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The University of NSW says it has issued 238 fines - estimated to total about $100,000 - to students illicitly downloading copyright infringing material such as movies and TV shows on its Wi-Fi network since 2008. UNSW told Fairfax Media on Thursday it made "no apology" for taking "strong action to discourage piracy, which is not only unlawful but unethical"

"Federal officials did not permit testing of the Obamacare healthcare.gov website or issue final system requirements until four to six days before its Oct. 1 launch, according to an individual with direct knowledge of the project. The individual, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the troubled Obamacare website project as suffering from top-level management disarray, changing systems requirements and recurring delays."

"The following by is an analysis of legal issues which apply to street photography in NSW Australia."

"On this week's episode of The Simpsons, "Specs and the City", Mr Burns gives every employee of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant a pair of "Oogle Goggles". It seems like an unusually generous and savvy gift, but really Mr Burns just wants to use the devices to spy on his employees. You see where this is going. "

"A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase compromised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses, a tally that dwarfs previous estimates by the bank and puts the intrusion among the largest ever."