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  • Judge: MP3 site, ISP breached copyright

    Major record labels in Australia have finally won a legal battle against a Queensland man and his Internet Service Provider for alleged music piracy.

  • Australia a step closer to WiMAX

    Wireless broadband users in Australia could enjoy maximum surfing speeds of 75 megabits per second by mid-2006, analysts say.

  • Music industry claims Kazaa win

    The Federal Court of Australia has dealt a heavy blow to the managers of peer-to-peer software Kazaa, finding they had authorised users to infringe music industry copyright and directing them to modify the application to reduce the practice.

  • Smash repairers blast Web tendering

    About 300 protesters crowded outside the central Sydney head office of NRMA Insurance this morning to voice their anger over a new Internet-based tendering system for smash repair jobs in NSW

  • BitTorrent: Sysadmins to face the music

    The federal court has ruled two systems administrators from Internet service provider Swiftel can be sued for alleged music piracy, overriding an earlier decision.

  • Senate deals blow to Net neutrality

    A U.S. Senate panel narrowly rejected strict Net neutrality rules on Wednesday, dealing a grave setback to companies like eBay, Google and Amazon.com that had made enacting them a top political priority this year.

  • Senate panel proposes Net user 'bill of rights'

    The latest Net neutrality provisions in a mammoth Senate communications bill stopped short of giving Internet companies and consumer advocacy groups all the assurances they've requested.

  • Will Microsoft tweak IE?

    Microsoft told the Web's leading standards body that it's considering making changes to its Internet Explorer browser in light of a recent ruling against the company in a patent infringement lawsuit.

  • US Supreme Court keeps Net porn law on ice

    A divided U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week suggested that a federal law designed to restrict Internet pornography violated Americans' rights to freedom of speech, but the court stopped short of a definitive ruling striking down the law as unconstitutional.

  • Primus buys AOL7

    The Virginia, US-based Primus Telecom Group announced today its pending acquisition of Internet Service Provider AOL|7, expanding the group's customer base to nearly half-million strong.

  • Don't drop IIS--you can't afford to

    Despite its security problems, you should stick with what you've got if you've already invested in a serious IIS installation.

  • Military worried about Web leaks

    The US Defense Department is worried that sensitive information remains exposed on its Web sites.

  • Net copyright ruling sends tremors

    A recent US appeals court decision regarding copyright infringement has Internet companies expressing outrage. ISPs say they are concerned it sets a dangerous precedent that could inhibit the Internet's growth.

  • Is dstore too hot to touch?

    Recently collapsed etailer dstore is up for grabs and about to be acquired by technology company HotShed. However, most players regard is as a "hot potato", according to one industry commentator.

  • The house that Microsoft built

    Gateway and AOL have a plan for wiring your living room. But Microsoft has a plan, too, and it uses many of the same technologies and standards.

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