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Netsky causing billions in damages
Based on helpdesk support costs, contingency outsourcing, loss of business, and more, a security firm puts a $3.12 billion tag on Netsky.B--and there's a new Netsky.C.
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Netsky.B infections spread
Antivirus companies report that the week-old Netsky.B virus is showing no signs of abating. It relies on "social engineering" to spring its trap on unsuspecting users.
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Music industry's search orders on trial
A judge in Australia rules that the file-swapping case should continue, even though Sharman Networks faces legal battles in both Australia and the United States.
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Sharman to challenge court order
Lawyers representing Sharman Networks inform the Federal Court of Australia they intend to challenge the validity of the court order that resulted in raids at several locations across Australia...
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Antipiracy group targets Kazaa parent
An investigator for a music industry organization serves papers on Sharman Networks at its headquarters in Vanuatu, as the group searches several sites across Australia.
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Piracy fighters raid offices of Kazaa, others
A judge in Australia authorizes a record industry group to search peer-to-peer companies including Kazaa owner Sharman and several ISPs, along with key executives' homes.
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Google search swamps tiny server
Having your Web site listed in the top few returns of a Google search has long been recognised as one of the best ways to attract visitors to your site. What happens when your site is effectively...
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Lindows offers software for free over P2P
The Linux software seller plans to distribute its LindowsLive operating system, which retails for $29.95, for free via peer-to-peer networks.
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New fiber-optic cable may boost chips
Researchers at the Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre have developed a small multichannel optical fiber that has the potential to improve the way computer chips communicate with each...
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Picture this: Tickets on your cell phone
Say hello to "m-commerce." A leading venue in Sydney, Australia, is testing technology that sends concert tickets to patrons' mobile phones as picture messages.
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Labels shut down Aussie file-swapping site
The Web site at the heart of a legal battle between several music industry behemoths and Australian Internet service provider (ISP) ComCen was taken down on Monday at 11.30 am. The takedown...
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Scientists plumb water power for mobiles
A technology for generating electricity from water for use in small devices could pave the way for products such as liquid-powered mobile phones.
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Australian spam legislation under fire
Civil rights group Electronic Frontiers Australia has claimed legislation introduced into the federal parliament to fight spam will give investigators excessive search and seizure powers. In an...
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Australia to hold online phone number auction
The Australian Communications Authority has released the draft format for a planned auction of valuable commercial phone numbers, which will see it avoid the problems that plagued the auction of...
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Australian legislation cooks spammers
Spammers could incur up to $733,000 in penalties per day for sending junk e-mail--and one lawmaker calls on the United States to follow suit with similar legislation.
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Group slams Aussie mod-chip ban
An Australia group says a ruling by the Australian Federal Court that mod chips are illegal severely limits consumer choice and access to competitively priced goods.
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Labels win round in piracy crackdown
A judge orders Sydney University to hand over computer back-up tapes to the record industry, removing, for now, a potent shield for students accused of file swapping.
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File-swap software to foil enforcers
P2P developers say privacy-protection concerns are behind the introduction of features designed to foil scanning by organizations representing owners of copyright-protected material.
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Survey: Financial firms prey for hackers
A global survey by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu reveals that 39 percent of financial institutions experienced at least one security breach within the past year.
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Aussie judge mulls giving university network records to labels
A Federal Court judge has deferred handing down formal orders in the case between the music industry and Australian universities today, but indicated he would order the universities to provide...
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