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    After a prolonged but successful trial, the NSW Attorney-General has officially launched JusticeLink, an online judicial network allowing lawyers and judges to engage in some court hearings and proceedings over the Internet.

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    In what could prove to be one of the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes centre stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.

  • Wireless drive-by hacking pre-empts corporate standoff

    The precursor to civil litigation, letters of demand from companies claiming business partners have facilitated loss of corporate data, has hit Australia in the wake of wireless hit and run hackings.

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