A judge at the Wimbledon Magistrates' Court in London had ruled last November that Lennon didn't violate the law on misusing computers because the company's Web site invited e-mail responses.

Australian military tests RFID technology

SYDNEY -- The Australian Department of Defense last week began a pilot project aimed at using radio frequency identification technology to upgrade its logistics operations.

The pilot project, which is budgeted at 20 million Australian dollars (US$15.2 million), calls for attaching RFID tags to shipping pallets used by the Defense Materiel Organization 's logistics division. The DMO manages the movement of goods to more than 50 military locations in Australia and overseas.

The RFID technology initially is being rolled out at two-dozen facilities. The goal is to make it easier for troops to locate items in shipments, which can be difficult because of the often spur-of-the-moment nature of military logistics, said Malcolm McKeith, director of the DMO's visibility program.