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• Coke, Vodafone, pinned for spamming

  Coca-Cola has been issued with a formal warning over a spam marketing campaign but it was spared a monetary penalty, unlike the three other companies involved, which included Vodafone.

• Conroy will 'shortly' release filter report

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy late yesterday said he had received the report from Enex Testlabs into trials of ISP-based internet filtering technology, and would release it "shortly" as part of a public consultation process.

• Govt may not release NBN study

  The Federal Government today said it wasn't yet sure whether it would publish the multimillion-dollar National Broadband implementation study currently being undertaken by consulting firms McKinsey and KPMG.

• DWS wins ACMA overhaul

  DWS Advanced Business Solutions announced today that it had won a two-year $4.5 million contract with the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

• Has Conroy's dept received filter report?

  Uncertainty reigns about whether Stephen Conroy's Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has received Enex Testlabs' report into the feasibility of ISP-level content filtering.

Blogs (4)

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  Filtering out reality?

  IIA CEO Peter Coroneos, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, Bravehearts executive director Hetty Johnston and Internode chief Simon Hackett have their say on the government's controversial internet content filter in the latest Twisted Wire podcast.

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  Why VoIP and pizza don't mix

  So there I was, craving a pizza and dialling my local Domino's for a BBQ Meat Lover's special.

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  Phone jamming hang ups

  When it comes to matters of national security, you do not have the right to know.

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  Confessions of an ATUG conference

  Those of us who've spent a bit of time attending conferences around Australia will know that every event has its bloopers. This week's Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) conference held in Sydney was certainly no exception.

Features and Case Studies (6)

• ACS filter report just what Conroy needs

  Yesterday's report from the Australian Computer Society's Filtering and E-Security Task Force will be a handy weapon in Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's battle over internet censorship.

• AFP's high-tech unit let Rome burn

  The "Anonymous" hacker group gave Australia's police forces a month's warning that it was going to attack the Federal Government. Why didn't the Australian Federal Police's electronic crimes unit do anything about it?

• ACMA link removal: A free speech analysis

  Electronic Frontiers Australia has complied with a notice by the nation's communications regulator to delete a link from its site. But, the organisation writes, the action raises serious freedom of speech and freedom of political communication issues.

• Around the world in ... In-flight connectivity

  There are fewer and fewer places in the modern world where Internet access and mobile signals can't be found. The inside of an in-flight aircraft has remained one of the connectivity-free bastions -- but that's all about to change.

• Battles and triumphs of Australian start-ups

  Five Aussie businesses take us behind the scenes during the early set-up phase of their tech companies.

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