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Authentication risks all too human
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Vodafone to drop final salary pension scheme
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EC reshuffle bumps Kroes out of antitrust seat
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Apple changes its UK terms of sale
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Rickroll virus author hired by iPhone app company
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GCHQ supplier pans government file-sharing plans
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Virgin Media to monitor traffic for file-sharing
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New Google search UI brings color, search options
Search results user interface being tested highlights different options in eye-catching color, a nod to rivals trying to dent its lead with presentation improvements.
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Academic claims NSW Health censorship
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Mogeneration hires rickroll virus author
Ashley Towns, the Australian behind the ikee iPhone worm that replaced the background picture of insecure jailbroken iPhones, has reportedly been hired by Sydney company mogeneration.
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German government doesn't want 'a vision'
Country's economics ministry hesitant to target singular IT goal, preferring instead to nurture diverse tech industry to better protect against crisis, says official.
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Mozilla issues near-final Thunderbird 3
New e-mail software adds an archive option, improves search and aims to ease some tasks. Also: Mozilla wants 3.1 sooner rather than later.
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Clearwire raises another US$920M
Wireless broadband provider has raised another US$2.8 billion in debt financing and equity in the past few weeks to help it build its nationwide 4G network.
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Minchin resigns over carbon plan
Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin has resigned from the shadow ministry to protest the opposition's stance on the carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS).
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Nasa hacker extradition to go ahead, minister says
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