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Snooper's-charter plans are just misunderstood, sniffles tearful May

Reborn plan to tap entire UK internet catches cold

Government 1 Nov 06:00

Cupertino man jailed for exporting tech to China

Not, he's not from Apple...

Policy 1 Nov 05:54

FaceTime now on patent troll list

Apple just one of many targets

Law 31 Oct 22:45

Pollster says ID fraud less costly than we thought

Most attacks relatively trivial

Policy 31 Oct 21:30

French gov 'plans to hand Google €1bn tax bill' - report

Getting sick of Dutch sandwiches and Irish doubles

Government 31 Oct 12:29

Universal Credit dole 'liable to be paralysed by IT cockups'

UK.gov track record on monster ICT is rather poor

Government 31 Oct 10:29

Family sues Foxconn in brain-damaged worker compensation case

Fondleslabricator trying to slash payout, say relatives

Law 30 Oct 15:56

TalkTalk to Ofcom: 'Talented, lovely monopolist' BT must be reeled in

Just how superfast can a one-horse race really be?

Government 30 Oct 15:31

UK's Intellectual Property Obliteration office attacked by Parliament

'If the copyright cops won't protect rights, who will?'

Government 30 Oct 12:57

OEMs and sellers must pay refunds on software faults - OFT

Likewise on dodgy film downloads, DVDs etc

Government 30 Oct 10:02

France again threatens Google with link tax

Fetchez la vache, says Hollande, after Schmidt visit resolves nothing

Policy 30 Oct 02:46

IT price inquiry chair threatens to throw book at Aus vendors

‘Obstruction, avoidance and evasion’

Government 29 Oct 23:00

NSW drops NBN access bombshell

NBNCo told to climb a tree

Policy 29 Oct 22:30

iPhone owners sue Apple for locking Jesus mobe to AT&T

Operator bypassed in new class action

Law 29 Oct 12:57

China tosses New York Times into shredder in family fortunes row

Great Firewall stoked ahead of power handover

Government 29 Oct 12:02

ANSTO confirms synchrotron rescue

Takeover to be complete by January 2013

Government 28 Oct 22:22

US Copyright Office approves phone jailbreaking and video remixes

Tablets and consoles still locked down

Law 27 Oct 00:28

Feds arrest Paul Ceglia over Facebook ownership claims

Gumshoes go all Al Capone on alleged fraudster

Law 26 Oct 21:29

APPLE: SCREW YOU, BRITS, everyone else says Samsung copied us

But we will apologise because the judge said we had to

Law 26 Oct 12:57

EDF: We'll raise bills 11% - but only 2% is due to energy costs!

Thank carbon emissions targets for the rest

Government 26 Oct 12:42

Cornwall chokes on £300m local gov deal with IT kingpins

CSC doesn't like the smell of the pasty, BT eyes loot

Government 26 Oct 11:15

Inventor sues Google Wallet over NFC loyalty patent

More than one billygoat headed across that bridge, though

Law 26 Oct 10:44

'Huawei partner' tried to sell US tech to Iran

Updated More fuel for the anti-China lobby

Policy 26 Oct 03:47

Consumer group urges Aussies to spoof IP addresses

Legally dodgy, but great for the hip pocket given down under price premium

Policy 25 Oct 21:34

NBN Co awards satellite station contracts to locals

Ten sites for regional satellites ready to roll

Government 25 Oct 20:54

Sky staffer plundered database to benefit naughty false firms

Keep your enemies close, your DBAs closer still

Law 25 Oct 07:29

NSW public servant's email hacked, used to criticise leader

'Source' of explosive missive about education policy was on holiday

Government 25 Oct 06:44

Corruption claims put IT contracting under the spotlight

Boils lanced in NSW, Victoria

Government 24 Oct 22:20

Judge GIVES APPLE THE FINGER in multitouch iDevice patent case

Or more accurately, lets Samsung give Cupertino two

Law 24 Oct 15:54

EC: Microsoft didn't honour browser-choice commitment

Millions weren't offered chance to bin IE in Windows 7, says commission

Government 24 Oct 13:11

Apple slips bomb into ITC filing: Samsung being PROBED by US gov

Korean firm under investigation over use of standards-essential patents

Law 24 Oct 11:27

Huawei says US stance is 'protectionism'

Australian Chair says security debate “distorted” by trade war

Policy 24 Oct 01:31

Speech systems lawsuit sours Apple's day

What does prior art mean, Siri?

Law 24 Oct 01:20

Judge says PSN hack can't spark class action

They never promised you a rose garden

Law 23 Oct 22:57

US patent office prepares to kill off Apple's bounce-back patent

'Tentatively' declared invalid

Law 23 Oct 16:23

Minnesota backpedals from online education ban

Free lifelong learning not a threat after all

Law 22 Oct 20:22

Prosecutor seeks sports-bodies guidance on troll-hunting rulebook

Ropes in athletes in quest to end trial by Stephen Fry

Law 22 Oct 09:01

Naughty Siri breaks law by listing Chinese escorts

Siri, am I going to jail for a very, very long time?

Law 22 Oct 06:30

Samsung's Japanese iPhone block bid fails

Fruity phone remains on sale in Japan as court dismisses patent infringement claims

Law 22 Oct 03:43

Facebook won't pull unmarked police plates page

'Not every criminal is a moron' say cops

Policy 21 Oct 23:58

State of Minnesota bans free online education

Coursera told to pay up or get out

Government 19 Oct 19:40

FTC offers $50,000 bounty for robocall-killing tech

Add torture and we'll pay extra

Government 19 Oct 19:10

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