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  • Telstra loses federal customer

    Telstra has lost a federal government contract to provide telecommunications services to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).

  • Labor promise: 'We won't bring in new Access Card'

    The Department of Human Services has denied the Federal Labor government is investigating the introduction of a nationwide ID card scheme similar to the previous government's Access Card.

  • US Senate OKs antipiracy plan

    The U.S. Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved a controversial proposal that would let federal prosecutors file civil lawsuits against suspected copyright infringers, with fines reaching tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • Sharman considers appeal over Aust court ruling

    Sharman Networks is considering applying for leave to appeal yesterday's Federal Court decision allowing the admission of evidence obtained under a civil search order to a music industry court action against it.

  • In brief: Sharman appeals ruling, Telstra meets ACCC deadline

    Sharman Networks has appealed a Federal Court decision not to set aside civil search orders; Telstra has met an ACCC deadline to submit information on its broadband price cuts

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  • Pirates should abandon the federal ship

    The Pirate Party of Australia should forget about trying to win a Senate seat in the Federal Government and instead focus its sights on even lower hanging fruit. I speak, of course, of the state governments.

  • A chat with Fake Stephen Conroy

    ZDNet.com.au presents the man behind the Twitter account: Fake Stephen Conroy lays out his digital agenda. And kitten-fishing.

  • FAQ: Yahoo-Google ad deal's antitrust scrutiny

    Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.

  • 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.

  • Uncloaking the US Patriot Act

    More information is dribbling out about the exercise of extraordinary powers granted to federal police since Sept 11. We unmask the Patriot Act.

Reviews (4)

  • Wi-Fi system 'safe', says Boeing

    An aircraft cabin is a 'challenging environment' for a wireless LAN, but Boeing is confident that they can make it secure.

  • Study: mobile phones put planes at risk

    The U.K.'s air safety regulator has released research about mobile phone use on planes, warning of the serious effects that it can have on navigational equipment.

  • Frequent fliers: The biometric guinea pigs

    Before he starts work every day, Oscar Carranza places his hand in a biometric scanner that traces the contours of his palm and compares them to digital records in the airport's central database.

  • Biometrics special: Who are you?

    Forgotten your password again? Read on to find out how you'll be logging on, checking in, and signing off in the very near future.

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