Patent wars, regulation and legislation increasingly matter to the tech sector.
This court ruling changes everything about internet e-commerce. Billions in sales every year will now be taxed, which had been left untouched for over a generation.
Tesla accuses former employee of hacking, stealing data, and leaking false information to the media.
A proposed European law would mandate that content providers utilize some kind of content filter to make sure rights holders get their royalties. But for a public open source code repository, such a contraption could be a nuisance, or it could be catastrophic.
Amid recent political upheaval, Catalonia in northeastern Spain is bringing together its security initiatives.
After flagging a more streamlined process for dealing with foreign piracy websites, the Australian Federal Court has approved the block of more than 15 additional torrenting and streaming sites.
Apple has been held responsible for the conduct of its Australian subsidiary, which told local customers they were not entitled for a repair or replacement of iPhones and iPads if they had used a third-party repairer.
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Red Hat-initiated open-source projects, which use GPLv2 or LGPLv2.1, will be expected to add GPLv3's cure commitment language to their licenses.
North Korea's Hidden Cobra security hackers spawn new remote-access malware.
Foxtel has detailed how around 15 torrenting websites and 10 streaming sites are facilitating the infringement of copyright, including 'Game of Thrones' and 'Grey's Anatomy'.
Huawei Australia has again said it is open and transparent about cybersecurity concerns, pushing for discussions with the federal government to take part in the 5G build-out.
Domain Name Corp and Domain Name Agency to pay AU$1.95 million in penalties for scamming Australians out of approximately AU$2.3 million.
Chinese regulators have given the go ahead on Qualcomm's purchase of NXP for $44 billion, the South China Morning Post reports.
Comcast says it's ended its practice of slowing traffic for heavy internet users but reserves the right do it again.
Attackers also gained access to 1.2 million records containing personal details in one of the UK's biggest data breaches.
Milorad "Michael" Trkulja can now head back to the Victorian courts to sue Google for defamation after he alleged the search engine giant incorrectly linked his images to the state's criminal underworld.
During the year, we have seen the destruction of SOPA and PIPA but the emergence of CISPA and similar laws around the world, a growing trend in hacks and scams, an explosion in malware, and states committing cyberwarfare on their friends and foes. Here's a run-down of what happened in 2012.
A jury decided that more than 25 Samsung phones and tablets contained contained technology that violated Apple patents. Now Apple wants to make sure than 9 of them won't get sold in the US.
Tim Cook's first year anniversary as Apple CEO was rewarded with a $1 billion jury verdict in his company's patent trial with Samsung. Here are the Samsung devices in question.
Microsoft unveils its first new logo in 25 years and only its fourth since 1975.
Come on! Is there really anything about the iPad's design that makes it so special that it should be used ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales? I Don't Think So.
USPTO has been granting lots of new patents, some with a surprisingly quick turnaround. Here are drawings of 10 noteworthy patents issued to top tech players last week.
As Facebook prepares to launch its massive IPO, it's a good time to look at the late 90s to see what people thought were good investments.
A look at Google's presentation outlining how it will fight back against Oracle's claims that it owes money for copying Java code
A selection of slides from Oracle's 91-page presentation to court, designed to push its claim that Google needs to pay it billions of dollars for using Java technology in Android
Facebook's IPO filing included images. Here they are and here's what they mean.
Over the years, we’ve developed a set of guidelines for holiday lights. Every holiday season we distribute citations to local residences for exceptionally good (and exceptionally bad) light displays.
A look back at some of the major controversies to grip the world's largest social network over the past few months. Is Facebook teetering on the edge of collapse?
Jawbone makes some of the best Bluetooth headsets and speaker so it wasn't much of a surprise that their new health device, the UP, is also built very well. Can the UP help you improve your health through activity tracking and team motivation?
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Facebook is rolling out a major revamp to its privacy settings. The changes affect what you see on your profile as well as when you share content on the social network.
Apple is set to pay AU$9 million after the Australian Federal Court found that it made false or misleading representations to customers on their warranty rights.
Foxtel has detailed how around 15 torrenting websites and 10 streaming sites are facilitating the infringement of copyright, including 'Game of Thrones' and 'Grey's Anatomy'.
Attackers also gained access to 1.2 million records containing personal details in one of the UK's biggest data breaches.
Despite figuring in two fatal crashes, Tesla's Autopilot driver-assistance software is soon to offer full self-driving.
The Basslink Interconnector subsea cable has returned to service after a two-month outage due to third-party damage.
Samsung beats consumer advocates in case over smartphone security updates.
Vital internet hub, De-Cix in Frankfurt, has lost its fight against German intelligence services' mass surveillance.
Just days after the new law comes into force, privacy activists add more tech giants to their list of GDPR targets.
Scam robocallers tell victims: call us now or your Google business listing will labeled closed.
Organisations are struggling to ensure they're compliant with the right to be forgotten, breach notifications and more.
Facebook's new report attempts to convey how effective its AI is at flagging bad content and fake accounts.
Trump has said that he is working with the president of China to give ZTE 'a way to get back into business, fast'.
Apple has removed a bunch of apps in the App Store that send location data to third parties without obtaining user consent, according to a report.
In a Hong Kong Exchanges filing on Wednesday, ZTE told investors that 'major operating activities of the company have ceased' because of the US Commerce Department's export ban.
Former chief executive officer of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn has been indicted by US prosecutors on charges related to the emissions cheating scandal.
Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 is a solid, mature product that brings powerful collaboration and communications tools in an easy-to-use and manage package, priced right for small businesses.
LG's mid-range musical phone features dual colour displays and tri-band connectivity, but it lacks memory expansion options.
Nokia's 6230i is an upgraded version of its classic, unpretentious 6230 with a higher quality screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth.
Samsung's latest slider phone, the D500, looks a lot like its sliding predecessor, but comes in a black case with a megapixel camera and an MP3 player.
Motorola's music mobile combines a full-featured handset that will appeal to a wide range of users whether they're looking for fun, functionality or the perfect mixture of both.
Apple's newest iPod gets a makeover, adds some evolutionary upgrades, and delivers more bang for the buck. But are these changes enough to make a big splash?
We take a peek at one of Sony's upcoming Hi-MD portable music players, supporting a gigabyte of removable storage thanks to the company's new higher-capacity MiniDisc. Sony's upcoming range of digital music players revamps previous MiniDisc players by introducing Hi-MD media.
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