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3D printed gun plans pulled after US State Department objects

Predictable political panic ignores reality

Policy 9 May 23:08

Israeli activists tell Hawking to yank his Intel chips over Palestine

Spokeswoman calls professor a hypocrite over his chip choice

Policy 9 May 20:50

Ban Samsung sales in the US? Sorry, Apple: Tech titans say 'No'

All except Nokia, that is

Law 9 May 19:58

Brit unis get £7.5m of taxpayers' cash for cybersecurity PhDs

22 scholarships at Oxford and Royal Holloway up for grabs

Government 9 May 14:32

Syrian net access falls down some stairs, doing OK now

Assad regime blames cable fire. No one believes them

Government 9 May 09:28

Snoopers' charter rests in shallow grave - likely to rise again

Analysis The zombie eyes have it

Government 9 May 08:34

New Zealand to bar software patents, again

New legislation closes loophole, makes it plain Kiwis won't patent code

Policy 9 May 05:32

Malaysian election sparks web blocking/DDoS claims

Rights groups, security firms, opposition leaders cry foul

Government 9 May 05:26

Thai PM's site defaced with smutty abuse

Shinawatra accused of being worst PM EVER!

Government 9 May 03:46

Queen's Speech: 'Problem of matching IP addresses' to be probed

Theresa May's proposed Snooper's Charter absent from law-making programme

Government 8 May 11:38

India introduces Central Monitoring System

Phone calls, texts, emails and even social media all now snoopable

Policy 8 May 04:04

FTTN cabinet survives Kiwi car crash

Update Malcolm Turnbull's FTTN NBN plan now proven to be physically robust

Policy 8 May 02:53

Net darkness in Syria

Traffic drops to zero reports Google, Umbrella Security

Government 8 May 01:34

Senate passes Marketplace Fairness Act by wide margin

Internet taxes for all ... maybe

Government 7 May 21:47

Watchdog: Y'know what Bitcoin really needs? A REGULATOR!

US derivatives commission mulls rules for e-cash

Law 7 May 15:57

How did something so small and pink cause so much trouble?

Book extract Mancunians' devastating verdict after brief ID card trial

Government 7 May 09:04

Taiwanese uni sues Apple over FaceTime and QuickTime

Rogue province pulls the patent infringement trigger again

Law 7 May 05:31

Judge hands copyright troll an epic smack-down

Prenda Law lashed by US court

Law 7 May 02:17

Kiwis consider new spy laws in wake of Dotcom debacle

Will let GCSB spy on citizens

Law 7 May 01:29

Spectrum auction closes shy of $AU2 billion

Telstra, TPG, Optus buy spectrum, skip the red undies

Policy 7 May 00:14

EC: Motorola abused its patents in Apple iPhone spat

Injunctions violated EU antitrust rules

Policy 6 May 21:38

NORKS powers down whole towns to find pirates

Smuggled vids help improve press freedom in hermit nation

Law 5 May 20:08

NBN rollout to reach 1.3m new premises by late 2016

NBN Co and Minister offer different descriptions of construction deadline

Policy 5 May 02:51

Suspected Chinese NASA spy smuggled smut not state secrets

Congressional accuser red-faced after optics boffin cleared

Government 3 May 19:10

Google formally recognises Palestine: Puts it on the virtual map

Following the lead of the UN, ICANN

Policy 3 May 16:03

Yet another Cabinet-level ID card farce

Book extract Major-era identity document plans found in junk shop

Government 3 May 09:00

The UK's copyright landgrab: The FAQ

Analysis Everything you wanted to know about the Instagram Act, but were afraid to ask

Law 3 May 07:03

US Ambassador plays Game of Thrones with pirates

Obama's man in Canberra conducts Facebook Diplomacy

Law 3 May 05:38

Japan's XP migration solution: Remove network cable

Security problems solved the old-fashioned way...

Government 3 May 04:17

Tech giants reject tax dodge name and shame plan

Apple, Google, Microsoft et al speak through Oz industry body

Policy 3 May 03:02

Fraudster gets ten years after selling fake 'ionic charge' bomb detectors

Buyers ignored warnings on cardboard-powered dousing rods

Law 2 May 21:06

UK.gov's love affair with ID cards: Curse or farce?

It was three years ago today...

Government 2 May 09:10

Former mobile-biz lobbyist Wheeler to become top US frequency cop

FCC boss needs to be auctioneer and priest, too

Government 1 May 17:27

US Labor Dept website serving malware to innocent visitors

Blag bears signature of notorious Chinese DeepPanda

Government 1 May 16:27

Google 'will be pulled back in front of MPs' on its UK tax affairs

London Googlers 'aren't sales people', claims ad giant

Government 1 May 11:59

Red faces as Pentagon leases Chinese satellite

It's ok, we've added 'additional transmission security'

Government 1 May 04:04

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