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  • British teen cleared in 'e-mail bomb' case

    A British teenager has been cleared of launching a denial-of-service attack against his former employer, in a ruling that delivers another blow to the UK's Computer Misuse Act.

  • Wanted: Someone to save Australia's IT heritage

    The archives of the Australian Computer Museum Society, which has been collecting the IT industry's dinosaurs since the 1960s, is at risk of going to the dump, as the Society is being pushed out of its home for the second time.

  • Australian censors ban Manhunt

    The Classification Review Board has voted 3-1 to ban the violent computer game Manhunt following an application by the federal Attorney General on the request of the Western Australian Minister for Justice.

  • Police investigate suspected online gambling extortion ring

    Computer crime authorities in Russia and the UK have arrested three men, suspected of running a major extortion ring accused of blackmailing online sports betting Web sites.

  • DOJ indicts alleged hacker

    The US Department of Justice indicted Tuesday a British man who allegedly hacked into military computer systems and shut them down in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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