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Google has made child pornography an "obscenely profitable and integral part" of its business and must be stopped, a new lawsuit claims.
A divided U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week suggested that a federal law designed to restrict Internet pornography violated Americans' rights to freedom of speech, but the court stopped short of a definitive ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional.
Apple Computer has released a free software update for some iPods that lets listeners set a maximum volume limit.
US Federal prosecutors preparing to defend a controversial Internet pornography law in court have asked Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and America Online to hand over millions of search records -- a request that Google is adamantly denying.
The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.
The weekend's Big Brother "sex scandal", during which the official site's live feed and forums were taken offline, highlights an issue that is provoking debate across the globe: to what extent are Web site administrators responsible for the conduct of their users?
Commentary: SCO's lawsuit against IBM has sparked controversy in the open-source world - here are some things for Linux users to consider.
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.
From faulty satellites nearly causing World War III to the Millennium Bug, poorly executed IT has had a lot to answer for over the years
Sun's co-founder has reveled in running his mouth, and the list of 'McNealy-isms' has become legendary within the tech industry.
The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.
Commentary: SCO's lawsuit against IBM has sparked controversy in the open-source world - here are some things for Linux users to consider.
Why are the answers to so many common tech problems so darned stupid?
Does your company's human resource management functions need to be automated? We look at what you need to consider, and three packages to help you do it.
Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.
Mobile phones will soon carry information -- SAR (specific absorption rate), which measures how much radiation energy is absorbed by 1 kilogram of human tissue -- on radiation output, but critics said the move will still leave consumers in the dark.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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