Patent wars, regulation and legislation increasingly matter to the tech sector.
Windows warning: Tech-support scammers are ramping up attacks, says Microsoft
Perfectly legal ways you can still get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)
A regulation straitjacket is no less than Facebook and everyone else deserves
Google, Amazon drawn into Telegram ban as Russia blocks millions of IP addresses
In addition to providing refunds of AU$5 million ahead of 'several million' more, Telstra has been ordered to pay AU$10 million in penalties for making false or misleading representations to more than 100,000 customers.
Asia Pacific Data Centres has offered to buy NextDC's interest for AU$2 per share, the same price NextDC offered last month to wholly acquire the securities it doesn't already own.
Sydney Local Court has heard that Nik Cubrilovic intends to plead not guilty to all charges relating to the alleged access of GoGet's systems.
Unhappy with any of its sale offers, as they have not 'appropriately reflected the fundamental and strategic value', Vocus has decided to retain and invest in its New Zealand business.
Windows 10 security won't protect you from tech-support scammers' lies and trickery.
Facebook should be made an example of for failing to protect its users' information, but it won't happen.
Selecting the right VPN provider for your needs requires a fair bit of legwork because the choices are many and the offerings vary greatly. This quick-glance chart rounds up 15 of the top contenders and...
Adblock Plus isn't in breach of antitrust law or interfering with press freedom, German supreme court rules.
Valve's attempt to appeal a AU$3 million penalty and ruling that it engaged in deceptive conduct has been dismissed by the High Court of Australia.
The Chinese smartphone maker was earlier this week hit with seven-year-long export restrictions by the US.
Facebook is making changes that will prevent non-European users previously under European laws from being protected by the General Data Protection Regulation.
The New York Attorney General has asked a number of virtual currency exchanges to answer simple questions such as: Who owns you? And where do you keep customers' funds?
The Supreme Court won't be ruling on Microsoft's ongoing data privacy fight over emails stored in Ireland. But the matter is far from settled.
Russia's quest to stop encrypted messaging app Telegram also blocks thousands of Amazon, Google addresses.
Facebook's move to block a user and cut a comment from that account has been challenged by a German court.
The Australian Federal Court is considering whether watching live Chinese broadcast content constitutes copyright infringement, while Roadshow is seeking similar domain name blocks.
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?
(Sept. 2011) This gallery guide will walk you through friends lists, and how you can separate your many lives.
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.
Adblock Plus isn't in breach of antitrust law or interfering with press freedom, German supreme court rules.
Here's how the social media giant is updating privacy policies ahead of the EU's new data law.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has emerged victorious in its almost four-year legal battle against US-based video game distributor Valve Corporation.
Russia's quest to stop encrypted messaging app Telegram also blocks thousands of Amazon, Google addresses.
Law firm Hanuri, representing 63,767 consumers, filed a class action lawsuit against Apple for damages caused by the tech giant intentionally slowing down older iPhone models.
Cook thinks Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal is so big that it warrants "well-crafted regulation".
BlackBerry claims Facebook violated its intellectual property covering messaging utilities, including showing an unread message indicator on top of an icon.
New class action takes total to 60.
As Facebook prepares to roll out a new privacy center, a German court rules against its data-collection practices.
Village Roadshow believes the current pending changes to the Copyright Act that extend the provision to educational institutions and organisations assisting people with a disability are far enough.
The majority of file dumps include both emails and passwords for corporate accounts.
The Australian Federal Court has dismissed Valve's appeal against a ruling that it misled consumers, and will now need to pay a AU$3 million penalty.
Activists think next year's vote will convince politicians to make major changes to a new mass-surveillance law.
Norwegian firm DNV GL is shifting its quality-assurance certificates to a private blockchain to cut out counterfeits.
And thousands more user accounts have been affected by US national security orders than previously reported.
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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