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Watch out for those wascally worms

Beware the latest worm threat — W32.Zotob.E can run on, but not infect, computers running Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/XP. Computers running these operating systems can be used to infect vulnerable computers. Microsoft patched the problem earlier this month but if you did get hit by this beastie, you’re in good company. It seems several high-profile media outlets in […]

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Let the voting begin

The date’s been set so brace yourself for the impending onslaught of excited politicians looking to shake your hand, kiss your baby and secure your vote. Interestingly, September 17 probably isn’t too far away from the date the 2005 NZ Idol winner will be announced. I wonder which event will have the greater voter turnout.

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Win prizes

Telecom offers up prizes

Telecom has slashed residential calling rates to 55 countries this weekend and one customer will have the chance to win a $5000 travel voucher. Okay, so it’s not as good as grabbing $8.5 million in Lotto but $5000 is not to be sneezed at.

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Playing safe

The word on the net is that updates in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 will focus on improved security. No surprise there. It also looks likely to ship separately from the new Longhorn operating system.

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Flights of fancy

For anyone planning on booking a holiday online, Freedom Air has introduced a new live help system that means customers can get questions answered while they are onsite instead of having to phone for help. Even better, when you book online you go into a draw to get the cost of your flight refunded. Fiji

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Phishing

Here phishy, phishy …

Phishing scams seem to be all the rage at the moment and it always pays to be wary. The most common are the e-mails purporting to be from various banks, PayPal or eBay. Usually they claim that because of upgrades you need to re-register your username and password and contain a link to the verification

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