Wednesday October 17, 2007
Lap top alert over iPhone toxins
ASHER MOSES 11:22am | Hazardous chemicals found in the Apple iPhone are not only toxic to the environment, they can also "interfere with sexual development in mammals".
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.
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
Get your Thrills
Jason Hill @ SMH on Oct 17 | As Screen Play explored earlier in the week, Christmas is not only a time for celebrating...
Could you give up your
Asher Moses @ SMH on Oct 15 | Some mobile phone addicts and BlackBerry junkies have reported feeling vibrations
YouTube unveils copyright 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.
TROUBLESHOOTER
Finger-pointing frenzy
Who do you call about a problem with software that came with your PC? David Flynn reports.
NY authorities, Facebook to settle investigation: report
The New York State attorney general and Facebook Inc have agreed to a settlement of a child safety probe targeting the fast-growing social network site, people familiar with the deal said on Monday.
PERSPECTIVES
Merging the natures of the beasts
Acquisitions mean software company numbers are falling.
AOL to cut one-fifth of global work force
Time Warner's internet unit AOL will eliminate 2000 jobs as part of an ongoing restructuring to better focus on boosting online advertising, according to a memo obtained by Reuters on Monday.
- Tripoint beefs up its Asian office
- 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
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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
Mobile broadband has long been the lifeblood of road warriors, but new data plans on Hutchison's 3 network are so ridiculously cheap you no longer need a business case to justify the expense.