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Privacy vs protection: Police and the right to hack

Australia's state police have been upping the ante on criminals who use technology to protect their activities, but is it the right way to go? The governments of Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales (NSW) have moved to boost covert search and ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  17 Mar 2009

Kaspersky denies data leak following SQL hack

Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Labs's US website was hacked over the weekend, exposing the company's customer database, but Kaspersky has denied data was compromised and says the vulnerability wasn't critical. An unidentified hacker reported over ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  9 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Chrome and Firefox get clickjacked

Security researchers have discovered a flaw affecting Google's Chrome browser which exposes it to clickjacking - where an attacker hijacks a browser's functions by substituting a legitimate link with one of the attacker's choice. Google has ...

From LIAM TUNG, Silicon.com,  29 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Economic uncertainty foils Gartner forecast

Analyst firm Gartner has found itself short of an explanation to give IT managers about what to expect from the financial crisis and economic downturn. At the analyst house's annual Symposium/ITxpo in Sydney on Tuesday, Gartner predicted that IT ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.,  Lehman Brothers

Microsoft exec rebuts hypervisor security claims

Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley has used the vendor's TechEd conference in Sydney to rebut claims by a Polish researcher that Microsoft's hypervisor software could be maliciously replaced on PCs without administrators knowing. The ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  5 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Steve Riley

Google rebuts privacy claims

Google has defended its privacy credentials following a claim by Microsoft's privacy chief last week that the search giant was a decade behind Microsoft when it came to privacy. "Google's a great company, got some great products, but you know in some ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  1 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft criticises Google over privacy

Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategist told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.com.au on Thursday in a video interview. Peter Cullen, Microsoft's chief privacy strategist, told ...

From LIAM TUNG, Silicon.com,  1 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft exec: Google 'years' behind us on privacy

Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the software giant's chief privacy strategist told ZDNet.com.au on Thursday in an interview. "Google's a great company, got some great products, but you know in some respects I think Google is ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  29 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

HSBC dreaming on the iPhone?

Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple's iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000 iPhones. HSBC's Australia and New Zealand chief information officer ...

From LIAM TUNG, Silicon.com,  14 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

HSBC may roll out iPhone to 200,000 staff

Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple's iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000 iPhones. "We are actually reviewing iPhones from a HSBC Group ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  14 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  TypePad

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