Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of hacking into the email accounts of rivals and journalists.
Category: Technology news
-
NBN mainland trial sites announced
Communications Minister says he will consider Telstra’s concerns that NBN Co Exposure Draft Legislation could set NBN Co up as a retailer and wholesaler.
-
Filter Bill could await election: Ludlam
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam today predicted legislation around the Federal Government’s internet filtering project would have to wait until after the next federal election.
-
Decision time near on national broadband network
David Thodey at Telstra, Mike Quigley at NBN Co and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy are all suddenly close to the end play of a very long game.
-
Poor content access blamed for piracy
Better online access to movies and music will help address the piracy problem according to internet service providers, Internode and iiNet.
-
Secret Microsoft doc leaks, DMCA notice fails to contain it
It’s no secret that online service providers cooperate with law enforcement agencies and will hand over personal information of various kinds when subpoenaed, subject to court order, or compelled by search warrant. What is secret has been exactly what information these companies store about their users, and what they will hand over to the authorities when required. In recent days a series of these documents have been leaked to whistle-blowing site Cryptome. The policies of (among others) Facebook, AOL, and Skype have all been posted to the site, and several more were posted last December, including those of Verizon, Sprint, and Yahoo.
-
Microsoft shuts down global spam network
Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which it says is responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day.
-
World’s first open source restaurant now open for business
Imagine just finishing a great dish at a restaurant and wishing you could make that at home. Well at the Instructables Restaurant you can do just that. In fact not only can you get the “source code” of the dish you ate, but you can download the plans to the furniture and fixtures as well.
-
YouTube’s video choice prompts Firefox fightback
Firefox isn’t supporting the H.264 video standard because it’s patented and the patent owners want fees: it’s not free. But if Google and YouTube make it ubiquitous, will users have a real choice? Should they care?
-
When using open source makes you an enemy of the state
The US copyright lobby has long argued against open source software – now Indonesia’s in the firing line for encouraging the idea in government departments.