Tuesday October 16, 2007
YouTube unveils protection tools
YouTube rolls out long-awaited technology to automatically remove copyrighted clips, hoping to placate those fed up with the website's persistent piracy problems.
Better to do it by the book
NICK MILLER | Australian companies who shut their cyber gates against the Facebook onslaught are missing out on a useful productivity tool and a business opportunity, says Deloitte Digital's chief executive.
Pirates commandeer anti-piracy domain
STEPHEN HUTCHEON | A Swedish organisation well-known as the scourge of law enforcement agencies and anti-piracy advocates, stages one of its most audacious raids to date.
Led Zeppelin to sell music online
6:50am | British rockers Led Zeppelin will offer their music online for the first time next month.
Want free wi-fi with that?
Should TVs have an
Asher Moses @ SMH on Oct 9 | Just like washing machines, fridges and dishwashers, the next time you go to buy a television
Judgment day
Jason Hill @ SMH on Oct 16 | It's hard to imagine a more esoteric major release this year with more handicaps holding...
Could you give up your
Asher Moses @ SMH on Oct 15 | Some mobile phone addicts and BlackBerry junkies have reported feeling vibrations
Led Zeppelin to sell music online
British rockers Led Zeppelin will offer their music online for the first time next month.
TROUBLESHOOTER
Finger-pointing frenzy
Who do you call about a problem with software that came with your PC? David Flynn reports.
iPhone toxins could threaten your lap top zone
Hazardous chemicals found in the Apple iPhone are not only toxic to the environment, they can also "interfere with sexual development in mammals".
PERSPECTIVES
Merging the natures of the beasts
Acquisitions mean software company numbers are falling.
Tripoint beefs up its Asian office
Australian IT services company Tripoint has expanded its Singapore operation with three new appointments less than six months after opening a regional office there.
- Connex on track to clamp down on inappropriate emails
- Information anywhere, any time is the goal
- Sun, Samsung developing 'Java phone'
- Price cut expected to fuel PS3 sales
- Companies shifting virtual world strategies
- Google buys micro-blogger Jaiku
- Nine, Ten plan full shows online
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CASE STUDIES & PROFILES
Bendigo repaid with interest
Bendigo Bank solved its problems with a new wide-area network at minimal cost, says Brad Howarth.
Adobe Acrobat Reader vulnerable to hacks
Adobe Systems, whose software is used by millions of people to read documents sent over the internet, says some of its programs contain flaws that make computers vulnerable to attack.
SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY
Something's phishy
Staying one click ahead of the SMiShers and other internet scammers is a full-time job, writes Lia Timson.
Want free wi-fi with that?
Free wireless internet access is coming to an advertising screen near you, writes Lia Timson.
VoIP
eBay writes down Skype investment
eBay acknowledges that it drastically overvalued the 2005 acquisition of its Skype internet telephony division.
Who's the boss?
Just who does own an online community anyway? Is it the site founder or its members, asks Adam Turner.
UPGRADE
Get mobile
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