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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.

  • Safe Internet guidelines ignore Aussie feedback

    New international guidelines aimed at improving the safety of youngsters using social networking sites will be released today but privacy advocates are concerned that no young Australians were consulted.

  • Microsoft tests parental-control software

    Slightly later than planned, Microsoft on Wednesday in the US released a trial version of a free parental-control tool for Windows XP.

  • MSN releases new version of IM

    Microsoft on Thursday launched a new version of its instant chat software MSN Messenger, which offers parental controls and other features only for paid subscribers of MSN 8.

  • 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.

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  • Microsoft's bounty hunter

    Attorney Hemanshu Nigam says virus writers "ought to think twice before they hit the send button."

  • Cyberlaw: Future's pretty fuzzy

    The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.

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