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  • Qld card skimming laws boosted

    New laws targeting criminals who skim credit and debit cards will be introduced in Queensland to target the growing problem of identity theft.

  • Sydney movie, music pirate earns jail time

    The Australian arms of the music and film industry have won a victory against piracy with the news that Sydney man Yong Hong Lin has been handed a three-month jail term for selling illegal imported discs from his Eastwood music and movie store.

  • Perth Nigerian scammer jailed

    A Perth man has reportedly been jailed for six years for his role in a Nigerian-style scam campaign that netted $132,400 from four Australian victims.

  • Darwin hacker jailed for three years

    A Northern Territory IT worker who caused millions of dollars of damage to government systems has reportedly been jailed for three years.

  • How will the Satyam scandal hit Oz?

    Analyst firm Ovum said today that Satyam's financial scandal would not significantly affect overall outsourcing trends in Australia, although some customers might reassess their contracts with the Indian giant.

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    McKinnon's magician

    Who exactly is new Westpac IT executive Sarv Girn, who has newly been poached from Commonwealth Bank of Australia? Is he just a point man for the IT integration of St George, or is he "McKinnon's magician", the boy genius who will lead the bank to its IT nirvana?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Does Conroy's FUD make a Ludd of Rudd?

    Pretty soon, the government will be screening and filtering our email as well as making blogs like this one disappear.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Greedy Apple users will trust anyone

    A "jailbreak" Web site created earlier this week is already attracting hordes of iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to free their devices from the digital shackles attached by Jobs and co.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    One asterisk can ruin your whole day

    When broadband providers offer packages that you think look to good to be true, you're rarely disappointed.

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    Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: they can make people an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Kevin Mitnick: Social engineering 101

    Kevin Mitnick has proven that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.

  • Is the world ready to fight cybercrime?

    Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.

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    Gary McKinnon talks about his appeal to the House of Lords against extradition to the US to face hacking charges. He could face up to 60 years in jail if extradited.

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