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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is not quite feelin’ eBay’s plans to go PayPal-only in Australia, and has issued a draft notice rejecting the proposal. The ACCC said that eBay’s proposed conduct might allow the company to abuse its power and ultimately eliminate competition in the market where PayPal operates. Read more →

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A draft treaty proposes draconian measures to protect copyright.The US (surprise, surprise) has circulated a draft (ACTA) for the next G8 meeting. Any border guard, in any treaty country, can check any electronic device for any content that they suspect infringes copyright laws. They need no proof, only suspicion. Read more →

In spring 2007, Estonia’s banks and newspapers were shut down by an organized wide-scale cyber-attack using ‘botnets and other “Cyber-warefare” methods, in this Wired Science video they take an in depth look at how this happened and how Cyber-warfare similar to this will be fought and what governments/organizations can do to deter it. Read more →

Don’t bother clicking the links. These idyllic headlines only exist in fantasy. But it’s nice to dream of a better world…. Read more →

The first sample of Martian dirt dumped onto the opening of the Phoenix lander’s tiny testing oven failed to reach the instrument, and scientists said Saturday that they will devote a few days to trying to determine the cause. Read more →

A new transportation bill signed by Bush on Friday would free up $45 million to build the U.S.’s first maglev train. The train will travel between Disneyland and Las Vegas at up to 300 mph and is meant to help ease traffic on the 250+ mile ride on Interstate 15. Read more →

You may have noticed that Google has a new favicon, the small icon you see in your browser next to the URL or in your bookmarks list. Some people have wondered why we changed our favicon — after all, we hadn’t in 8.5 years(!). The reason is that we wanted to develop a set of… Read more →

Police have interviewed photographer Bill Henson about an art exhibition featuring nude shots of teenagers. The exhibition was to open at the Roslyn Oxley9 gallery in the Sydney suburb of Paddington last night. The gallery agreed to suspend the exhibition while police conduct interviews. Read more →

Two more sites have been fined some $4 million for enabling copyright infringement by linking to illegal movies and TV shows. The MPAA hails the judgments as a victory, even if the sites weren’t hosting the copyrighted material themselves. Read more →