Cyber-stalkers from around the world could be jailed for up to 10 years in Victoria under Australia’s first legislation policing internet intimidation. Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls said the Crimes Act definition of stalking would be extended to cover e-mail communication, the manipulation of another person’s computer and the publishing of offensive material on the internet
The District Court of Western Australia dismissed the lawsuit by Perth-based direct marketing firm T3 Direct against anti-spam activist Joey McNicol, describing it as speculative and based on propositions (the plaintiff) knew to be incorrect
Nicolas Cage has sold his personal comic book collection, including a copy of Superman’s 1938 pulp debut, at auction for more than US$1.6 million
Dogs and their owners could become the latest target of a clampdown on moral corruption in Iran after a hardline cleric called for canines of all shapes to be arrested
Robust walking robots are still surprisingly rare. The German-American Scorpion Project is trying to conquer 25 miles of targeted navigation into the Mojave Desert and back autonomously. The eight-legged robot is triple-jointed and must travel by day for two weeks alone without human intervention
Ralph Nader has said that the retarded monkey boy‘s moves toward possible war against Iraq are a ruse to distract attention from corporate scandals
Western hackers are developing programs to defeat the Internet censorship barriers of repressive countries overseas — and you can take part in the effort
Film and recording industry advocates are appealing to universities nationwide to help crack down on Internet-based piracy, which costs the entertainment world billions of dollars in lost revenues every year
The Brazilians use sugar cane alcohol to fuel their modification of a single engine crop duster called the Ipanema
. The company projects a 25% increase in revenue from the new alcohol planes and increased income to convert existing gasoline fuelled Ipanemas to alcohol — via Slashdot
Core Design is launching an Angel of Darkness version of its hit Lara Croft game, but so far no women have applied to work as testers for the project
Australia is positioning itself to reap the benefits from the potentially lucrative venture of bio-prospecting
A 24-year-old South Korean man died after playing computer games nonstop for 86 hours
Fines of up to $250,000 will be levied on mobile phone networks that fail to comply with new rules for mobile towers
While interest in Linux grows amongst organisations, Telstra and Optus are still refusing to support the open source operating system for users of their broadband services
Microsoft announced that it is easing the DVD-copying restrictions it planned to build into new entertainment software in response to consumer protests
A microbial fuel cell that runs on scraps of food could fuel a battery providing electricity to top up your home’s supply
Reproductive physiologist Roger Short, from the University of Melbourne‘s obstetrics department, said a few drops of lemon juice can be a cheap, easy-to-use solution to protect women from both HIV and pregnancy. The Australian Society for HIV Medicine is taking a cautious approach to the claims
After nearly five millennia clinging to a wind-swept mountain in eastern California, clips from a bristlecone pine tree believed to be the world’s oldest will spend the next year in a petri dish
Big Air, a new telecommunications company has joined the growing band of wireless networks trying to take on Telstra over high-speed internet services
Scientists have reported that they have bioengineered a plant capable of absorbing arsenic from soil and sequenced the complete set of genes for a microbe that can remove heavy metals from water. Some scientists even see the day when trees and grasses will be used to mine metals and minerals without disturbing the soil — via Slashdot
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