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  • HP sues firms that refill ink cartridges

    Hewlett-Packard, much of whose profit comes from selling printer supplies, has sued two companies that sell refilled ink cartridges, but it stopped short of trying to block the refill business altogether.

  • Antispyware vendors come under fire

    Some antispyware companies are using deceptive practices and "hijacked" Web browsers to scare Net consumers into buying their products, a leading Internet public interest group told federal regulators on Wednesday.

  • Nokia tries blocking NSW Fair Trading Dept files from US court

    Nokia USA wants files on the NSW Department of Fair Trading investigation of Nokia Australia over its 8210 series mobile phones kept out of a class action law suit against the company, currently in its preliminary phase in a California court.

  • Crystal Decisions spoils staff after lawsuit win

    While many companies are reigning-in expenses to ride out the slump in the IT sector, Australian staff of information management software provider Crystal Decisions have been given a taste of the dot-com boom.

  • Reckon slapped with ACCC warning

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned software companies to stop misleading and deceptive advertising about their products.

Features and Case Studies (1)

  • If it smells, it must be phish

    Do you think banks and financial institutions in Australia are doing enough to protect consumers from "phishing expeditions"?

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