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  • UK govt to monitor all telecoms

    UK internet service providers will be invited to tender for a British government scheme to monitor all internet communications and telecommunications in the country.

  • UK details national ID card technology

    The United Kingdom government has revealed more details on the technology required to underpin its controversial identity cards project.

  • International group lobbies for domain buyers' privacy

    Individuals and small-business owners should be able to buy domain names without being required to divulge their mailing address, phone number and e-mail address, an international coalition planned to say in a letter Tuesday evening U.S. time.

  • Asia should follow Japan's data breach laws

    Governments in Asia need to bring data breach laws in line with Japan and Korea to ensure businesses improve the security of customer data, according to a senior CA executive.

  • UK town posts speeding evidence online

    Motorists snapped by speed cameras in the United Kingdom county of Wiltshire will be given the opportunity to go online to see themselves caught in the act.

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  • The war on file sharing hits Australia

    Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

  • Just what is behind the iiNet case?

    Landmark Federal Court legal action by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) against ISP iiNet highlights the competing interests of ISPs and rights holders in respect of unauthorised filesharing, and should expose the inability of the Australian Copyright Act to satisfactorily resolve the issue.

  • Microsoft's role in ID theft

    Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

  • Consumers rights still lagging: ACA chief

    In an exclusive interview, the Australian Communications Authority's retiring chairman Dr Bob Horton explains why consumer rights continue to lag. He touches on other topics including regulating mobile adult content.

  • RFID tags: The people say no

    CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says readers are united in their contempt for the idea of embedding chips in people.

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  • The ABCs of 802.11 standards

    After 13 years of proprietary products and ineffective standards, the networking industry has finally decided to back one set of standards for wireless networking: the 802.11 series from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). These emerging standards define wireless Ethernet, or wireless LAN (WLAN).

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