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  • Nokia confirms N-Gage hack, pursues pirates

    Handset maker Nokia confirmed Wednesday that hackers had managed to crack anticopying protections in games designed for its new N-Gage, a gadget that combines a cell phone with a Game Boy-like handheld gaming console.

  • Asia Pac hits piracy jack-pot

    The seventh annual study into global software piracy commissioned by the business software association (BSA), has named the Asia-Pacific region as the most costly in terms of software piracy with losses for 2001 topping US$4.5 billion.

  • Students in AU music piracy case face new sentencing date

    The sentencing of three students charged with multi-million dollar copyright violations has been delayed until November 18.

  • Wi-Fi anonymity tempts pirates

    Some Wi-Fi hot spots allow users to remain anonymous and untraceable, thwarting any efforts to sue for copyright violations.

  • Why telecoms back the pirate cause

    Telecommunications lobbyists are lining up to oppose Hollywood's demands for new copyright laws. Verizon lawyer Sarah Deutsch explains what's behind this confrontation.

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  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Microsoft recruiting software pirates to fight Firefox?

    Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    For Boyle's sake, an indecent proposal for ISPs

    It's been 345 years since physicist Robert Boyle published the experimental results confirming what is now known as Boyle's Law, which to paraphrase is: a gas will spread out to fill any available space.

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  • How to curb digital piracy

    Former White House staffer Jonathan Greenblatt believes Hollywood can respond to the challenge of new media but that it must first must reconsider its audience. Otherwise, Tinseltown's future is sure to turn ugly.

  • Software pirates steal jobs in AU: BSAA

    A study has been released that claims reducing Australian software piracy from 27 percent of all software used to 17 percent could create 7,000 more jobs and boost local industry revenues by AU$5 billion over the four years till 2006.

  • Software piracy: Hype versus reality

    Business Software Alliance's Bob Kruger defends new piracy stats which reflect a growing threat to digital copyrights.

  • RMIT's tech watch

    Steve Turvey of RMIT IT Test Labs provides an indepth view of the latest technologies to hit Australia.

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  • Microsoft's biggest Office XP fear: Pirates

    Pirates ahoy! Microsoft prepares to do battle. When Microsoft releases Office XP in a few months, the company will face off against its two toughest competitors: software pirates and, well, Microsoft.

  • Are DVD burners the tool of the pirate devil?

    Commentary: Amidst a rush of DVD burners, each one more surprising than the last, ZDNet Australia's reviews editor wonders why they're so popular all of a sudden.

  • RMIT's tech watch

    Steve Turvey of RMIT IT Test Labs provides an indepth view of the latest technologies to hit Australia.

  • Microsoft CD copy protection advances

    The software giant digs its roots a little deeper into the music business as Macrovision agrees to license its Windows digital rights management technology for CDs.

  • My travails with Office XP: Finally, the end of my tale

    In June, on a long transcontinental flight to a major trade show, Office XP did a mean thing to me: It suspected me of piracy. And it locked me out. Well, Microsoft has gotten to the bottom of my awful XP-erience. Here's how, and what it found.

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