Sunday November 4, 2007
MySpace joins OpenSocial
9:36am | MySpace joins Google's platform for sharing applications across the web to undermine their common rival, Facebook.
Trojan targets Mac users
12:05pm | Online criminals are sending Macintosh computers an attack typically aimed at machines running Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system.
Secreted violence unearthed in game
11:35am | Hackers unlocked violent content that was censored by the publisher of the game Manhunt 2 to give it a marketable rating.
Google gives a bird's eye view of poverty
10:35am | The United Nations teamed with technology giants Google and Cisco Systems to launch a new website that will track global efforts to fight poverty.
Very small screen to always be by our side
Are TV green credentials
Asher Moses @ SMH on Oct 24 | Consumers, instead of waiting for government action, will force television makers to
Lights, camera, lack...
Jason Hill @ SMH on Nov 2 | It's now a year since Microsoft announced it would bring downloadable television and...
How good is
Asher Moses @ SMH on Oct 29 | Were you one of the keen early adopters who picked up a copy of Apple's latest
Google gives a bird's eye view of poverty
The United Nations teamed with technology giants Google and Cisco Systems to launch a new website that will track global efforts to fight poverty.
TROUBLESHOOTER
No need to cop an earful
Don't despair if telemarketers findways to target you through your mobile, writes David Flynn.
Spammer jailed for two years
A 28-year-old man from the US state of New Jersey has been jailed for more than two years by a New York judge for his part in a spamming operation that sent out millions of unsolicited emails.
PERSPECTIVES
Connect with the future in the lab
Bit by bit, everything is being connected and automated.
UK girds for iPhone launch
Europe's biggest independent mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, could sell up to 10,000 Apple iPhones when it goes on sale next week, a Carphone executive said on Thursday.
- 'Googzilla' shares race into uncharted territory
- Embedded messages target games-mad under-35s
- Cloud over bullish internet forecast
- Foster's bypasses TV in bid for young men
- Google phone could be tough sell
- From banner ads to a billion dollar industry
- ACCC approves Google-DoubleClick deal
- FULL BIZTECH COVERAGE
CASE STUDIES & PROFILES
Bendigo repaid with interest
Bendigo Bank solved its problems with a new wide-area network at minimal cost, says Brad Howarth.
IBM says it may acquire security companies
IBM, which plans to spend a record $US1.5 billion next year to develop and market security products, is seriously looking at using acquisitions to help beef up its offerings in that area, a company executive told Reuters on Thursday.
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.
VoIP
eBay writes down Skype investment
eBay acknowledges that it drastically overvalued the 2005 acquisition of its Skype internet telephony division.
Charities cast net for funds
Simon Sharwood reports on how charity is cashing in on the internet.
UPGRADE
Go-go-go-go-go
Dual-mode handsets - that let you make and receive calls over mobile and wi-fi networks - are the next big thing.