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Article | 19/03/2009 Betfair banned by ACMA

Betfair CEO Andrew Twaits is outraged the multi-billion dollar company has been blacklisted under the government Internet content filters, a move set ...

Article | 18/03/2009 Australia's Internet filter ruled by a single bureaucrat

No accountability for blacklists, yet Watchdog's word is final.

Article | 16/03/2009 BBC botnet ‘reckless’, may inspire copycats

Security company Sophos has lashed out at the BBC for commandeering some 22,000 computers earlier this month, claiming the move was a reckless breach ...

Article | 10/03/2009 Telstra ups cable to 100Mbps, dwarfs NBN speeds

Telstra today announced sweeping upgrades to its national Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC), or cable, network which will see 1.8 million Melbourne homes r...

Article | 4/03/2009 Exchange closure nets customers for Telstra, irks iiNet

iiNet has rejected Telstra's claims it is not to blame for the closure of its Canberra exchange and subsequent disconnection of 42 customers from riva...

Article | 6/03/2009 Govt splurges $61M on bush telecoms

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will inject $61.1 million to improve regional telecommunications for education, health and emergency services f...

Article | 4/03/2009 Street Fighter IV - with vengeance

Street Fighter IV is the latest addition to the acclaimed series which first graced the coin-op arcades in 1987, and marks arguably the best title rel...

Article | 27/02/2009 Sol-less Telstra unperturbed by NBN

Telstra's dominance of the telco market will continue over the next four years despite losing CEO Sol Trujillo and its chance at the $10 billion Natio...

Article | 24/02/2009 Officer faces court for accessing restricted data

A 28 year-old police officer will appear in court next month charged with unauthorised access to sensitive police data.

Article | 17/02/2009 Benchmarker defends Oz broadband report

A telco analyst firm responsible for a scathing report on Internet access in Australia has defended its claims amid a barrage of criticism.

Article | 9/02/2009 Bushfires whip up online storm

Thousands of people from around the world have taken to Twitter to post messages of support for Victorians affected by the worst bushfires in the coun...

Article | 6/02/2009 Aussie pirates out-sail Swedes: research

More people use pirate software in Australia than in Sweden, according to a report by research firm IDC.

Article | 22/01/2009 NBN experts submit regulatory review to govt

A six-week review into the regulatory environment for Australia's looming National Broadband Network (NBN) has been completed and received by the fede...

Article | 22/01/2009 Telstra’s NBN champion calls it quits

Telstra's top network chief Greg Winn has resigned less than a month after the telco was banned by government from bidding on the National Broadband N...

Article | 19/01/2009 Google Apps gets better password protection

Google has upgraded its security for Google Apps which allows users to avoid passwords favoured by hackers in the latest wave of attacks.