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bennyboy64 writes:
Google "screwed up" by accidentally gathering private wireless data while taking pictures for its "Street View" mapping service, co-founder Sergey Brin said on Wednesday. "We screwed up," Brin told reporters on the opening day of a Google conference for software developers. "I'm not going to make any excuses about it."
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bennyboy64 writes:
Pioneer of public-key cryptography Whitfield Diffie doesn't trust Apple to keep attackers from taking control of his webcam, it was revealed at a recent security conference. At the conference, Diffie had a piece of tape over his Apple MacBook's built-in webcam. When asked why, he answered it was the most effective protection against prying eyes.
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bennyboy64 writes:
Smartphones that offer the ability to 'remote wipe' are great for when your device goes missing and you want to delete your data so that someone else can't look at it, but not so great for the United States Secret Service, ZDNet reports. The ability to 'remote wipe' some smartphones such as BlackBerry and iPhone was causing havoc for law enforcement agencies, according to USSS special agent Andy Kearns, speaking on mobile phone forensics at a security conference in Australia.
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bennyboy64 writes:
The former chief information security officer (CISO) for the US state of Pennsylvania, Bob Maley, today confirmed rumours at the AusCERT 2010 security conference in Australia that he was put out of a job for disclosing information about a security incident at another conference earlier in the year, ZDNet reports. In March, SC Magazine reported Maley as being let go following an appearance at the RSA Conference in the United States.
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bennyboy64 writes:
A court decision ruling that the supply of software through a digital download mechanism is not a supply of 'goods' has been upheld in the Supreme Court of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia, setting a precedent that software downloaded via the internet is not protected by the Sale of Goods Act, reports ZDNet. It's a court decision that lawyer Patrick Gunning said attorneys had been waiting to have clarified for some time. What this meant was that "people who purchase software will have more legal rights if they buy over the counter rather than downloading", Gunning said.
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bennyboy64 writes:
An Australian online start-up called Groggle has received a legal letter from Google's lawyers requesting it cease trading and hand over its domain name groggle.com.au. According to legal documents, Google has requested the start-up withdraw its trademark application and change its name. The search giant also requested that Groggle transfer its domain name groggle.com.au to Google, provide a written acknowledgement that it infringed on Google's trademark, that it contravened the Trade Practices Act, that it committed the tort of passing off, and that the start-up will not use the word 'Groggle' in the future.
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bennyboy64 writes:
McAfee has changed its official response on how many enterprise customers were affected by a bug that caused havoc on computers globally. It originally stated it affected 'less that half of 1 per cent' of enterprise customers. Today McAfee's blog states it was a 'small percentage' of enterprise customers. ZDNet is running a poll and opinion piece on whether McAfee should compensate customers. ZDNet notes a supermarket giant in Australia that had to close down its stores as they were affected by the bug, causing thousands of dollars to be lost.
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bennyboy64 writes:
Media giant News Limited has had numerous distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks aimed at its infrastructure in Australia and around the globe, according to its Australian IT security manager, Bob Hinch. Many of the attacks originated 'especially' from the Chinese Government, according to Hinch, and they occurred when something was written by one of News Limited's journalists 'hit a raw nerve' and wasn't in favour of the attacker's view. 'It depends on the story you're running,' he said. Hinch told ZDNet the attacks were growing 'more and more political' and that they weren't stopping.
