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Cyber attacks knock out Georgia’s Internet presence
Hackers, perhaps affiliated with a well-known Russian criminal network, have attacked and hijacked Web sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic now in the fourth day of war with Russia, a security researcher claimed Sunday.

Ticketek snafu exposes 13,000 email addresses
A technical cock-up has exposed the email address of over 13,000 Ticketek members.

VeriSign releases stock fraud protection service
VeriSign has adapted its fraud protection service to help safeguard against a common form of stock trading fraud.

Report: Cloud computing poised for enterprise adoption
Gartner has named cloud computing, green IT and social-computing platforms among technologies that are poised to reach broad enterprise adoption in the next two to five years.

Ticketek apologises for not-so Dandy mailout
Ticketek this afternoon issued a formal apology to the individuals whose emails it exposed in a botched newsletter mailout.

Tiffany appeals eBay counterfeit ruling
Tiffany & Co. has appealed a US district court ruling that says eBay is not responsible for counterfeit goods sold on its Web site.

Piracy fails to dampen online content services market
Despite the continued threat of software piracy, APEJ (Asia-Pacific excluding Japan) revenues for paid online content services rose 25.6 percent year-on-year to US$3.86 billion in 2007, according to research firm, Frost and Sullivan (Frost).

Researchers look to cloud computing to fight malware
A network service that traps more malicious software than a single antivirus program catches by itself could be the next weapon used to fight Internet threats.

Social networking behind the firewall
Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.

Network Ten gets serious about its Web sites
A complete overhaul of its digital strategy has seen Network Ten release 15 Web sites in the past 18 months.