Broadband providers Internode and iiNet have hit out against the Federal government's ISP-level content filtering initiative a scheme that could cripple Australia's high-speed internet access, according to one exec.
Downloads of the government's Internet filtering software have hit six figures, according to the Communications Minister with the Coalition now turning to a schoolboy for help in improving the software.
A new government program protecting kids from Internet nasties is not Big Brother but more like Big Mother, Olympic swimmer Kieren Perkins said.
commentary Time for a quick poll. Hands up if you've downloaded one of these NetAlert family-friendly Internet filters the federal government has been spruiking.
Prime Minister John Howard last night announced a Coalition plan to clean up Internet porn, in an effort to woo Christian voters.
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.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has welcomed "improvements" in ISP filtering technologies, but will a broad-scale roll-out make ISPs a thief's favourite target?
It wasn't too long ago that vendors still made a lot of their money through equipment markups. Telcos were the same, with comfortable profit on ISDN, STD calls, calls to mobiles and other heavily used services padding out financial reports.
Coming up with a business case for a data mining strategy might be a tricky business but if it generated AU$118 million in additional revenue, then it would probably be something of a no-brainer.
As the essential tool for the wired generation, Google's search engine has come to embody the zeitgeist of the noughties -- one of information overload and instant gratification. But is it dangerous for a tech company to have such cultural influence?
Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.
As the place where all legislation governing New South Wales originates, NSW Parliament has more than your basic obligations when it comes to ensuring the security of its data. But how can a small government department, with just five network staff looking after a main office and network of 94 branch offices spread across the country, ever hope to keep up?
A government e-mail systems lockdown has kept popular BlackBerry handhelds off-limits at many Australian government departments, but a simple fix has changed that.
The federal government intends to introduce legislation that will ban unsolicited commercial e-mail, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston announced today.
Commentary: It's sad, but true. We'll see plenty of e-mail viruses in 2004, despite expectations that these pests would disappear in 2003. Here's why viruses won't go away--and how to protect yourself.
Commentary: It's sad, but true. We'll see plenty of e-mail viruses in 2004, despite expectations that these pests would disappear in 2003. Here's why viruses won't go away--and how to protect yourself.
Always a contentious topic, we look server-based Internet content filters and some of the reasons why your organisation might want one, or not.
Can you trust software to block all the spam your company receives? We evaluate four top spam filtering packages for their accuracy.
StarOffice 8 is an impressive upgrade of Sun's bargain productivity suite, and a good buy for small and large businesses since it costs a fraction of the price of its main competitor, Microsoft Office 2003.
The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.
Apple drops iPhone NDA
A little more than six months after Apple initially offered its software development kit for the iPhone, the c… Watch it now
Industry-leading performance and availability by HP and Intel
Driving Business Growth Through Enterprise IT Management
StartupCamp Melbourne: The review
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
Achieve continuous availability with high performance NonStop blade technology
Download Your Microsoft Unified Communications Fact Pack now.
Microsoft Unified Communications - Take your Self Assessment Today.
Broadband speedtest
How fast is your Internet connection?
Calculate the speed here.
Superguide: Printers -- all you need to know
Looking to buy a printer? Our superguide rates the latest printers and shines a light into the industry.
Click here for more.
Storage and server superguide
Over the last decade the art of maintaining the datacentre of a large organisation has evolved into an art form.
Click here for more.
