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  • NEHTA denies stakeholder 'gag'

    Members of the National E-Health Transition Authority's (NEHTA) new stakeholder group have not been gagged, the outgoing CEO of the publicly funded company said today.

  • EDS reassures Aussie clients

    The Australian division of Texan IT services giant EDS has sent its major local clients letters assuring them that its US$13.9 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard wouldn't result in a drop in service levels.

  • NEHTA gags stakeholder forum

    Australia's peak e-health body has held the first meeting of a new forum designed to address past failures to adequately engage government and industry stakeholders but individuals in the group have been gagged from talking about details.

  • Defcon subway hackers can talk

    The three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who have been barred by a court order from discussing subway card vulnerabilities are now free to say what they want.

  • US subway hackers still gagged

    A US judge let stand a temporary restraining order preventing three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students from discussing or disclosing their research into security vulnerabilities in the payment system for the local subway system.

  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

  • Conroy stonewalls on FTTN bid debate

    Senator Stephen Conroy has stonewalled the Opposition today by limiting his responses to questions regarding the tender process for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network at a parliamentary hearing.

  • Conroy defends 'fluffy, insubstantial' FTTN tender

    Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has hit back at criticism the government's fibre-to-the-node tender documents are far too light on detail, saying they were designed that way.

  • Aussie Olympian blogs muzzled, not censored

    Australian athletes' blogs will not be censored during the Beijing Olympics, according to the Australian Olympic Committee president, but the International Olympic Committee is preventing them from profiting from the games' name.

  • SCO wanted to gag Torvalds

    Unix company was gathering information to support a court order to silence individuals related to its open-source legal case against IBM.

  • Government hopes to fast-track Telstra bills

    The federal government is attempting to suspend parliamentary proceedings to fast-track laws through the House of Representatives to sell its majority stake in Telstra.

  • It's all in the pitch

    Sometimes the quick marketing of new technologies can mask the real issues.

  • Openera loses court battle over Linux trademark

    Linux Australia Pty Ltd has failed to gain control over a trademark and a domain name linked with the company, after taking legal action in a South Australian court last week.

  • Court seeks to protect Kazaa case from media

    A NSW Federal court currently hearing claims of music copyright infringement against peer-to-peer file-sharing software company Sharman Networks today sought to shield the case from media interference.

  • Court takes gag off antispam service

    A district court judge has rescinded a temporary restraining order against antispam operation SpamCop, in an early blow to a case brought by self-professed "Spam King" Scott Richter.

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