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  • Coroneos takes iiTrial heat

    Internet Industry Association (IIA) chief Peter Coroneos faced heated questions in Federal Court yesterday over a "knockout blow" the IIA had planned for an increasingly prolific copyright movement.

  • ACS appoints new CEO

    The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has again filled its CEO position after former CEO Kim Denham was sacked in May this year.

  • Alleged IT jobs scam lands in court

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken IT services and consulting firm Zanok Technologies to the Federal Court for allegedly taking advantage of people seeking jobs in the IT industry.

  • Former CEO sues ACS

    Former CEO of the Australian Computer Society Kim Denham has taken the society to the Federal Court for misleading or deceptive conduct.

  • Kazaa witness takes iiTrial stand

    Nigel Carson, a computer forensics investigator and a key witness in the 2004 Kazaa case, was called to the witness box today by iiNet's legal team to answer questions on whether an IP address was enough to identify a movie pirate.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Could they all just kiss and make up already?

    Australian telecoms is increasingly resembling the US during Prohibition, with Telstra as Al Capone and the ACCC as Eliot Ness.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Copyright protection without the court action

    Will new business models cut down the amount of people breaking the law, reduce the market for pirates and remove the need for litigation?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Welcome to National Censorship Day

    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Facts on the iiNet AFACT case

    This week's Twisted Wire podcast looks at some of the claimed facts surrounding the controversial lawsuit against iiNet regarding copyright infringement by its customers.

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  • Apple in court dispute over Unix

    As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the operating system, the company that claims ownership of the Unix name says Apple is infringing its trademark.

  • UPDATE: Australian SMEs targeted in piracy crackdown

    Australian small businesses are being targetted in the latest software piracy crackdown, with companies which don't get the message under threat of court action.

  • Court case offers warning to industry

    The landmark ruling of RACV Insurance Pty Ltd v Unisys Australia Pty Ltd (2001) helps to clarify the duties which are owed by software providers to their customers.

  • Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley

    Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.

  • The war on file sharing hits Australia

    Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

Reviews (28)

  • Nvidia courts workstation crowd

    The graphics chip giant unveils new high-end chips for graphics designers, scientists and other workstation users.

  • Hutchison's '3' courts enterprise developers

    Hutchison Telecom's "3" will start to recruit business application developers in April, with a new Web site instructing developers how to use the company's 3G network the first step into battle with other carriers for the lucrative business communications dollar.

  • It's crunch time for Palm

    Palm pioneered the smart phone, but if rumours prove true, the Treo maker may not survive as an independent company to watch its creation move from the corner office to the street corner.

  • Can the music industry change?

    In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.

  • Will Microsoft tweak IE?

    Microsoft told the Web's leading standards body that it's considering making changes to its Internet Explorer browser in light of a recent ruling against the company in a patent infringement lawsuit.

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