THE WEB
- Scrabulous resurrected as Wordscraper
- Man arrested in baby food poison video threats
- By the people
- Fake sickie notes fraudulent, say doctors
- Farmer wants a wife, gets fleeced
- Great firewall of China
- China restricts web access for Olympic press
- Scrabulous dropped from Facebook
- Is It Just Me? Peas in a podcast
- Prof who posted 'last lecture' online dies
- China steals internet crown from US
- British ISPs clamp down on illegal downloaders
- Scrabulous makers sued by Hasbro
- Politicians' Wiki entries altered
- Girls put their money where their mouse is
- Aunty puts five new channels online
- Retirees jump on board to surf the web
- News anchors adrift in email scandal
- Crowd-sourcing the eCar
- Take your MySpace friends wherever you go
The web still nets a zero in HSC
Students in all schools should be taught and examined on how to
identify credible sources on the internet, the national parents
association said yesterday.
Government's social networking warning
Before posting the latest photos of yourself chugging down beers or
cutting up the dance floor on Facebook or MySpace, think again -
your next employer could be watching.
MySpace TV takes on YouTube
MySpace Australia has launched its online television channel with a
global concert by US band Death Cab for Cutie.
Scorched welds together online and TV
Is this the future of TV? A new Nine drama set in climate-ravaged
Australia is straddling the divide between TV and the web.
Italy blocks The Pirate Bay
An Italian judge orders the country's internet service providers to
block access to The Pirate Bay as part of a probe into copyright
law violation.
Internet becomes Iraq's new matchmaker
Young Iraqis surf the internet to search for partners to tie the
knot as violence and sectarian tensions take their toll on more
traditional forms of socialising.
It's time to open up search: Wales
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, hard at work on a Wikia Search, says
existing search engines are closed "proprietary black boxes".
Facebook takes over MySpace's world
New industry figures show Facebook has dethroned MySpace to become
the world's most popular social networking website.
Indecent disclosure
Casual comments online could put you in the spotlight, writes
Elissa Baxter.
Obama's email revelation
Barack Obama is offering supporters the chance to be "the first to
know" his choice for vice-presidential running mate by subscribing
to an email service.
Alert over air ticketing scam
Computer users are being warned of a bogus airline ticketing scam
that may trick them into downloading malicious software.
Tiffany appeals eBay decision
Tiffany & Co has challenged a federal ruling that largely
absolved eBay of policing its auction site for counterfeit items.
Cloud computing may 'threaten' privacy
A US military computer science professor has warned that a trend to
push software into the "clouds" exacerbates privacy risks as people
trust information to the Internet.
How Google put Bill's grief on show
Losing his best friend in a freak boating accident was bad enough.
But Google's Street View has made a bad situation worse for Bill,
from Victoria.
ISPs join the copyright fight
Australian internet users could have their online access curbed if
a new trial launched in Britain last month takes hold here.
Why Flickr lights the way
Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield shares the secrets to his
success.
Bogus tickets still trading on internet
Beijing Olympics ticket fraud sites were still trading yesterday,
offering $1410 front-row seats for swimming event finals.
Protesters hack into Olympics website
Hackers tap into the Beijing Olympics website to colour headlines
orange in support of human rights protests.
Perils in dealing with online genetic tests
Finding out too much about yourself can end up making you
unnecessarily fearful, writes Mary Fallon.
Rudd's grocery website a basket case
The Federal Government's new grocery prices website attracted a mad
rush yesterday but some left feeling frustrated.
YouTube to air Olympic highlights
Clips and highlights of Olympic events are to be made available on
the video-sharing site YouTube, under an agreement with the
International Olympic Committee.
British fraud ran Beijing ticket scam
The mastermind behind the Beijing Olympics ticketing scam is
believed to be a Briton with a long history of fraudulent ticket
schemes.
Lonely hearts warned of 'money mules' scam
Lonely hearts and dating website users could be unwittingly
enlisted as 'money mules' by international money laundering rings,
police say.
Google takes a risky road with privacy
Google's Street View has already uncovered a lying neighbour,
sprung a cheating spouse and snapped a man sleeping on the job.
Mobile proves six degrees of separation theory
A social graph derived from billions of instant messages validates
folklore that there are about six degrees of separation between any
two strangers on the planet.
Blowing the cover on flawed domain security
Since a secret emergency meeting of computer security experts at
Microsoft's headquarters in March, Dan Kaminsky has been urging
companies around the world to fix a potentially dangerous flaw in
the basic plumbing of the internet.
Ticket scam websites shut down
Olympic officials have apparently succeeded in convincing US
federal courts to shut down two websites selling Beijing Olympic
tickets that turned out to be fakes.
'Cyberchondria' gives GPs a webache
The imagined conditions afflicting patients who have turned to the
internet for diagnosis - can be a bane for doctors convincing
patients of their misdiagnosis.
Online movie fans face scrutiny
Internet users who download illegal copies of the latest movies and
television shows could get warning letters in the mail.
Chinese netizens rail against Great Firewall
The current fad in China for push-ups is not inspired by the
approach of the Olympic Games; nor is it part of a campaign to
improve physical fitness.
