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Pirate a shy gamer - dad

A Queensland man who has to pay Nintendo NZ$1.8 million in a piracy case is little more than a shy gamer who was trying to prove a point to friends, his father said.

Hackers strike in Aust

By ASHER MOSES - SMH

Hackers connected with the anti-Scientology group Anonymous have launched a broad attack on Australian government websites.

Google faces off with Facebook

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Young Iranians say the country's internet is now more of a "Filternet", as the government cracks down on opposition web activity.

Forget the single player, give me online

Thanks for all the outstanding replies to yesterday's topic about what as gamers we also like to do in our spare time. It's good to see that we're a bunch of gamers who also have varied and interesting pastimes and hopefully it will change mainstream society's perception on what a gamer is.

Hackers strike in Aust

australia hack operation titstorm Hackers connected with the anti-Scientology group Anonymous have launched a broad attack on Australian government websites.

US announces Saudi trip on Twitter

In a first for US diplomacy, the State Department has used Twitter to announce an upcoming overseas trip by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Security chip that does encryption hacked

Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox - but it's one that's no longer as secure as it used to be.

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Dave Thompson suggests tweaks to your computer registry in the final of a two-part series.

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Touch-screen table hits Aust

Microsoft is now selling its Surface touchscreen coffee table computer in Australia.

$1.8m fine for Super Mario pirate

An Australian will have to pay Nintendo NZ$1.8 million in damages after illegally copying and uploading one of its new games to the internet.

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