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  • Visa Australia kills signatures by 2013

    02 Nov 2009 1:09 PM

    Visa Australia said today it was moving to chip and PIN technology for all of its credit cards, with signature transactions to be banned by April 2013.

  • Microsoft Security Essentials: Screenshots

    30 Sep 2009 12:20 PM

    Microsoft has launched a new free security package today dubbed Microsoft Security Essentials.

  • NSW education: Just six laptops lost

    22 Sep 2009 5:17 PM

    Fears that laptops issued to students under the Digital Education Revolution would be "sold at the pub" have proved unfounded, with the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) claiming it has suffered six losses to date.

  • Norton Internet Security 2010

    18 Sep 2009 3:28 PM

    Symantec is betting heavily that program behaviour is the future battlefront of security and is making a big push in its 2010 security program line-up with a behavioural engine called Quorum.

  • Ask Us: How do I undelete files?

    09 Sep 2009 3:58 PM

    Had a change of heart about a file you thought you didn't need? Here are some tips to rescue deleted data.

  • Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user

    07 Aug 2009 11:58 AM

    Accounts of pro-Georgian blogger were targeted in a denial-of-service attack that led to an outage at Twitter and problems at Facebook, Blogger and LiveJournal, Facebook CSO says.

  • DIY home surveillance with a webcam

    04 Aug 2009 3:59 PM

    Too cheap to buy a real home security system? A webcam gets you part of the way there. We examine a few inexpensive ways to do it with an old computer and some home security software.

  • Top anti-spyware software

    03 Aug 2009 12:35 PM

    If you are using a Windows machine or even a Mac running Windows in a virtual environment, you need to pay attention to security. To get you started, we've rounded up the top free anti-spyware software options.

  • How to clean up your hard drive

    21 Jul 2009 12:31 PM

    Whether getting rid of an old computer or just making a clean start for your favourite hard drive, it's important to wipe it clean.

  • Children's, liberties groups protest filter

    09 Jul 2009 5:08 PM

    A number of Australian children's civil liberties and other groups have launched a significant protest against the Federal Government's plans to censor the internet through a filtering scheme.

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  • AVG Internet Security 9.0

    The feature-rich versions of popular security program AVG have been updated, with AVG Technologies claiming faster scan times, faster boot times and other under-the-hood improvements.

  • Microsoft Security Essentials

    Microsoft Security Essentials is recommended for those who want something to set and ignore, but users who want more robust configuration choices or don't want to contribute to the cloud should look elsewhere.

  • Norton AntiVirus 2010

    Norton AntiVirus 2010 builds on the immense progress made in last year's version, maintaining a low system profile while strengthening its security framework. It's not perfect, but even Symantec's detractors should check it out.