The difference between inside information which to trade on...

The difference between inside information which to trade on inside trading - hence rivkins jail term

And non specific speculation - you said a ann should be forthcoming on mircosoft on Mar 28 - thats specific - but if you had of not mentioned the broker and said a possible annoucement would be good for the stock would be less illegal.

There are differing forms of information sharing as you put it - what you had borders on ramping.

The ASIC web crawler will find youre post and if they (MXL) annouce that specific deal then you could hear from them - the annoucement should come from the company first in that case via a ASX continous disclosure annoucement.

Careful there rogsov. HC may also remove youre post if they find it breaches the disclaimer.

As i said folks take his original post with a grain of salt and only trade if you feel comfortable as you may get caught out.