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Submission + - Aussie government brings back piracy talks (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by joshgnosis
joshgnosis writes: The Australian Attorney-General's department is set to hold a closed-door meeting with internet service providers, film lobby groups and consumer groups over proposals to reduce piracy on Thursday.

The meetings were at a stalemate after sources said that neither the ISPs or the film groups could see eye to eye on the best proposal but the department confirmed that the meetings will go ahead and will this time include consumer advocate groups, who were previously excluded from the meetings.
Australia

Submission + - Australia drops second Google investigation (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by joshgnosis
joshgnosis writes: The Australian Privacy Commissioner has decided against investigating Google a second time over the collection of Wi-Fi payload data in Google's Street View cars.

Despite a damning FCC report released last month claiming that senior manager within Google were aware that a "rogue" engineer was working on the project on the side, he said a second investigation wouldn't yield any new results.

"I have decided not to open another investigation into Google Street View," he said in a statement. "In reaching this decision, I have considered the FCC's report and don't consider that a new investigation would reveal any information that would change our original finding."
Australia

Submission + - Court ruling shuts down Australian cloud TV recorders (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by joshgnosis
joshgnosis writes: In the wake of an Australian Federal Court ruling last month that free-to-air TV recording app Optus TV Now was infringing on the copyright of some of the country's biggest sports broadcasts, two other services — Beem and MyTVR have also been forced to suspend their services.

Beem lashed out at the ruling, telling customers that their rights had been "diminished' by the judgment and rights owners were "scared" of cloud-based TV recording services in the same way they once were of VCRs.
Australia

Submission + - Apple blocks sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia (zdnet.com.au)

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lukehopewell1
lukehopewell1 writes: "Apple has obtained an injunction from an Australian court effectively blocking the sale of the new Android Honeycomb-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v. Apple Australia claims that the unit infringes on 10 of the Cupertino, California-based company's patents including the slide to unlock functionality as well as the edge-bounce feature. Samsung will provide Apple Australia with three units for study in coming weeks to ascertain whether or not the Korean gadget maker did in fact infringe on Apple's patented intellectual property."
Australia

Submission + - Apple blocks sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia (zdnet.com.au)

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lukehopewell1
lukehopewell1 writes: "Apple has obtained an injunction from an Australian court effectively blocking the sale of the new Android Honeycomb-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v. Apple Australia claims that the unit infringes on 10 of the Cupertino, California-based company's patents including the slide to unlock functionality as well as the edge-bounce feature. Samsung will provide Apple Australia with three units for study in coming weeks to ascertain whether or not the Korean gadget maker did in fact infringe on Apple's patented intellectual property."
Australia

Submission + - ALDI sells Conficker-infected hard drives (zdnet.com.au)

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mukimu
mukimu writes: "Supermarket ALDI has been selling malware-infected hard drives in Australian stores, prompting the country's Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) to issue an security alert to users on behalf of the government.

ALDI has had to issue a recall on the products, which contained components of Conficker, and remove the product from its stores.

AusCERT noted that the worm should be picked up by antivirus given it is extremely old and past its hey day when it infected Australian Banks and transport infrastructure."
Australia

Submission + - ALDI sells Conficker-infected hard drives (zdnet.com.au)

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mukimu
mukimu writes: "Supermarket ALDI has been selling malware-infected hard drives in Australian stores, prompting the country's Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) to issue an security alert to users on behalf of the government.

ALDI has had to issue a recall on the products, which contained components of Conficker, and remove the product from its stores.

AusCERT noted that the worm should be picked up by antivirus given it is extremely old and past its hey day when it infected Australian Banks and transport infrastructure."

Comment RFID bag check fail... (Score 1) 2

by GeorgieK (#36247892) Attached to: Qantas runs into RFID issues
Ah Qantas bag check fail, I have heard nothing but bad things since they implemented, from the lack of staff to help, to the queues of people waiting due to technology meltdowns... hmmm, even less convinced after this video, more testing required I think...
Australia

Submission + - Qantas runs into RFID issues (zdnet.com.au) 2

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lukehopewell1
lukehopewell1 writes: "Australian airline giant Qantas has implemented new baggage tags powered by RFID technology.

The RFID tag is encoded with the information on a passenger's boarding pass when placed in a bag drop area, and is summarily sent to its destination.

But is it any good?

ZDNet Australia tested the new systems and found that the system sadly had no intention of sending our cargo.

Watch the video."
Australia

Submission + - Tenth annual AusCERT conference kicks off (zdnet.com.au) 1

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lukehopewell1
lukehopewell1 writes: "The tenth annual AusCERT (Australian Computer Emergency Response Team) conference kicks off today in Queensland, Australia, touting appearances from Microsoft, Telstra, Rio Tinto and founder of Kaspersky Labs, Eugene Kaspersky,

See a video wrap up of AusCERT conferences in the years gone by, complete with laughs, interviews, old-timey newscasts and that time IBM gave out USB drives laden with malware. True story."

Submission + - Wi-Fi proven to interfere with aircraft (zdnet.com.au) 1

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lukehopewell1
lukehopewell1 writes: "It's official: using Wi-Fi on a plane can interfere with a pilot's navigational equipment, according to airline equipment manufacturers Honeywell Avionics and Boeing today.

Boeing confirmed to ZDNet Australia this afternoon that the issue does exist, but said that it has not delivered any planes suffering the fault.

"Blanking of the Phase 3 Display Units (DUs) has been reported during airline EMI (electromagnetic interference) certification testing of wireless broadband systems (Wi-Fi) on various Next-Generation 737 aeroplanes," Boeing told ZDNet Australia in a statement."
Australia

Submission + - Aussie security forces testing Apple's iOS (zdnet.com.au)

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lukehopewell1
lukehopewell1 writes: "Australia's Defence Signal Directorate (DSD) is testing the national security capability Apple's iOS mobile operating system used in iPhones and iPads for use on federal networks that transmit national security data.

If the operating system is certified as secure, Australian Defence Force personnel, government aides as well as ministers and senators at all levels could see iPads deployed as standard."
Censorship

Submission + - Data retention should last one year (zdnet.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity
mask.of.sanity writes: The United States and Australia will enter bilateral talks in an attempt to unify controversial policies that would force internet providers to retain logs on the online habits of citizens.

The US has urged Australia to take a moderate approach as it drafts its legislation and said it should not keep logs for longer than a year.

Some EU nations keep the logs for as long as five years, although European nations disagree over the need for the plan.

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