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Vale DEC founder, Ken Olsen 
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Vale DEC founder, Ken Olsen
By Liam Tung | Feb 9, 2011 | Comment Now 
Minicomputer pioneer passes away, aged 84.
 
Vale ACS founder, John Bennett 
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Vale ACS founder, John Bennett
Dec 20, 2010 | Comment Now 
Australia's first computer science professor dies, aged 89.
 
WikiLeaks founder arrested in UK 
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WikiLeaks founder arrested in UK Powered by SC Magazine
By Jennifer Scott | Dec 8, 2010 | Comment Now 
Julian Assange arrested by the Metropolitan Police on accusations of sexual assault.
 
Java founder: Oracle's Google attack an Apple core  
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Java founder: Oracle's Google attack an Apple core
By Liam Tung | Aug 20, 2010 | Comment Now 
Silicon Valley street brawl.
 
Black day for file-sharing sites 
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Black day for file-sharing sites
By Rosalie Marshall | Aug 6, 2009 | Comment Now 
Filesoup founder arrested.
 
Sergey Brin reflects on the state of search 
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Sergey Brin reflects on the state of search
By Shaun Nichols | May 8, 2009 | Comment Now 
Google founder Sergey Brin has shared his thoughts on the progress of the web search market.
 
AMD co founder Ed Turney dies 
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AMD co founder Ed Turney dies
By Sylvie Barak | Oct 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
AMD co founder, Ed Turney, has died of brain cancer at his old age home in Cupertino, aged 79.
 
Third Google founder emerges 
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Third Google founder emerges
By Emma Hughes | Sep 26, 2008 | Comment Now 
Hubert Chang has claimed that, alongside co founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, he created Google in 1997.
 
Online money transfer company pleads guilty to servicing cybercriminals 
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Online money transfer company pleads guilty to servicing cybercriminals Powered by SC Magazine
By Dan Kaplan | Jul 24, 2008 | Comment Now 
The principal owners of E-Gold, an online money transfer system, have pleaded guilty in federal court to operating a business that caters to cybercriminals.
 
Founder of Webroot goes missing 
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Founder of Webroot goes missing Powered by SC Magazine
By Shaun Nichols | Jul 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
The co-founder of security firm Webroot Software has apparently gone missing in Hawaii.
 
WSLabi founder returns to the fray 
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WSLabi founder returns to the fray Powered by SC Magazine
By Shaun Nichols | Apr 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
Roberto Preatoni, strategic director at WSLabi, a public marketplace for security exploits, has returned to the company following his arrest in a corporate espionage case..
 
Wikipedia founder accused of misusing expenses 
Networking
Wikipedia founder accused of misusing expenses
By Iain Thomson | Mar 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is facing more fallout from his brief relationship with talk show pundit Rachel Marsden..
 
Wikipedia founder searches for Google rival 
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Wikipedia founder searches for Google rival
Jan 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has launched a new search engine based on trusted feedback from a community of users..
 
Bing Lee co-founder passes away  
Hardware
Bing Lee co-founder passes away
By Lilia Guan | Dec 21, 2007 | Comment Now 
Chairman and co-founder of NSW electrical retailer, Ken Lee, has died on the 21st December 2007 at St Vincent's Private Hospital.
 
WabiSabiLabi founder in custody with Italian authorities 
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WabiSabiLabi founder in custody with Italian authorities Powered by SC Magazine
By Frank Washkuck | Nov 14, 2007 | Comment Now 
Italian authorities are holding the founder of WabiSabiLabi, an eBay-like online marketplace for buying and selling zero-day vulnerabilities.
 
Internet heading for a fall, says founder 
Telco/ISP
Internet heading for a fall, says founder
By Iain Thomson | Oct 30, 2007 | Comment Now 
The internet in its current form is unsupportable and dangerous, according to the man that led its inception.
 
Police make Oink founder squeal 
Software
Police make Oink founder squeal
By Iain Thomson | Oct 26, 2007 | Comment Now 
The founder of the file sharing site Oink, who was arrested by police on Tuesday, is insisting that he has done nothing wrong in setting up and running the operation..
 
Crazy John's founder dead at 42 
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Crazy John's founder dead at 42
Oct 23, 2007 | Comment Now 
John Ilhan founder and CEO of popular Crazy John's mobile phone stores has died of a suspected heart attack at age 42, according to media reports.
 
Whirlpool in a legal spin as founder gets sued 
Telco/ISP
Whirlpool in a legal spin as founder gets sued
By Mitchell Bingemann | Sep 12, 2007 | Comment Now 
Simon Wright, the founder of popular broadband discussion forum, Whirlpool, is being sued by accounting software firm 2Clix Australia for alleged "injurious falsehood".
 
VeriSign founder Jim Bidzos returns as chairman 
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VeriSign founder Jim Bidzos returns as chairman Powered by SC Magazine
By Dan Kaplan | Aug 23, 2007 | Comment Now 
The game of musical chairs continues at leading domain registrar and certificate authority VeriSign, as the company announced late Tuesday that founder Jim Bidzos has taken the ...
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Who do you trust most to protect your private data?
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Your bank
  36%
 
Your insurance company
  5%
 
A technology company (Google, Facebook et al)
  9%
 
Your telco, ISP or utility
  8%
 
A retailer (Coles, Woolworths et al)
  4%
 
A Federal Government agency (ATO, Centrelink etc)
  18%
 
An Australian law enforcement agency (AFP, ASIO et al)
  15%
 
A State Government agency (Health dept, etc)
  7%
TOTAL VOTES: 2914

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Do you support the abolition of the Office of the Information Commissioner?
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I support shutting down the OAIC.
  27%
 
I DON'T support shutting the OAIC.
  73%
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