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US regulators seek public input on plan to investigate patent trolls

Will actually start investigating annnnnyyyy day now
Neil McAllister, 28 Sep 00:52

30 years on: The day a computer glitch nearly caused World War III

How Russian hero Stanislav Petrov stopped the Cold War turning hot
Iain Thomson, 27 Sep 00:10

US House Republicans: 'End net neutrality or no debt ceiling deal' – report

Leaked document reveals a shedload of anti-Obama demands
Rik Myslewski, 26 Sep 22:58

Google's boffins branded 'unacceptably ineffective' at tackling web piracy

Analysis 'Not beyond wit' to block rip-offs say MPs demanding copyright safeguards
Andrew Orlowski, 26 Sep 10:38

China's lifting of internet blockade denied by state media

Party mouthpiece says Great Firewall will stay in Shanghai zone
Phil Muncaster, 26 Sep 05:30

How long will the next NBN Co board last?

Zero tolerance for delays means new board members are headed for a hot seat
Richard Chirgwin, 25 Sep 04:30

Medical apps to come under FDA scrutiny

Accidentally killed the user? There's an app for that
Richard Chirgwin, 24 Sep 22:34

China ready to unblock access to Facebook, Twitter et al

Will only unbrick Great Firewall in Shanghai trade zone, say reports
Phil Muncaster, 24 Sep 06:31

Report says PRISM snooped on India's space, nuclear programs

New Snowden doc details extensive NSA surveillance of 'ally' India
Phil Muncaster, 24 Sep 06:28

Great Britain rebuilt - in Minecraft: Intern reveals 22-BEEELLION block map

Cunning Ordnance Survey bod spent the summer bricking it
Richard Chirgwin, 24 Sep 05:56

F-16 fighter converted to drone

Pilotless plane used for target practice
Simon Sharwood, 24 Sep 05:30

Michael Gove: C'mon kids, quit sexting – send love poems instead

S.W.A.L.K.: Education secretary plugs mate's app
Kelly Fiveash, 23 Sep 10:43
Downing Street road sign

The target: 25% of UK gov IT from small biz... The reality: Not even close

Proud mandarins ignoring Cabinet Office's master plan, note MPs
Paul Kunert, 23 Sep 08:28
grab_that_cash

Launchpads, catapults... what a load of - WAIT, there's £15m for grabs?

Comment Quango sprinkles cash on games, animation and trendy meeja types
Andrew Orlowski, 23 Sep 07:29

Opinion

How long will the next NBN Co board last?

Zero tolerance for delays means new board members are headed for a hot seat

US Republican enviro-vets: 'Climate change is real. DEAL WITH IT'

Comment How is the anthropogenic global warming crisis like a hard drive?
Rik Myslewski, 03 Aug 06:00

Forget Snowden: What have we learned about the NSA?

Opinion Pay attention to the organ grinder, not the monkey
Iain Thomson, 12 Jul 09:00

Gotcha: Oz Greens squeeze web snoop law confession

Data retention bill drafted, despite denials
Richard Chirgwin, 07 Jul 23:37

News

ENTIRE NBN BOARD offers to walk the plank: report

Directors take nuclear option so Turnbull can do likewise
Richard Chirgwin, 22 Sep 23:16

Latest Snowden reveal: It was GCHQ that hacked Belgian telco giant

Cheltenham-in-the-middle attack against roaming smartphone convos
John Leyden, 20 Sep 13:59

Ex-BT boss bags £9 MILLION bye-bye bundle, moves to key gov post

Lord Livingston given 2.6 million company shares
Kelly Fiveash, 20 Sep 13:39

LinkedIn joins Yahoo!, Google in squeezing gov for NSA request info

Dear [REDACTED]: Spies have [REDACTED] your profile
Jack Clark, 18 Sep 00:24

NSA spooks tooled up with zero-day PC security exploits from the FRENCH

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys America's 'closest ally' biz revealed in FOI dump
John Leyden, 17 Sep 11:08

Anti-drone bods haul MoD to court over SECRET KILLER ROBOTS

Campaigners on mission to expose data on UK drone strikes in Afghanistan
Jasper Hamill, 17 Sep 07:33

Australia ponders 160,000-seat ERP possibilities

'Transformational, progressive approach to government business architecture' sought
Simon Sharwood, 17 Sep 06:42

French ministers told to use only secure comms post-PRISM

Reminder of best practice issued after Snowden's revelations
Simon Sharwood, 13 Sep 06:28
Kim Jong-un

NORKS fingered for APT on South Korean think tanks

Kaspersky says 'Kimsuky' malware driven by Pyonyang
Phil Muncaster, 12 Sep 04:31

Beginning of the end for Cenitex

Victorian government to outsource instead
Richard Chirgwin, 11 Sep 03:23
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Qld public safety IT&T needs overhaul

Review urges common comms in agencies
Richard Chirgwin, 10 Sep 22:26
Parliament House Canberra by Flickr user OzMark17 used under CC Share and Share alike licence

Turnbull floats e-vote, compulsory ID

Want to beat fraud? Let's call Diebold ...
Richard Chirgwin, 10 Sep 01:23
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NSA slides reveal: iPhone users are all ZOMBIES

OK, not literally. Plus: Our favourite spooks show us how to hack an iPhone – report
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Ofcom's head Ed may yet run the Beeb: UK gov 'mulls axing BBC Trust'

If at first you don't succeed at becoming the director-general, try, try again wait it out
Andrew Orlowski, 09 Sep 13:03
Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Google submits YET ANOTHER offer to fix 'search dominance' in EU

Antitrust commish speaking softly for now - while fingering his big regulatory stick
Kelly Fiveash, 09 Sep 11:03
Sign outside the National Security Agency HQ

US intelligence: Snowden's latest leaks 'road map' for adversaries

'We're only doing our job,' tumbls spy agency
Iain Thomson, 06 Sep 20:30