Heat turned up on Google's privacy blur
Privacy commissioners in Asia Pacific have clubbed together to put the heat on Google over its controversial new privacy policy.
Google lets loose
Brian Fitzpatrick's role at Google sounds contrary. He runs its self-styled Data Liberation Front and his aim is to make it easier to export your data from Google's servers on to a storage format of...
'Acquisitions are back on': Google CEO
Dave Clark US Internet giant Google is ready to begin buying up other companies again as the world economy begins to recover, chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.
Officials linked to attack on Google
WASHINGTON: US diplomats in Beijing have linked China's top propagandist to the cyber attacks that prompted Google to take down its search engine in China early this year, leaked diplomatic cables...
Apple asked to explain Google Voice rejection
The US communications regulator has asked Apple and AT&T to explain the decision to reject an application developed by Google for the iPhone.
Google keywords unlock sales
Julia Talevski Advertising is a key part of many small businesses, particularly when, like catering company On Tap Beverage Catering, a business operates in only one sector of the market.
Google apologises to Chinese writers over book flap
Internet giant Google has issued a public apology to Chinese writers and admitted that it scanned books under Chinese copyright for its Google Books digital library project.
Google plays with the power of suggestion
Google already has large chunks of our lives logged away in its giant omniscient filing cabinet. But with the recent upgrading of its Google Suggest facility, it appears to be trying to requisition...
Google vies for slice of VoIP
Garry Barker Google is about to challenge Skype for the global "free" internet phone call crown.
Organised crime gets smart with technology
Ilya Gridneff NSW's top crime-fighting agency has admitted it is being outsmarted by criminals who use BlackBerry phones and online telephone services such as Skype to prevent their illicit conversations being...
More than a pretty phrase
Adam Turner With just a little bit of effort and carefully clever passwords, you can protect yourself from hackers.
Finding high-tech flaws for fun and an optional profit
Ben Grubb NATHANIEL CAREW makes a living protecting computer systems. In his spare time, he hacks into Google.
Crikey! We've been hacked
Michael Lallo News website Crikey has been hacked with editors warning readers not to visit its home page until it has been fixed.
Cooking, computers and hacking: school accused of global scam
Jonathan Watts Depending on your perspective, Lanxiang vocational school in Jinan in eastern China is either the heart of a secretive global hacking conspiracy or a second-rate educational factory that is best...
China denies mass hacking of Gmail accounts
John Garnaut, Sanghee Liu BEIJING: Chinese cyber warfare experts have denied charges their country was behind a fresh wave of cyber attacks on Gmail accounts, and say that it is China that stands ''naked'' against American...
Practise the web safety you teach
Ainslie MacGibbon The young people may not listen but every school and institution dealing with them advises careful consideration of what information they post online.
Police flag more hacking arrests
Vincent Morello Police expect to make more arrests over one of Australia's biggest online hacking attacks, which they say could spread to companies overseas.
A is for antivirus: free software A-Z
Dirk Averesch There are some good programs out there that don't cost a thing.
Software takes brain power out of hacking
Asher Moses EVEN if David ''Evil'' Cecil is guilty, he is not necessarily a hacking mastermind. Computer security professionals say breaking into websites and computer networks is now as simple as downloading...
Slice of Silicon Valley as social media moves in
Carolyn Cummins DOTCOMS are back. A decade after they fled from their large, funky offices leaving North Sydney a ghost town, they are now back filling the office void caused by the shrinking corporate sector.
