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Telstra says Net filtering useless, GetUp wants re-think
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-04 22:54:03
Telstra’s Greg Winn has poured cold water over the Government’s filtering plans, saying it's akin to trying to “boil the ocean” and that people will find a way around it, while GetUp!’s campaign to “Save the Net” draws huge support from Australians.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-04 22:54:03
Telstra’s Greg Winn has poured cold water over the Government’s filtering plans, saying it's akin to trying to “boil the ocean” and that people will find a way around it, while GetUp!’s campaign to “Save the Net” draws huge support from Australians.
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What Twitter can teach about highly reliable and scalable web apps
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2008-12-04 21:15:11
Twitter is a popular web 2.0 site gaining huge traction in disproportion to its sheer simplicity. Twitter just asks, "What are you doing?" and nothing more. Despite this it has absolutely millions of page views with a global audience keeping in touch. Here are lessons that any business can take advantage of if they want their web apps to handle massive loads.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2008-12-04 21:15:11
Twitter is a popular web 2.0 site gaining huge traction in disproportion to its sheer simplicity. Twitter just asks, "What are you doing?" and nothing more. Despite this it has absolutely millions of page views with a global audience keeping in touch. Here are lessons that any business can take advantage of if they want their web apps to handle massive loads.
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Beware of Koobface the social worm
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-03 21:15:33
No, it's not the villain in the latest slasher movie - Koobface is a social networking worm affecting MySpace and Facebook. But like Jason and Freddie, Koobface refuses to die.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-03 21:15:33
No, it's not the villain in the latest slasher movie - Koobface is a social networking worm affecting MySpace and Facebook. But like Jason and Freddie, Koobface refuses to die.
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Web analytics can give second shot at sales
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2008-12-03 08:09:11
Do you know how many visitors to your web site eventually end up making a purchase? Why did the others not buy? Did they drop out during the sales process? Can you work out why? And, importantly, can you pick that sale up again? The answers might be sitting dormant in your web log - if only someone looked.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2008-12-03 08:09:11
Do you know how many visitors to your web site eventually end up making a purchase? Why did the others not buy? Did they drop out during the sales process? Can you work out why? And, importantly, can you pick that sale up again? The answers might be sitting dormant in your web log - if only someone looked.
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Barack beats Britney
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-02 19:53:45
When the 2008 Google Zeitgeist report of top search terms is published next week, the top of the list will be US President-elect Barack Obama. The result is in stark contrast to that of Yahoo! which has Britney Spears in the top spot ahead of Obama.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-02 19:53:45
When the 2008 Google Zeitgeist report of top search terms is published next week, the top of the list will be US President-elect Barack Obama. The result is in stark contrast to that of Yahoo! which has Britney Spears in the top spot ahead of Obama.
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Pownce pwned apart by Six Apart
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-02 06:38:45
One of Twitter’s main competitors, Pownce, started off with a lot of hype but inexorably lost out to Twitter’s charms. Now, it’s new owner Six Apart, will shut the service down, promising “great things” in the future and inviting Pownce users to try Six Apart’s Vox service instead.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-02 06:38:45
One of Twitter’s main competitors, Pownce, started off with a lot of hype but inexorably lost out to Twitter’s charms. Now, it’s new owner Six Apart, will shut the service down, promising “great things” in the future and inviting Pownce users to try Six Apart’s Vox service instead.
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Britney beats Barack
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-02 01:10:17
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, Britney Spears is the most-searched person on Yahoo! for 2008, pushing US President-Elect Barack Obama into second spot.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-02 01:10:17
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, Britney Spears is the most-searched person on Yahoo! for 2008, pushing US President-Elect Barack Obama into second spot.
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Microsoft’s $20 billion Yahoo deal: bogus?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-12-01 07:27:29
Looks like the Times Online’s report about Microsoft offering $20 billion to buy Yahoo was bogus, with key figures in both the Microsoft and Yahoo camps saying there’s no truth to the story. The thing is, the denials could be yet more misinformation...
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-12-01 07:27:29
Looks like the Times Online’s report about Microsoft offering $20 billion to buy Yahoo was bogus, with key figures in both the Microsoft and Yahoo camps saying there’s no truth to the story. The thing is, the denials could be yet more misinformation...
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I think Icahn push up Yahoo! stock price
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-11-30 20:02:10
Reports that billionaire Carl Icahn had bought a further $US67 million of Yahoo! stock led to a significant rise in the company's share price late last week.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-11-30 20:02:10
Reports that billionaire Carl Icahn had bought a further $US67 million of Yahoo! stock led to a significant rise in the company's share price late last week.
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Mobile web site use surges, but usability lacking
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-11-30 16:28:27
Use of mobile Web sites is growing at 10 percent every month, yet mobile sites struggle to deliver an effective experience, according to a new report from research firm, Yankee Group.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2008-11-30 16:28:27
Use of mobile Web sites is growing at 10 percent every month, yet mobile sites struggle to deliver an effective experience, according to a new report from research firm, Yankee Group.
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Microsoft offers US $20 billion for Yahoo: report
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-11-30 07:08:10
Did anyone really believe Ballmer when he said that he wasn't still interested in buying Yahoo? Well, truth be told, Ballmer always said he'd be interested in doing a deal for Yahoo's search business. Looks like the money dancer is firing his latest shot!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-11-30 07:08:10
Did anyone really believe Ballmer when he said that he wasn't still interested in buying Yahoo? Well, truth be told, Ballmer always said he'd be interested in doing a deal for Yahoo's search business. Looks like the money dancer is firing his latest shot!
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Click fraud: advertisers to watch closely in 2009
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-29 21:06:35
A new report says that “click fraud” will shape advertiser decisions in 2009, while CFN’s “Click Fraud Index” shows that “the growth in click fraud traffic from botnets continues to rise and it should be one of the top areas advertisers that the industry should monitor closely”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-29 21:06:35
A new report says that “click fraud” will shape advertiser decisions in 2009, while CFN’s “Click Fraud Index” shows that “the growth in click fraud traffic from botnets continues to rise and it should be one of the top areas advertisers that the industry should monitor closely”.
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Google tweaks Street View
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-26 21:09:05
Improvements to Google Maps' sometimes controversial Street View feature make it easier to images for a location on a map.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-26 21:09:05
Improvements to Google Maps' sometimes controversial Street View feature make it easier to images for a location on a map.
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YouTube bigs it up with widescreen player
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-26 15:06:01
Fed up with letterboxed content in YouTube? The Google subsidiary's new player presents movies in the 16:9 widescreen format.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-26 15:06:01
Fed up with letterboxed content in YouTube? The Google subsidiary's new player presents movies in the 16:9 widescreen format.
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IE8 due mid 2009 – but will you use it?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-22 20:41:13
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 browser, currently in beta 2, is due to receive a release candidate in early 2009, with the final release planned “after that”. With the popularity of Firefox and the emergence of Google’s Chrome, will you use IE8?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-22 20:41:13
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 browser, currently in beta 2, is due to receive a release candidate in early 2009, with the final release planned “after that”. With the popularity of Firefox and the emergence of Google’s Chrome, will you use IE8?
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Beware November 24: Black Monday for malware?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-18 15:11:01
One security vendor is warning that next Monday - November 24 - is likely to bring the year's highest incidence of online attacks. Should we batten down the hatches or turn our computers off?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-18 15:11:01
One security vendor is warning that next Monday - November 24 - is likely to bring the year's highest incidence of online attacks. Should we batten down the hatches or turn our computers off?
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Apple working on a search engine: rumour
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-13 16:10:34
Could Apple be preparing to split from Google and enter the search engine business?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-13 16:10:34
Could Apple be preparing to split from Google and enter the search engine business?
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A real-world web site crack before your eyes
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-13 07:42:12
15 years ago Dan Farmer wrote a program called SATAN designed to help sysadminis detect vulnerabilities in their networks. He was criticised because of the massive potential for malice if used by "the wrong people" and was fired by his employer, SGI. Now, I'm not in Farmer's league but I'm going to risk my reputation here and now to practically explain SQL injection by cracking two publicly available web sites.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-13 07:42:12
15 years ago Dan Farmer wrote a program called SATAN designed to help sysadminis detect vulnerabilities in their networks. He was criticised because of the massive potential for malice if used by "the wrong people" and was fired by his employer, SGI. Now, I'm not in Farmer's league but I'm going to risk my reputation here and now to practically explain SQL injection by cracking two publicly available web sites.
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More critical holes plugged by Firefox updates
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-11-12 21:18:14
New updates to Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 include fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities, some of them regarded as critical. Users are advised to install the updates "as soon as possible."
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-11-12 21:18:14
New updates to Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 include fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities, some of them regarded as critical. Users are advised to install the updates "as soon as possible."
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Google using search to anticipate flu outbreaks
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-11-11 18:24:42
The flu season's arrived in the northern hemisphere, and Google reckons search patterns can provide early warnings of outbreaks.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-11-11 18:24:42
The flu season's arrived in the northern hemisphere, and Google reckons search patterns can provide early warnings of outbreaks.
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