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  • Defense asked to hand over Iraq images for Web

    A government watchdog group on Wednesday asked the US Department of Defense to release three CD-ROMs with digital photographs and video clips of prisoner abuse in Iraq.

  • Govt agency denies unauthorised inmate Net access

    Officials have denied an inmate at a NSW prison could have used contraband computer disks to access the Internet.

  • US court says no to Web libel lawsuit

    In the wake of an Australian ruling suggesting that Web publishers are fair game for libel suits anywhere their content appears, a US federal court veers in the opposite direction.

  • Mental block

    Should businesses try to block employees' non-work-related Web access? And is it important how accurate those filters are?

  • US Court ready to rule on Net porn

    Adult Web sites that have largely enjoyed freedom from government interference could be in for an unpleasant surprise tomorrow, when the U.S. Supreme Court is set to deliver a long-awaited ruling on Internet pornography.

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  • Framed for child porn - by a PC virus

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

  • 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.

  • Webmaster held on terror charges

    The publisher of two pro-jihad Web sites has been arrested in London on suspicion of terrorism-related activities, US investigators said on Friday.

  • JBoss to Red Hat: Grow up

    Marc Fleury wants Red Hat to change its ways.

  • Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested

    A female Belgian virus writer who has allegedly been waging a public and protracted war against an antivirus expert has been arrested and charged by the authorities.

Reviews (2)

  • CES: Tech gets cooking

    It's a microwave oven! It's an Ethernet port! At the Las Vegas show, gadget makers decided the hottest tech niche was in the kitchen and put the "appliance" back in "Internet appliance."

  • How to stop your PC from spying on you

    Viruses may be on the decline this year, but other threats--like Trojan horses and spyware--are on the rise. We tell you how these pests work--and how to protect your system from harm.

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