Software giant Microsoft yesterday revealed it had successfully prosecuted a Queensland man who was selling counterfeit copies of the company's software packages, with a judge this week ruling that the defendant would have to pay Microsoft $90,000 in civil damages, and the man also pleading guilty to several dozen counts of fraud.

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Microsoft strips software pirate of $90k

Defence, in collaboration with the CSIRO, is close to equipping Australian soldiers with a flexible battery that recharges itself as the soldier moves.

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Motion-charged soldier battery shapes up

Social network MySpace has been sold once again.

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MySpace sold for drastically reduced price

Military- and defence-minded publications owned by publisher Gannett were hacked earlier this month, the company has admitted, leaving the names, passwords and email addresses of active and retired military personnel exposed to the attackers.

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Hackers target military publisher database

In this week's Twisted Wire, we delve more into the deal between the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) and Telstra. It's been welcomed by everyone, it seems, except Telstra shareholders.

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Telstra signs its lines away

Hackers have temporarily shut down Al Qaeda's online distribution of videos and statements, NBC News has reported.

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Hackers shut down Al Qaeda comms

ANZ Bank and Visa today issued a joint statement saying how much the bank's 50 staff loved their recent trial of a MicroSD powered, Near Field Communication payments system, despite the bank saying on Monday that the MicroSD technology had not met all of its needs.

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Decoding ANZ's NFC smoke signals

Microsoft Australia today brought together enterprise and small business customers who are set to make the move to the new Office 365 offering, including large-scale mining company, Fortescue Metals.

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Fortescue preps for Office 365 migration

Victoria's Coalition State Government has heavily criticised the Labor Federal Government's flagship National Broadband Network (NBN) policy, arguing in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the network that the project could see the telecommunications sector's existing "dysfunctional" market structure replicated, and competition put at risk.

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NBN will replicate dysfunctional market: Vic

From an AU$99 Android smartphone to a 7-inch Honeycomb tablet, Huawei has a very competitive line-up covering the cheapest Android phones through to some really powerful devices.

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Huawei product showcase: MediaPad and more