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1 Website Infected Every 3.5 Seconds The latest research from security vendor Sophos highlights, what it claims is the worsening state of security on the web.

Apple Attacks Clones With Army Of Lawyers Apple is suing a company making Mac clones, according to a report from the New Zealand Herald.

Hard Drive Encryption Not All Its Cracked Up To Be According to researchers at the University of Washington, PC users using encryption software to keep part of a computer's hard drive private, may be fooling themselves.

Dear Diary---ACCC Makes Telstra Keep Tabs On Itself The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has made a record keeping rule which requires Telstra to keep and retain records and give reports to the ACCC relating to broadband access to Telstra exchange facilities.

The Age Of Exclusive Phone Deals Is Over The recent telco scramble to secure rights to Apple's iPhone in Australia with Telstra just managing to scramble over the line and Hutchison's 3 asking customers to beg Apple to give it a share of the action is destined to become a relic of the past, and its all thanks to technology according to S2 Intelligence.

Nokia Starts Platform War & Sparks Online Ad Rush According to various report, Nokia's recent purchase of the rest of Symbian pust it in a strong position against both proprietary vendors such as Apple and Microsoft and the open-source Android and LiMo offerings.

AMD Pounces With Puma Platform AMD announced a new platform called Puma at the recent Computex trade show in Taiwan, which includes the Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor combined with the ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series graphics chip.

Microsoft Opens Up Office Support for Open Document Formats (ODF) and Portable Document Formats (PDF) will be included in Microsoft Office Service Pack 2, expected to be out in 12 months, according to a report in techworld.com.

Aussie Domains Top Trojan Hit List MessageLabs said it has intercepted a Trojan specifically targeted at Australian domains.

Is Wireless Broadband A Potential Killer? Reports out of the US say that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in that country is checking unsubstantiated reports that wireless broadband could be interfering with wireless hospital equipment and could potentially cause the death of some patients.

Microsoft Makes Users Wait For SP3 They say all good things come to those that wait, but I am unsure that phrase was meant for software updates. So for those waiting for the next service pack for Windows XP, you will have to wait a bit longer.

You Can't Sell What You Dont Own Telstra After losing its case against the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in the High Court yesterday, Telstra says it will "look long and hard" at the question of possible investment in the Government's $4.7 billion fibre-to-the-node broadband project.

Official Release: Vista Service Pack From March, Vista users will be able to purchase a Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack that aims to secure the over 100 million Vista licenses sold since launch, the owners of which have experienced problems with compatibility and reliability.

Your New Computer Is Ringing A new computer era is dawning but this time you don't need a desk or even keyboard and mouse.

Atdec Goes Green With Energy First there were green appliances, washing machines and taps, then green plasmas and AV power connectors – and we’re not talking about colour. SmartHouse has now heard of a green range of LCD monitor arms and mounts from Atdec, designed to meet the Green Star program developed by the Green Building Council of Australia.

The Humble PC Gets A Whopping Makeover The humble PC is set to undergo a processor revolution with the introduction of a brand new processor, known as Penryn. It is so small and powerful that it will set a new standard for PC design speed and function.

Google Mobile Phones Could Cause Casualties Google Inc’s plans to enter the mobile phone market by developing software to make it easier to access the internet on a mobile could cause stiff competition for entrenched players in the market, including long-standing rival, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile platform.

Intel Fights Back Against AMD Fighting off a challenge by rival AMD, Intel has announced a raft of new chip designs that include an unusual graphics chip called Larrabee; tiny new microprocessors for digital TVs, set-top boxes and new handheld PCs; and the first view of Nehalem, a new chip design with a built-in memory controller and other advanced features.

Business Telephony Bunfight Escalates ShoreTel has fired its own salvo in the legal battle with Mitel Networks, with the Californian-based enterprise IP telephony provider filing a counterclaim against Mitel’s patent infringement lawsuit, which commenced in June.

Google Takes On Microsoft Again Over Vista Google is taking on its arch rival Microsoft again, this time, by applying to a US judge to force Microsoft to make additional changes to its new Vista operating system.

WiMax Or HSDPA 3G Which Is Best? Telecoms equipment maker Nortel has strongly defended WiMax technology in the wake of its dismissal by rival maker Ericsson this week as the telecoms equivalent of the ill-fated Beta video format. Nortel claims WiMax will clearly outperform HSDPA 3G mobile systems - used by Telstra in its national Next G service.

Big PC Dudes Squabble Over Processors Two of the biggest names in computing Intel and IBM are at loggerheads over the future of new chip technology.

Microsoft To Offer Extended Support For XP Microsoft has announced extended support for its Windows XP Home and Media Center Editions.

New Foundation To Make Linux Compete With Windows The Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group will merge to form the Linux Foundation with the aim of competing against closed platforms such as Windows.

Pioneer Puts Vista Computers Online Today Pioneer Computers has already taken “20 or 30” orders for computers running the new Vista operating system in just one day, according to managing director Jeff Li.

Get Vista As A Download Microsoft has announced that its Vista operating system will be available to buy online as a download when it is released at the end of January.

Online Networking For Business A social networking technology similar to MySpace has been unveiled for business.

How To Easily Transfer Your Entire PC Avoid time-wasting by moving your system, programs and settings in one easy step.

Symantec's Vision Symantec has revealed its vision for what it calls Security 2.0, and said it has plans to launch a centralised identity repository linked to a reputation service, in order to give people and businesses a level of trust when transacting online.

Smartcard Boss Quits Prime Minister John Howard yesterday was forced to defend his plans for a $1 billion national smartcard, after the sudden resignation of the head of the card task force raised serious doubts about its security and privacy.

New IE7 Browser From Microsoft Microsoft has released an upgraded beta of its new Web browser, Internet Explorer 7.

New Direction For Intel Intel is set to role out a new desktop brand at a US press conference tomorrow.

Microsoft On Lenovo’s China PCs With the Chinese Government fully behind a push for legitimate operating systems on all new PCs sold in the country, Lenovo has signed a US$1.2 billion a year deal with Microsoft in another step likely to slow down piracy in the worlds fastest growing market.

Aussie To Head Debian Development A Brisbane-based open source community member has been elected to lead the Debian Linux development community for the next 12 months.

EU Trials Could Push Vista Back Microsoft’s planned release of Vista in early 2007 would see it deliver the operating system into a whirlwind of unfinished antitrust litigation in Europe with its appeal over the 2004 decision forcing it to unbundled Windows Media Player not due until April.

Better Rebates To Tempt Citrix Partners Citrix is increasing the amount of rebates it offers partners in an attempt to get them taking advantage of the company’s newest products.

Will Vista Slip Again? Microsoft’s planned release of Vista in early 2007 would see it deliver the operating system into a whirlwind of unfinished antitrust litigation in Europe with its appeal over the 2004 decision forcing it to unbundled Windows Media Player not due untill April.

Hardware Makers Not Ready For Vista Either Why are hardware manufacturers so blasé about the Vista delay, it could be that they aren’t ready to ship Vista ready systems anyway.

Vista Delay Bad News For Box Sellers System sellers hoping for a pre-Christmas consumer spending splurge on new PCs loaded up with the latest OS and Office release better think again after Microsoft announced the consumer version of Vista won’t ship till next year.

Run Windows XP On A Mac Dead Easy! According to the web site Windows XP On A Mac a hacker has cracked the PC holy grail by getting Windows XP to run on an Intel powered Mac.

XP SP3 More Popular Than Vista More than three quarters of users surveyed said they would rather wait for the next Windows XP Service Pack than upgrade to Vista.

Pioneer’s Viiv Offering Is Slick Take a look at the future of entertainment PCs.

Is Microsoft Ready For Viiv? On the 16th March 2006 Intel will roll out its new Viiv platform in Australia. So what does this mean?

Windows Vista Upgrades Online The consumer editions of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Vista operating system will include all versions on a single CD, with users able to go online to purchase an upgrade licence.

Vista To Include Speech Recognition Vista’s forthcoming Windows Vista operating system will feature an integrated speech recognition engine as a standard feature , realising one of Bill Gate’s long-held dreams.

The Official Word on Vista Versions Microsoft has released the official version of the product line-up for the Vista operating systems release scheduled for later this year.

8 Vista's? Has Microsoft Gone Barking Mad? COMMENT: First we had news that the next Microsoft Office would come in no less than SEVEN versions, now the cat’s out of the bag that the company plans no less than EIGHT editions of its next operating system?

Windows Vista Comes In Six Flavours Microsoft is planning to release six different versions of Windows Vista at the end of this year.

Microsoft Office Live Beta Goes Live Microsoft took a step closer to offering commercial online office applications with the release of future pricing for OfficeLive. The Beta for Office Live went live yesterday.

Google Plans SMB Email Assault Google is planning to spread its Gmail system into the business market with a “Gmail for your domain” service.