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pnorth writes “Editors at Wikipedia have removed a link to a blacklisted web site that sat uncontested for over 24 hours in the main body of the Australian regulator’s own Wikipedia entry. The link, which directs readers to a site containing graphic imagery of aborted foetuses, was inserted into ACMA’s Wikipedia entry by a campaigner against Internet filtering to determine whether Australia’s communications regulator had a double-standard when it came to censoring web content. The very same link motivated the regulator to serve Aussie broadband forum Whirlpool’s hosting company with a ‘link deletion notice’ and the threat of an ,000 fine. Last night, the link became the subject of “warring” between several Wikipedia administrators in the lead up to it’s removal, with administrators saying they didn’t want to be used to prove a point.”

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Smart meters can now get a little more talkative through a deal between AT&T and SmartSynch, a firm that creates networked utility meters designed to provide two-way communication between an operator and a customer’s services and appliances…

by Brooke Crothers In the wake of the latest kerfuffle between Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, AMD’s chief counsel seized the moment to sound off on a primal fear at his company: Intel is bent on its destruction.

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he controversial ‘Section 92a’ law is looking increasingly uncertain in New Zealand. Following a breakdown in talks it’s been revealed that one ISP has already implemented a version of it, and may have already threatened innocent customers after allegations from copyright holders.

Apple sells an astonishing number of iPhone/iPod Touch models since launch, leveraging the unit’s abilities as a game platform to be reckoned with

Digital Storm as a company has been around since 2001. It has become fairly well known in the community for building solid computer systems, primarily targeted at the enthusiast. The company has historically taken a design approach to their products that incorporates only top shelf, standard components.

nandemoari writes “When educational technology specialist Kevin Andreyo recently read a report on people search engines, he decided to conduct a little ‘people search’ on himself. Andreyo did not expect to find much — so, imagine the surprise when he uncovered the user name and password to his Comcast Internet account, put out there for the entire online world to see. In addition to his personal information, Andreyo also discovered a list that exposed the user names and passwords of (what he believed) to be 8,000 other Comcast customers. Andreyo immediately contacted both Comcast and the FBI, hoping to find the ones responsible for divulging such personal information to the public. While the list is no longer available online, analysts fear that the document still lives on in various cache and online history services.”

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Binestar writes “According to a PC World article, Google has submitted a brief to New Zealand about its proposed copyright law (section 92A). “In its submission, Google notes that more than half (57%) of the takedown notices it has received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998, were sent by business targeting competitors and over one third (37%) of notices were not valid copyright claims.””

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Swedish filmmaker Simon Klose is making a documentary about the piracy movement in Sweden, centered on the sensational trial of the guys behind “The Pirate Bay” torrent tracking service. He expects his film to be pirated. Is fine with that. Thinks it’ll be good for business, in fact.