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  • NBN super Tuesday: It's on today

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is expected to announce the winner of the government's $4.7 billion National Broadband Network contract early this morning at 8:15AM at a Canberra press conference with Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Treasurer Wayne Swan.

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    Kevin Rudd's department has advertised for a top-level security-focused chief information officer to oversee the technology aspects of its national security strategy.

  • Hacker threat: Rudd promises action

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has promised to bolster Australia's cyber-defences to fend off the threat posed by hackers.

  • Second union joins Telstra strike

    The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has revealed plans to join the industrial action planned at Telstra for Tuesday next week.

  • Gippsland TAFE to train NBN workers

    The Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE in Victoria will upgrade some of its training facilities to prepare students for jobs helping to construct the $43 billion National Broadband Network, the Federal Government announced today.

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    Pretty soon, the government will be screening and filtering our email as well as making blogs like this one disappear.

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    Kevin Rudd is a cyber agent of KAOS

    This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.

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    Odd patents and the patently odd

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    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

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    In the year leading up to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's $43 billion National Broadband Network decision, a group of chief executives was quietly working away at winning over important members of federal cabinet to the merits of a digital economy.

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