Big businesses need to start planning now to handle changes that will take place when a new version of the Internet's fundamental routing protocol becomes ubiquitous, or risk losing online customers, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Ad supported television, music and videos seem unlikely to make their way to Australian mobiles, since the user numbers just aren't there yet, and the paid content market is too lucrative.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be introducing changes to the regulation of restricted content available online and via mobile premium services next week, even after an overwhelming negative response from the media and industry.
The Western Australian Internet Association (WAIA) has reported an increase of traffic by up to 300 megabits per second on its non-profit Internet peering exchange, the Western Australian Internet Exchange (WAIX), over the past 11 months.
The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is standing by its claim that UK ISPs should not have to block illegal content sent over their infrastructure despite a court ruling in Belgium, which could change the status quo.
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Three new Australian technology start-ups, uTag, TrafficHawk.com.au and LinkViz, were conceived and launched over the weekend in a lightning initiative dubbed "Startup Camp Sydney".
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
During a trip to the US four years ago, I rented a car fitted with an XM satellite radio which gave me well over 100 radio stations, each carrying a continuous stream of crystal-clear talk radio or music in a surprising array of genres.
Tevye, the much loved protagonist of Fiddler on the Roof, was full of wisdom. "A bird may love a fish," he memorably said, "but where would they build a home together?"
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Google and others are under scrutiny as advertisers fret about phony clicks.
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Macromedia aims to jazz up Web-based animations, videos and mobile content while better integrating the five apps in its updated suite.
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