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  • Paedophiles force NineMSN chatroom closure

    Australia's NineMSN has announced it will close its chat-rooms in the interests of child safety, effective 14 October.

  • Microsoft: Doing it for the kids

    COMMENTARY: Microsoft claims it has taken down its chatrooms in the interest of protecting children - but its motives may not be as altruistic as they seem.

  • NineMSN goes low profile with chatroom closure

    NineMSN may have garnered headlines galore through its plan to shut down its chatroom services because of paedophile concerns, but the service's own Web site doesn't appear too keen to warn users of the closure.

  • NineMSN to sell music online

    NineMSN has announced it will launch an online music store that will sell music from the "top five" record labels.

  • MSN Messenger users get idle chat

    Microsoft’s MSN messenger service has been sitting idle all day due to a technical glitch, which occurred during maintenance upgrades in the US. Meanwhile, Aussie users remain out of touch and ill-informed.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Channel 10 & the Web

    Channel 10's threadbare online presence stands out among the other TV networks' swish Web sites. But why?

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Big Brother's user generated troubles

    The weekend's Big Brother "sex scandal", during which the official site's live feed and forums were taken offline, highlights an issue that is provoking debate across the globe: to what extent are Web site administrators responsible for the conduct of their users?

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  • Yahoo tries to out-Google Google

    Yahoo continues to struggle behind Google in the US but in Australia, it's a slightly different story -- NineMSN, the partnership between Kerry Packer's PBL and Microsoft, remains a major stumbling block for the online giant.

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