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Kiwi three strikes piracy case collapses

Accused had never seen, and had no idea how to use, file-sharing software

19 Oct 04:04

Outback Communities Authority plans NBN extension

Plans to scope privately-funded satellite alternative for 8% of Australia

18 Oct 20:45

Hold my feet to the fire using open gov data, pleads minister

Smell of burning socks to waft along Whitehall?

18 Oct 09:39

Huawei, ZTE probe showed no evidence of spying

All they did was sell lousy equipment

18 Oct 00:24

Roxon asking right questions at wrong time

COMMENT Surely breach disclosure laws should come before data retention laws

17 Oct 23:15

APAC privacy group backs EU's Google stance

Googleplex lawyers on a four month deadline to comply

17 Oct 22:38

Apple appeals Samsung patent getaway in Tokyo

Cupertino's Sam-a-rama ding-dong rages on

17 Oct 11:56

Axe falls on Directgov as GOV.UK launches

A taxpayer service that saves taxpayer money... Hmm

17 Oct 08:00

Map law could see China confiscate mobes at Customs

If your maps app gives disputed islands the wrong name, prepare to surrender!

17 Oct 05:06

EFF warns of ACTA redux

Canada, EU clone criminal provisions into new treaty

16 Oct 22:59

Final decision by Home Sec on McKinnon extradition due today

May be, May be not

16 Oct 07:30

NZ blogger names source for data leak tipoff

Kiwi self-serve privacy outrage continues

15 Oct 22:15

Watchdog: Gov bods should rummage through BINS for FOI data

Files sitting in electronic trash cans fair game for disclosure – ICO

15 Oct 16:04

NURSES' natural DESIRES to be SATISFIED, by technology

No more drinking tea and filling forms, empty that bedpan

15 Oct 07:58

Protestors target Google over that video

Thousands insist YouTube should take down offensive film

15 Oct 00:45

NZ government network leaking data like a sieve

Updated: Ministry apologises, launches investigation

14 Oct 21:38

FTC nearing decision in Google antitrust probe

Four out of five officials agree

12 Oct 23:04

UK.gov tries to close site giving home addresses of badger cull figures

Animal libber reveals opponents' details, keeps his secret

12 Oct 09:18

Cisco lobbied telco customers to steer clear of Huawei

Marketing campaign painted Chinese firm as a threat

11 Oct 23:21

Reg hack spares blushes at Infrastructure NSW, Cisco

Wrong document on website means we may have dropped a sysadmin in it

11 Oct 20:30

Steelie Neelie: Settle your Do-No-Track squabbles or else

I will call in the politicians

11 Oct 13:34

Teachers get earful of racy XXX chat in Capita IT cock-up

'Hello, helpdesk? I need to put my joystick WHERE?'

11 Oct 09:23

ICO tries to justify hefty NHS data breach fines

Money 'effectively' comes straight from patient care pot

11 Oct 07:28

Reds in the Routers is routine, not rare

Communists operate freely in US outfits' China operations, not just at Huawei

11 Oct 07:13

NSW contemplates smart licenses

Shared services a possibility to power Services NSW

10 Oct 22:00

Bloomberg's bomb: How SEC shredded Facebook's pre-IPO claims

I'm under regulatory scrutiny, bitch

10 Oct 13:58

Canada: We'll boot 'security risk' firms from gov network bid race

We won't say Hu(awei), but...

10 Oct 10:38

Why will UK web supersnoop plan cost £1.8bn? That's a secret

Anyway this is gov IT, we've got no idea what it'll cost

10 Oct 08:01

UK bungs £250m to factories stung by climate-change policy

Taxpayers cough up as rules send bills soaring

10 Oct 07:32

Huawei says US probe had 'predetermined outcome'

Argues Congress found no “clear information or evidence” of security risk

9 Oct 06:14

Pakistan blocks 20,000 sites in wake of anti-Islam vid

YouTube just the start for anxious censors

9 Oct 04:59

40,000 sign petition to oust Rep. Paul 'pit of hell' Broun

Politician applies Bible to science, space, and technology

8 Oct 23:59

Don't panic, but UK faces BLACKOUTS BY 2015

Spare electricity supply dwindling - Ofgem

8 Oct 08:01

STILL TRUE: Facebook and co to handle taxpayers' ID

Comment And the entire system will STILL NEED primary legislation, too

4 Oct 10:27

Assange movie portrays leaker as teen rebel

Review Telemovie says hacker martyr's infant escape from cult sparked activism

4 Oct 00:53

John Key accused of Dotcom ‘brain fade’

February briefing hinted at illegal wiretaps

3 Oct 22:30

Hey, Third World! We know what you need: Mmm, patent wars

UK IPO signs education deal, jumps on next flight

3 Oct 13:31

Turkish officials reach for YouTube's joystick

Vids posted in Google's vault now tightly curbed by Ankara laws

3 Oct 13:01

HMRC: Moving our data to the cloud will make it MORE secure

Skyscape deal will net £1m savings, claims UK taxman

3 Oct 07:32

ACT Pirate Party outlines Lego manifesto

Transparent parliament, plod on the pavement, hugging and sharing everywhere

2 Oct 23:30

Conroy wants telcos to wear undies on heads

And make them red, says Conroy as he brags of “unfettered power”

2 Oct 05:15

NBN Co nests satellites in WA

Three groundstations for regional networks

1 Oct 21:50

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