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Technology NewsJudge considers new trial for illegal download woman2008-05-17 06:01 - A woman ordered to pay $US222,000 ($A236,497.28) in the United States’ first music download trial may get another chance with a jury. Voice recognition software can tell if you’re chucking a sickie 2008-05-17 06:01 - Employers are turning to voice recognition software to crack down on unnecessary sick leave. GTA helps boost video game sales 2008-05-17 06:01 - US sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 per cent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software’s Grand Theft Auto IV and Nintendo’s Wii console stole the show. Google hits top spot for first time 2008-05-16 06:01 - Google has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular website in the United States, according to comScore’s rankings. A bumper year for ID fraud 2008-05-16 05:15 - Cyber criminals are preying on social networking sites. Katie Cincotta reports. Labor avoids embarrassment over potential broadband delay 2008-05-16 05:15 - Labor has avoided an embarrassing delay in the rollout of its $4.7 billion national broadband network after a crucial piece of legislation was passed at the 11th hour. Spam King ordered to pay MySpace $US230m in damages 2008-05-15 05:15 - The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $US230 million judgment over junk messages sent to its members in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam award ever. HP to buy EDS for $US12.6 bn in challenge to IBM 2008-05-15 05:15 - Hewlett-Packard plans to buy technology outsourcing company Electronic Data Systems to better compete against IBM, but Wall Street questioned whether the $US12.6 billion deal for a slow-growing company was overpriced. Convicted killer rallies support on Facebook 2008-05-15 05:15 - Roberta Williams is running a Facebook profile on behalf of her husband, convicted gangland killer Carl Williams, who is serving a 35-year prison sentence and has no internet access. Young jetsetting ID thieves strike plea deal 2008-05-14 06:01 - Presumably, she didn’t fleece Prince Charles. But a couple of young jetsetters plan to admit in court that other people who crossed their paths unwittingly financed their luxury lifestyle. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 |
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