Premodded Xbox X-EcuterV1 Console
Have you ever considered hooking an Xbox up to your Local Area Network and connecting it up to the Internet to play online? Copy mp3s and movies from your PC to it through FTP? TweakTown takes us on a discovery us of the premodded Xbox X-EcuterV1 from Xboxmodchips.net which enables... Read on »
Old game machine learns hack trick
Sega's defunct Dreamcast gaming console, which has long fallen out of favour with gamers, has surprisingly gained a new lease on life. Two security researchers on Friday showed attendees at the Defcon hacking conference in the US how to reuse the small off-white boxes as stealthy network monitoring devices. "When... Read on »
HP dismisses iPaq complaints
Amid a declining handheld market, HP fends off users demanding a recall of 'defective' iPaq devices. Hewlett-Packard has dismissed claims that many of its iPaq handheld computers are defective and warrant a recall, saying that most of the bugs mentioned in a recent complaint have already been dealt with. The... Read on »
Ex-Cisco exec took $50 million in fraud
A former Cisco Systems executive has pleaded guilty to illegally transferring some $50 million in company stock and funds to an offshore... Read on »
Adobe cuts sales, profit outlooks
Publishing software maker Adobe Systems on Wednesday cut its third-quarter revenue forecast by 10 percent and lowered its earnings forecast as much... Read on »
Wi-Fi users warned of pirates
AT&T Broadband is warning customers to secure their Wi-Fi networks after an unusual case in which a subscriber played an unwitting role in dispatching a pirated movie over the Internet, the company's spokeswoman said. The movie pirate lived next door to the subscriber, but was able to access his neighbor's... Read on »
Aust employers crack down on staff surfing
Policies, monitoring and checking-up on employee's Internet surfing, are increasingly on the agenda for Australian businesses, according to one industry analyst. Research from industry analyst Gartner (US) found that as much as 40 percent of employee Web use was not business-related. This finding was supported by a survey released by... Read on »
Behind the Slashdot phenomenon
<i>This is not news but very interesting article from ZDnet</i> Nearly five years ago, a 21-year-old computer-science nerd named Rob Malda made his first postings on a Web site known as Slashdot. Little did he know at the time--those messages marked the beginning of what would become an Internet phenomenon.... Read on »
Australia alerted to Fretheme worm
Australian businesses are being warned to install patches and signature files to protect against a worm variant which has surfaced in the US and Europe. This morning anti-virus software vendor Trend Micro issued a yellow (medium) alert for what it refers to as Worm_Fretheme.E. Anti-virus vendors sometimes use different names... Read on »
Jelly babies dupe fingerprint security
A Japanese researcher presented a study on Tuesday at the International Telecommunications Union's Workshop on Security in Seoul, Korea, showing that fingerprint readers can be fooled 80 percent of the time by a fake finger created with gelatin sporting prints lifted from a glass, for example. The results should be... Read on »
Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight
Powerful computer and telecommunications companies are allying with upstart file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net. Stung by legislative proposals that could force computer companies and Internet service providers to become anti-piracy cops, Verizon... Read on »
Java pros sign up for virtual bot battle
More than 120,000 developers have already signed up for a Java coding competition which will see the finalist's virtual robots battle it out in August. Based on the Robocode programming game, the competition was launched at IBM's DeveloperWorks Live conference in San Francisco this week. Finals are being held at... Read on »
Licensing program angers MS customers
Microsoft's software licensing program is not proving popular - about two-thirds of its biggest customers are yet to sign up, and some are exploring alternatives. With the deadline looming, about two-thirds of Microsoft's largest customers have not signed up for a new software licensing program that represents an important revenue... Read on »
Compaq Australia faces lawsuit over one cent laptops
Compaq Australia may be facing a class action lawsuit from irate customers who feel duped by the hardware manufacturer’s accidental Web site promotion of Presario laptop computers costing just one cent. ZDNet Australia has received complaints that Compaq is refusing to honour the promotion, which the company has blamed on... Read on »
Seiko Epson named as faulty Nokia display supplier
Industry sources have named Seiko Epson as the manufacturer that supplied Nokia with faulty components that led to a high screen failure rate amongst its handsets. Nokia was instructed by the NSW department of fair trading to repair and renew the warranties of its 8210 series phones last month. Nokia... Read on »
Can search engines track down terrorists?
Several search companies are offering technology to help government agencies organise their records. It could stop anti-terrorist information from falling through the cracks. Some US government officials engaged in the so-called war on terror would like to see privacy laws relaxed so they can get better access to e-mail and... Read on »
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