Grant Gross - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Grant Gross

Article | 4/04/2007 FCC says no to mobile calls on aeroplanes

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has ended a proceeding that would have allowed mobile phone calls on airplanes, for now ending the possibil...

Article | 13/03/2007 GoDaddy hit with denial-of-service attack

US-based Domain registrar and hosting company GoDaddy.com was hit with "significant and sustained" distributed denial-of-service attacks Sunday, the c...

Article | 13/03/2007 Three indicted for alleged online brokerage scam

A grand jury in Omaha, Nebraska, has indicted three people on charges of conspiracy, fraud and aggravated identity theft related to a "high-tech" sche...

Article | 9/03/2007 SEC shuts down trading for 35 companies due to spam

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended trading for 35 companies that allegedly benefited from spam e-mail campaigns to hype t...

Article | 7/03/2007 RIAA opposes new fair use bill

A new bill in the U.S. Congress aimed at protecting the fair use rights for consumers of copyright material would "legalize hacking," the Recording In...

Article | 2/03/2007 Berners-Lee: Congress should consider net neutrality

Timothy Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, advocated that the U.S. Congress protect net neutrality and questioned the value of digital r...

Article | 7/02/2007 Google CEO: Internet's role in freedom still expanding

The Internet has an ever-growing role to play in allowing free expression across the globe, but only if attempts to reign it in are unsuccessful, Goog...

Article | 31/01/2007 Spam may have been sleazy but it sure wasn't cheap

An Internet-based provider of sexually explicit entertainment has agreed to pay a US$465,000 civil penalty for sending unwanted e-mail, the U.S. Feder...

Article | 19/01/2007 Groups criticize music DRM legislation

Consumer rights groups have voiced opposition to legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress last week that would require Internet broadcasters to dep...

Article | 15/01/2007 Group nets US$1 million in piracy settlements in December

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) received more than US$1 million for software piracy settlements in December, the group announce...

Article | 12/01/2007 Intel files countersuit in Transmeta patent case

Intel has filed a countersuit against Transmeta in an ongoing patent infringement disagreement between the two companies.

Article | 5/01/2007 US House member outlines agenda in Second Life

Sometimes, virtual life still takes a back seat to real life -- a briefing from U.S. Representative George Miller in the virtual world Second Life was...

Article | 4/01/2007 Kodak, Sony end patent dispute

Eastman Kodak and Sony have ended a 3-year-old patent dispute and entered into a cross-licensing agreement, the two companies announced Wednesday.

Article | 21/12/2006 Poll: Next Bill Gates coming from outside US

Just 21 percent of U.S. residents believe the next Bill Gates will come from their country, according to a new survey on Internet attitudes released W...

Article | 1/12/2006 Commerce Department extends .com contract with VeriSign

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has approved an agreement for VeriSign to continue to operate the .com domain for six more years, despite object...