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2003/8/1

Mod chips for game consoles are now illegal in Australia. How quickly this will impair their availability at computer markets remains to be seen.

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2002/2/10

Sony sues to ban PlayStation mod chips in Australia (as they have done successfully in the UK), Allan Fels and the ACCC stand up to them, in the interests of consumer choice (specifically, the right to play imported titles). Bravo, ACCC.

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One year ago:

2007/5/15

Arizona sherriff Joe Arpaio, who has won acclaim from law-and-order types and opprobrium from liberals by keeping prisoners in harsh conditions, is now bidding to add heiress, serial unlicensed hazardous driver and all-round waste of oxygen

Two years ago:

2006/5/15

As Britain's higher education minister puts forward a plan to teach "core British values" in schools , hopefully reducing the number of kids who turn into happy-slapping hoodied thugs and/or radicalised Islamist jihadists, Grauniad blogger Stuart

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2003/5/16

UN weapons inspectors fear that looted medical radioactive isotopes from Iraqi nuclear facilities may end up on the black market and in the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists or other pissed-off individuals in the region. Oops...