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RIAA wins court case against file-sharer

A US woman must pay US$220,000 to six major music labels after a federal jury found her guilty of illegally sharing copyright music online. Read more »

Skype wins victory in US$4b lawsuit

A US court has thrown out a US$4.1 billion lawsuit that was levelled against Skype. Read more »

With settlement, Kazaa casts off its pirate garb

A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery. Read more »

Open source key to Victorian schools

Victoria's Department of Education and Training is continuing to develop in-house server software it built on top of open-source tools to bring its state-wide wireless network to life. Read more »

Kazaa appeal likely in 2006

Any appeal by key players associated with the Kazaa file-sharing software will only be heard in February or March next year. Read more »

Browsers add BitTorrent support

Norwegian Web browser company Opera released a new test version of its software Thursday that supports the BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology, one of the most popular tools in the file-swapping world. Read more »

New piracy boss talks tough on ISPs

The Australian music industry's newly appointed chief piracy investigator has warned Internet service providers (ISPs) that the current Swiftel case will herald a new regime of responsibility for copyright breaches. Read more »

Microsoft working on file-sharing application

Microsoft is working on its own file-sharing application, code-named Avalanche. Read more »

New search tool for BitTorrent

Swap technology's creator, Bram Cohen, aims to build business on his popular software. Read more »

Aussie BitTorrent case to test Aust-US FTA

A federal magistrate today rejected a request from solicitors representing Internet service provider Swiftel Communications and associated parties to move a court case over alleged copyright infringement to the Federal Court. Read more »

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Designing software for distant shores, Part 1

In the first part of a two part series, Angus Kidman examines the technical challenges of building applications for the international market. Read more »

PestPatrol: Detect and remove hacker tools

Many apps, especially P2P and IM software, install programs in the background that can jeopardise security. Use PestPatrol to detect and remove them. Read more »

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Omnidrive: Alive and kicking?

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Troubled online storage start-up Omnidrive late last week said it was continuing to develop its products and was examining the potential to merge its technology with that of other companies. Read more »

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