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Article | 28/01/2009 Microsoft repeats IE8 lock-in warning for XP users with SP3

Microsoft has again warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they may not be able to uninstall either the service pack or Internet Explore...

Article | 27/01/2009 EU may demand Microsoft bundle rival browsers with Windows

The European Union (EU)'s antitrust agency may force Microsoft to include rival browsers in Windows, according to a regulatory filing submitted last w...

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 | 21/01/2009 Obama inauguration drives record Web usage

The swearing in of US President Barack Obama and the other presidential inauguration activities generated massive Web traffic Tuesday, leading to site...

Article | 19/01/2009 Report: Australian broadband performance on the rise

Australian Internet surfers enjoyed significant improvements in performance during the last quarter of 2008, according to new international research.

Article | 6/01/2009 Chinese government campaign targets Internet porn

China's government launched a month-long campaign to stamp out Internet pornography on Monday, with Google's search engine topping the list of Web sit...

Article | 24/12/2008 Google unveils new desktop Docs gadget

Google has added a new feature to enable users to find and access their Google documents straight from the desktop.

Article | 24/12/2008 IE's European share falls under 60%, Firefox's growth stalls

Fewer than 60% of European Web users run Microsoft's Internet Explorer, a French-based metrics company reported yesterday, while more than 31% have sw...

Article | 23/12/2008 Internet needs global regulation, says researcher

The Internet needs to be globally regulated if it is to have any chance of stopping scams such as security 'scareware', a researcher has suggested.

Article | 19/12/2008 Wireless Power Consortium to unleash electronic gadgets

The Wireless Power Consortium hopes to make powering portable electronic devices simpler by offering a standard way to recharge them without wires.

Article | 22/12/2008 Undersea cable cuts disrupt Internet access

Internet and telephone traffic between Europe and the Middle East and Asia was hampered Friday after three major underwater data lines were cut, accor...

Article | 22/12/2008 Watchdog group asks Google to create personal data "opt-out"

The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog asked that Google give users of its search engine the ability to "opt out" of leaving personal data, such as IP ...

Article | 16/12/2008 Google, Microsoft say they still support net neutrality

Google and Microsoft said Monday that they have not backed away from their support for net neutrality principles, despite a report to the contrary.

Article | 12/12/2008 Microsoft improves IE8 for disabled users

Microsoft will add features to the next version of Internet Explorer to make it more accessible to disabled users of the Web, the company said Thursda...

Article | 15/12/2008 Telstra banned from NBN

Telstra’s broadband hopes have been shot to pieces following a government decision to exclude it from the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender.

Article | 12/12/2008 Industry baffled over clean-feed internet pilot

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) participating in live trials of the national Internet content filtering scheme say the tests will be undermined by a...

Article | 12/12/2008 Federal, state and local Governments set national broadband priorities

Australian Governments of all levels have jointly released a framework to accelerate the development and use of broadband in Australia to ensure the c...

Article | 11/12/2008 Google Chrome may leave beta soon

Three months after its release, Google appears ready to take its Chrome Web browser out of beta.

Article | 8/12/2008 Coalition, local government lock horns over broadband

The Coalition has attacked a scathing report by local governments on the state of broadband in Australia which labelled telecommunications under the H...

Article | 4/12/2008 Police arrest BitTorrent tracker operators in Brisbane

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday arrested and charged two Brisbane men with money laundering offences linked to a BitTorrent tracker site...