TVNZ readies nzoom.com for launch
TVNZ is preparing to launch nzoom.com, its long-planned "home page for New Zealanders"...
IDG

DVD Battle Heats Up
Open source meets the courtroom in the DVD lawsuits. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been trying out "open law" on an open mailing list. Guess what? It doesn't work...
Wired

Apple Kills Copycats
Apple is awarded a worldwide injunction preventing PC makers from ripping off the iMac design....
Wired

Update: Telstra effectively shedding 16,000 jobs - CEO
Telstra chief executive officer Ziggy Switkowski says the telco will be effectively shedding 16,000 jobs, not 10,000 as stated...
Fairfax

Free speech advocate raises ire of filtering firms
For four years, computer consultant Bennett Haselton has made a practice of aggravating Internet filtering firms that shield smut from children's computers....
CNet

Coke Says Internet Chain Letter Claims Are False
Coca-Cola Co. on Wednesday warned consumers to disregard an Internet chain letter that suggested the beverage giant was offering free Coke products in a bid to build a giant e-mail database....
Yahoo/Reuters

Web Site For Sending Money Launched
A growing number of companies are giving consumers the chance to log onto the Internet and find an e-mail saying the equivalent of ``You've got money.''...
Yahoo/Reuters

Chinese Hackers Turn To Identity Theft
Organised Chinese fraud rings on the mainland and overseas are more likely to hack databases to compromise credit and identity details than ply the more traditional avenues of bribing bank employees favoured by their Nigerian counterparts, a federal investigator claims...
7am.com

Telco Caught Sending Users' Phone Nos. To Web Sites
US telco Sprint PCS was exposed this week for breaking the unwritten rules of Net privacy...
7am.com