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  • US subway hackers still gagged

    A US judge let stand a temporary restraining order preventing three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students from discussing or disclosing their research into security vulnerabilities in the payment system for the local subway system.

  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

  • Wikileaks back online after federal judge's ruling

    After spending more than three hours hearing arguments from a raft of attorneys from both sides of the fence, a federal judge here has ruled in favour of Wikileaks.

  • Microsoft makes consumers suffer: EU court

    A European court dealt a severe blow to Microsoft's competitive ambitions in Europe on Monday by siding with regulators in an antitrust case against the company.

  • Judge delays decision on Apple trade secrets case

    Lawyers for Apple Computer and a trio of Mac enthusiast Web sites met in court in San Jose, California Friday in a case that could have wide-ranging implications for the future--and even the definition--of online journalism.

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  • Judge orders Microsoft to reveal code

    A federal judge has told Microsoft it must disclose portions of the Windows source code, including XP and XP Embedded, to nine litigating states and the District of Columbia.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • Is hard time for worm author too harsh?

    Teenager sentenced to 18 months for writing a MSBlast worm got his just deserts, according to a Web poll. What's your take?

  • PeopleSoft fight ends with a phone call

    A single phone call on Friday evening brought the long-running Oracle-PeopleSoft fight to a close, Oracle President Chuck Phillips revealed.

Reviews (4)

  • Judge, jury and software engineer

    In terms of a legal conduct remedy for Microsoft, Larry Seltzer thinks that giving a judge the power to control an OS would be like asking software engineers to write laws.

  • The only fitting punishment for virus writers? Death!

    "Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks"--Text of e-mail message that accompanies files spreading the W32.Sircam.worm@mm virus.

  • Windows faces new competition: Itself

    In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.

  • Will Pocket PC flourish or flounder?

    Microsoft's antitrust case and the Judge's ruling focus on Windows, But what about the Pocket PC? The OS for handhelds is stranded in limbo for both Microsoft and the hardware manufacturers supporting it.

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