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UK file-swappers could face jail under new law

New UK regulations that will implement a European directive on copyright could mean up to two years in jail for file-swappers.
With settlement, Kazaa casts off its pirate garb

A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery.
In refugee camp, a P2P outpost

Deep in the tense Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank, a new file-swapping service is daring record labels and movie studios to turn their piracy-hunting into an international incident.
Police raid Sydney university over alleged music piracy

The Australian Federal Police raided the University of Technology, Sydney on Wednesday this week in connection with the "AU$60 million music piracy case" currently before the courts.
Peer-to-peer battle gets personal

Skype's VoIP ambitions

Q&A Niklas Zennstrom may be Sweden's most famous serial entrepreneur.

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Ben Forta: All about Adobe
Take one ColdFusion veteran and mix in a healthy dose of prolific book writing, and chances are you will end u… Watch it now
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Google's chief sits down for an extremely rare, wide-ranging interview and discusses Google's two operating sy… Watch it now
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Telstra shareholders fear break up
What do Telstra shareholders think of the telco's new CEO David Thodey? And would they support the government'… Watch it now
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Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.
Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?
In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
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