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Australia doesn't need ACTA: academics

There is no reason why Australia should ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA); doing so would place the country at a trade disadvantage, according to academics from Australia's universities.

March 23rd, 2012 in Government by Michael Lee 1 Comment 3 Votes

Start-ups: a lucrative target for hackers

A security researcher recently explained to me that any hacker "would've loved to have hacked in to Twitter five years ago", because, if he had, then he would have potentially had a lifeline directly in to its key systems and information.

February 28th, 2012 in Start-ups by Mahesh Sharma Comment 9 Votes

ISP code a US-style privacy sell-out

Some may welcome it as a conciliatory and positive step towards resolving disputes between ISPs and copyright holders, but the industry's new code of practice also turns Australia away from the privacy protections of its European heritage, and towards an American-style regime where privacy is less sacred than commercial interests.

November 28th, 2011 in Privacy by David Braue 3 Comments 5 Votes

Mi research es su research

It's free, if you use it properly. That's what the University of NSW has reportedly said to companies about the results of its research. I believe that this is a responsible step in testing different intellectual property (IP) models, and I'm really interested to see how it turns out.

November 9th, 2011 in Government by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

5 tips to catch an intellectual property thief

Physical crimes leave behind a trail of evidence that forensic teams can analyse and bring to court, but what about cybercrime, such as the theft of intellectual property? Computer forensics expert and director of Klein & Co Nick Klein said that when companies conduct a digital forensic investigation themselves, there are five things they should do.

August 25th, 2011 in Security by Michael Lee 1 Comment 1 Vote

Google lawsuits to follow Nortel patent war

How dominant can Google's Android operating system become? Dominant enough for almost an entire industry of rivals to play a US$4.5 billion game of patent keep away. Now it's time to rev up the lawsuits.

July 6th, 2011 in Android by Larry Dignan 3 Comments 1 Vote

Google to be grilled on piracy

Google's antipiracy efforts are likely to come under scrutiny during a US congressional hearing scheduled next week in Washington.

March 31st, 2011 in Google by Greg Sandoval 1 Comment Vote

Gartner accuses AIIA of 'squatter's logic'

The high-profile falling out between a Gartner analyst and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) continued late last week, with further shots being fired in the battle between the pair in public on a blog hosted by the analyst firm.

January 10th, 2011 in Government by Renai LeMay Comment Vote

Gartner takes AIIA to task over govt IP

One of Gartner Australia's most senior analysts has launched a flagrant attack on the technology industry's peak representative group in a strongly worded blog post taking the group to task for its "misleading", "illogical" or "wrong" position on governments releasing intellectual property rights to their suppliers.

December 21st, 2010 in Government by Renai LeMay Comment Vote

Contractors, beware the fine print: lawyer

Contractors need to read their contracts carefully or risk having intellectual property from personal projects signed over to their employers.

October 11th, 2010 in Legal by Luke Hopewell 1 Comment 1 Vote

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As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

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