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RSS interneteBay's Skype sale gets green light
News The settlement restructures the deal with an investor group led by Silver Lake and puts an end to a dispute with software maker Joltid over the licensing of software that underlies Skype's internet telephony service. [06 Nov 2009]
Europe: Brace yourself for a telecoms overhaul
News The European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers have reached a compromise over the rights of internet users continent-wide, setting Europe on course for a major overhaul of telecoms regulations. [05 Nov 2009]
Phishers set their sights on corporate accounts
News The FBI is seeing several new victim complaints and cases every week, according to an Internet Crime Complaint Center report. Fraudsters have attempted to steal an estimated $100m from corporate bank accounts using... [04 Nov 2009]
Photos: Ubuntu unleashes the Karmic Koala
Photo To the left of the clock is an envelope that represents the internet communication programs. Want to know how Ubuntu 9.10 will look once installed? silicon.com sister site ZDNet Australia takes you through the install. [29 Oct 2009]
Full steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Secretary of state for business, innovation and skills Peter Mandelson has reiterated the government's 'three strikes and you're out' plan to cut off illegal file-sharers' internet access. For more on this story, see... [29 Oct 2009]
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment The internet, as the daddy of all disruptive technologies, heralded a new era of litigation. Amazon's Kindle e-book and Google's Book Search will change the way we read books forever. And that will keep the lawyers... [27 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Every office generates so much email, IM and internet traffic it's all but impossible for management to keep track of exactly what's being said, seen and done online. But monitoring employees' use of email and the... [22 Oct 2009]
Video Whitepaper: Experts Discuss Oracle Database 11g Release 2
White Paper Best viewed in Internet Explorer enabled with RealPlayer. Consolidate. Compress. Control. Watch the free, on-demand video whitepaper to hear industry experts discuss Oracle's second release of Oracle Database 11g. [21 Oct 2009]
Video Whitepaper: Benefits of Oracle 11g
White Paper Best viewed in Internet Explorer enabled with RealPlayer. Consolidate. Compress. Control. Watch the free, on-demand video whitepaper to hear industry experts discuss Oracle's second release of Oracle Database 11g. [21 Oct 2009]
Photos: Microsoft sweetens Aero for Windows 7
Photo In Internet Explorer, you can set specific web pages on your jump list, or begin a private browsing session directly. Windows 7 is officially released tomorrow, here's a walkthrough of what the new OS will look like once... [21 Oct 2009]
Webcast: Security convergence equals network security cost savings
White Paper Listen to IBM Internet Security Systems' take on network security convergence. You will learn how to get more out of your existing investments in network security, combat new Web 2.0, Web application and database threats... [20 Oct 2009]
Security & trust: the backbone of doing business over the internet
White Paper In e-commerce consumers are concerned about indentity theft. TNS research reported in 2006 70% of online shoppers have abandoned a purchase beacuase of security concerns. This white paper explores the current state of this technology and... [19 Oct 2009]
'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'
News ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking. As a result, Heaney said, millions of people could potentially have... [19 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Scareware is bad for your PC and your pocket - but the fake security warning messages popping up on your screen are only the most visible part of a complex scam. Scareware is fake security software, often heralded by an ersatz dialogue... [19 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.10.09
Round-Up Back in the old days the phrase "on the internet, nobody knows you are a dog," pretty much summed up the web. One of the great attractions of the internet is the ability for users to reinvent themselves. [16 Oct 2009]
