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The dreaded Conficker worm is constantly in the news these days, with consumers and businesses worldwide now bracing themselves for another expected attack from the malicious worm predicted to sweep the Internet on April Fool’s Day tomorrow.

The ‘international business elite’ are increasingly accessing the Internet while on the move, with a growing need for more flexibility to view television content on their laptops as well as on their desktop computers and mobile devices.

While four in five Australians use online banking, with three-quarters paying bills online, we spend considerably less shopping online than other countries, according to a recent global digital study of the online behavior of consumers in16 countries including Australia.

Sony’s looking to consolidate its Blu-ray market in Australia and says it’s going to inject another 20,000 Blu-ray players into Australian homes with its launch later this month of a bonus promotional offer across its range of BRAVIA LCD TVs.

There’s been a dramatic collapse in average selling prices (ASP) for PCs around the world with vendors under enormous pressure as they are hit by a rapid decline in revenues and the effects of the global economic tsunami.

With Australia now in the middle of National Consumer Fraud Week, there’s been a timely warning issued by one company that businesses are being exposed to security risks by the increasing number of employees accessing personal emails and social networking sites while at work.

RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNOW) today released the latest version of its on demand customer relationship management (CRM) solution, RightNow February '09, which includes new product registration capabilities.

Telstra is now making available to all consumer customers, what it says is an “innovative service” – the conversion of voicemail to text – after encouraging feedback from its business customers using the new service.

Telecommunications provider, AAPT claims a survey just released reveals an “alarming” increase in the telco costs of Australian households.