Grant Gross - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Grant Gross

Article | 7/08/2008 DOJ files complaint against online ad firm

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to seize two houses and US$53 million from the owner of an Internet-based business allegedly engaged in a "m...

Article | 6/08/2008 Eleven charged in massive ID theft scheme

Eleven people have been charged or indicted in a massive identity theft and computer fraud scheme involving some of the largest data breaches in recen...

Article | 4/08/2008 FCC rules against Comcast P-to-P throttling

The US Federal Communications Commission has ordered Comcast to stop interfering with peer-to-peer traffic on its broadband network, with officials th...

Article | 29/07/2008 Groups cheer reports of FCC acting against Comcast

Consumer rights groups cheered reports saying the US Federal Communications Commission is ready to take action against Comcast for the cable-based Int...

Article | 28/07/2008 Software group weighs piracy lawsuit against eBay

A trade group representing hundreds of software vendors is considering a lawsuit against eBay for what it calls widespread sales of counterfeit softwa...

Article | 22/07/2008 Internet currency firm pleads guilty to money laundering

E-Gold, an Internet-based payment service, and three owners have pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to money laundering, the U.S. Department o...

Article | 21/07/2008 Major investor to back Yahoo board

Legg Mason, one of the largest holders of Yahoo stock, will back the company's recommendations for its board of directors instead of those offered by ...

Article | 17/07/2008 Romainian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects

Authorities have arrested more than 20 people in Romania who are suspected of running online fraud schemes, according to media reports.

Article | 16/07/2008 Microsoft: Google/Yahoo deal means less competition

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has told Microsoft executives that the company's search advertising deal with Google would reduce the Internet search market from...

Article | 11/07/2008 ACLU files lawsuit to challenge surveillance law

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several other groups have filed a lawsuit in an effort to strike down a new law allowing the U.S. govern...

Article | 4/07/2008 Antitrust review of Google-Yahoo deal no surprise

News reports this week that the US Department of Justice is formally reviewing a proposed advertising deal between Google and Yahoo came as no surpris...

Article | 3/07/2008 ACLU, EFF sue US gov't over mobile phone tracking

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are asking a federal court to order the US Department of Justic...

Article | 30/06/2008 Jury convicts Web site operator in P2P case

A former administrator at EliteTorrents.org has been convicted of conspiracy and felony copyright infringement in a Virginia court, the first time in ...

Article | 24/06/2008 Study calls for 1G broadband in US

The U.S. should aim for 100M bps (bits per second) of broadband available to all U.S. residents by 2012 and 1G bps by 2015 in order to catch up to oth...

Article | 19/06/2008 Groups: US Ad firm used by ISPs spies on users

A targeted advertising vendor being used by several US broadband providers hijacks browsers, spies on users and employs man-in-the-middle attacks, acc...