EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

Software freedom activist Richard Stallman made an unexpected appearance at a European Patent Office presentation at the World Computer Congress in Brisbane today.

He briefly interrupted the presentation carrying a placard that said: "Don't get caught in software patent thickets".

Also today, Telstra trials services on the Tasmanian NBN and Google has problems with hunters taking out their fibre...

-- Ry Crozier

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

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Protests Australian software patents.

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Free fibre services for 100 existing Telstra customers.

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First chief information officer for transport infrastructure provider.

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Flawed data matching put Australians at risk of identity theft.

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