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Unsolicited sexting now illegal under new Victorian laws

Image by Pat Williams, CC BY 2.0 Unsolicited sexting, sharing unwanted “intimate images” and even threatening to distribute such images is now illegal in Victoria under new laws designed to protect digital privacy. The laws are part of a suite of changes to the Crimes Act [PDF], first announced in August, which create two new summary offences for “distribution of …

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Buy the last great plasma TV while you still can

A beautiful thing: Samsung’s PNF8500 is still the best-performing TV available over 55 inches in size. Earlier this year I called the Samsung PNF8500 series the last great plasma TV. In the last couple of days its price on Amazon has dropped to its lowest levels yet. The 51-incher now costs $1,198, the 60-incher $1,698 and the 64-incher $2,498. No, …

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