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    Should Labor get into power at the federal election next month, its promised "education revolution" rebate would be better spent on the world's largest single order for Negroponte's XO laptop instead of being a boon for traditional PC retailers and a certain software vendor from Redmond.

  • Web porn blocking sparks war of words

    The government and its Labor rivals have been indulging in a slanging match over the Coalition's plans to introduce Internet porn blocking software.

  • Apple releases China iPod worker investigation

    Apple has released the results of its investigation into whether workers at its iPod manufacturing plant in China have been subject to labour abuses.

  • ISP level porn filtering won't work, says Coonan

    New restrictions for adult content on converged devices like 3G phones will soon be introduced to parliament, but filtering at the internet service provider (ISP) level won't work, according to Communications minister Helen Coonan.

  • IIA dismisses Labor's anti-porn plans

    Federal Labor's proposal to block children's access to pornography and graphic violence online has been dismissed by the Internet Industry Association (IIA) as unnecessary.

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    No sex please, we're Labor

    The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.

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