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Apple ditches '4G' iPad branding in Australia

...Apple has bowed to pressure from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and regulators in other countries around the globe... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Josh Taylor

Apple seeks to redefine 3G as '4G' in Australia

...with getting corrective advertising and making Apple offer refunds to customers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is trying to push Apple to change... Read more

19 April, 2012 by Josh Taylor

Apple's iPad faces legal battle in Australia over '4G' claim

...The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is looking to throw the book at Apple... Read more

27 March, 2012 by Luke Hopewell

Australian court rules Google AdWords misled users

...AdWords programme by online trading company Trading Post and STA Travel. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleged that because the headline of an... Read more

3 April, 2012 by Josh Taylor

iPad '4G' attracts advertising regulator's attention in UK

...some countries, such as the UK and Australia. As a result, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found Apple in violation of the Australian... Read more

29 March, 2012

Apple to offer refunds in Australia over iPad 4G muddle

...website and at its stores.The revelation comes a day after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found Apple in violation of the Australian Consumer... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Steven Musil

Australian commission probes Windows 8 Linux fears

...secure booting feature on Windows 8 machines may have a case, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said. The Linux Australia community began petitioning... Read more

28 September, 2011 by Luke Hopewell

Australian telco fined £3.5m over broadband ads

...shock at the high penalty imposed by Justice Nye Perram in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) case against Optus, which sought to bring... Read more

8 July, 2011 by Josh Taylor
ACCC Recalls Australia 1.0.2

ACCC Recalls Australia 1.0.2

...to report an unsafe product, including a photograph (if relevant) to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).Developed by the ACCC, the app draws... Read more

11 February, 2012

Aussie group claims SCO's demands flout law

...Practices Act and has updated its complaint against the company with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Open Source Victoria claims that by demanding... Read more

22 January, 2004 by Patrick Gray

Industry group says SCO cannot alter old licences

An open-source industry group has filed a new complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission against controversial software company the SCO Group, saying... Read more

19 February, 2004 by James Pearce

Sony's mod chip battle heats up

Sony Corporation Entertainment has accused the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of using rhetoric and misleading information in a... Read more

14 February, 2002 by Andrew Colley

Google-DoubleClick deal gets US green light

...regulators, who are expected to announce their findings on 2 April. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission approved the deal in October. Serving up adsBoth... Read more

21 December, 2007 by Anne Broache and Dawn Kawamoto

Australia sets date for Google keyword case

The Australian Federal Court has set a hearing date for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's allegations against Google of misleading and deceptive... Read more

19 November, 2007 by Liam Tung

Linux gets green light in New South Wales

...the procurement process for agencies and industry. The news comes as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recently stipulated that Intel's latest Core... Read more

20 September, 2006 by Renai LeMay

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