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Editorial

A bit short on news this month as I have been on leave in New Zealand. I have now found where all our rain is, it's in the Wairarapa, seems to be falling here rather than taking the trip across the Tasman.

Watch out for those unsolicited Domain renewal letters, they seem to be on the rise again, also just hit New Zealand. If your domain is managed by Engadine Web Services your safe, if not, make sure you know when your domain account is due, who your domain reseller is and only renew with that company.

Bruce Beresford, Manager & Editor

In this Issue:

• Featured Site - Artefx
• Virus Watch
• Skype releases beta for Mac OS X
• Eighty percent of new malware defeats antivirus
• Quotes of the day

Featured Site  

Artefx

For as long as I can remember I have had a keen interest in art and drawing in one form or another from pencil sketching, oil and acrylic to printmaking.

In an effort to further my career and skill base I attended Wollongong Tafe completing a course in Fine Arts. This was of great benefit to me, learning new skills and techniques while working with other practicing artists providing much needed inspiration.

I am located in the Illawarra area where my inspiration stems from my coastal, Illawarra escarpment, and industrial surroundings.

I am a motor mechanic by trade and an avid push bike road and mountain bike racer. It was push bike riding that enabled me to travel through Europe and experience the sights, surroundings and environment of the masters.

The purpose of this website is to offer you the experience of seeing into the creative mind of an artist. You will be able to view and purchase my works exclusively, no other artists work is placed on this site.

Visit the Artefx website...

Virus Watch  

Latest Threats - from Symantec

20-08-06 W32.Randex.GEL

20-08-06 W32.Stration.A@mm

Skype releases beta for Mac OS X  

Skype has released a beta version of its latest client for Mac OS X users.

The new version, 1.5, of the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) client boasts a new, more streamlined look. However, much of the functionality in the new Mac beta involves the sort of features that Skype's Windows users have enjoyed for some time, such as menu-selectable dialing codes and easy importation of address book contacts.

One feature that remains conspicuously absent is video calling, but Skype's community marketing manager, Jaanus Kase, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that a Skype for Mac Video Preview also would be released.

He claimed it would be "exactly the same" as Skype for Mac OS X 1.5 Beta, but would include the video capability.

"Quite frankly, it's not done yet," Kase conceded, "but we had quite a lot of interest from Mac users (so we) put out a preview for the more technically adventurous users."

Skype allows users to make free calls over the Internet to other Skype users, and cut-price calls to fixed-line and mobile numbers. It has proved popular with both consumers and businesses -- Skype estimates that one in three users is a mobile professional.

Mac-based users make up a small minority of Skype's overall user base, said Kase, although exact figures are unavailable. He described them as "very often much more vocal" and "an intriguing, inspiring community to work with," adding that the Mac-using community would hopefully be able to help Skype "refine" the video feature.

Skype for Mac 1.5 Beta and Skype for Mac video preview can both be downloaded from the company's site. David Meyer of ZDNet UK reported from London.

Eighty percent of new malware defeats antivirus  

The most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered useless by around 80 percent of new malware, according to AusCERT.

At a security breakfast hosted by e-mail security firm Messagelabs in Sydney on Wednesday, the general manager of the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT), Graham Ingram, told the audience that popular desktop antivirus applications "don't work".

"At the point we see it as a CERT, which is very early on -- the most popular brands of antivirus on the market … have an 80 percent miss rate. That is not a detection rate that is a miss rate. Tters.ZDNet Australia >>> more

Quotes of the Day  

Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. Russell Baker (1925 - )

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try. Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )

Behind every great fortune there is a crime. Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)

He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed. David Frost

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