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. Microsoft was successfully sued for copyright infringement by the developer of the Chinese fonts used in almost all versions of Windows. As a result, Microsoft has been banned from selling all versions of Windows from Windows 98 onwards in China.

The legal arguments in the iiNet-AFACT case being heard in the Federal Court in Sydney echo those that saw the creation recent 'internet rights' reforms in the European Union – and both sides have been watching these developments with interest.

Telstra has upgraded its Melbourne HFC network to provide 100Mbps download capability. The carrier is also introducing its own set-top box for free-to-air and BigPond TV channels.

South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson has thrown down the gauntlet to adult games advocates, challenging the R18+ lobby to run a candidate and try to unseat him at the State election next March.

Researchers at the International Business Machines Corporation announced that they have built a computer that simulated the cerebral cortex--the thinking part of the brain--of a cat.  What's next? A human? Yes!

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Microsoft loses copyright case in Beijing
David Heath
Microsoft was successfully sued for copyright infringement by the developer of the Chinese fonts used in almost all versions of Windows.

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Telstra goes 100Mbps on cable; trials set top box
Stephen Withers
Telstra has upgraded its Melbourne HFC network to provide 100Mbps download capability. The carrier is also introducing its own set-top box for free-to-air and BigPond TV channels.

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EU a distant comfort for iiNet in AFACT case
James Riley
The legal arguments in the iiNet-AFACT case being heard in the Federal Court in Sydney echo those that saw the creation recent 'internet rights' reforms in the European Union – and both sides have been watching these developments with interest.

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CIO Tony Clasquin abandons Gartner and BankWest
Beverley Head
Tony Clasquin couldn’t have chosen a more public forum in which to trumpet the news that he was leaving his position as CIO of BankWest than the Gartner Symposium currently being held in Sydney which has over 900 of Australia’s leading IT managers attending.
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Atkinson to R18+ games lobby: See you at next election
James Riley
South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson has thrown down the gauntlet to adult games advocates, challenging the R18+ lobby to run a candidate and try to unseat him at the State election next March.

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AARNet takes large files to the cloud
Peter Dinham
The not-for profit Australian Academic and Research Network – AARNet - has managed the transfer of files of up to 55 gigabytes in customer trials of its new web-based large file transfer sevice, CloudStor, which was launched on the market today and which allows the secure electronic transfer of virtually any file type regardless of size.

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U.S. study finds surprise within greenhouse gases
William Atkins
Researchers from NASA and Purdue University found that carbon dioxide and methane are not as important as fluorine (F) compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and nitrogen fluoride when it comes to producing greenhouse gases (GHGs).

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