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  • ANZ appoints new CIO

    Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) announced today that it had selected a CIO to replace Peter Dalton who left that position last year.

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    Aurora Energy has gone to market for equipment to link up the fibre cables to be used for Tasmania's leg of the National Broadband Network.

  • NZ wants bigger copyright watchdog

    The New Zealand Government has released a discussion document for public consultation that calls for more powers for the Copyright Tribunal.

  • OECD calls for broadband cost-benefit analysis

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned that governments need to weigh up investment in telecommunications infrastructure, which the opposition has used to pressure the Federal Government to conduct a cost-benefit analysis on its $43 billion NBN proposal.

  • Facebook opens Aussie HQ

    Social networking behemoth Facebook today confirmed the poorly kept secret that it has opened an office in Sydney to focus on advertising sales in Australia and New Zealand.

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    Termination of file-sharing internet users' accounts is coming up for New Zealanders again.

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    Celebrity comes with its perks free alcohol, better-looking partners, lots of holiday time and disadvantages constant media intrusions, being forced to appear in films with Eddie Murphy for the long-term good of your career, and having to do mindless radio interviews with angry men who've been awake since 4am.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Digital TV for the blind (the ones leading the blind)

    Might I suggest that the government, which so far has handled the issue with kid gloves, take a chance for once and reach over and just pull the digital TV plug?

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Aussie PCs valuable for all the wrong reasons

    When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

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  • The war on file sharing hits Australia

    Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

  • Looking beneath the net neutrality surface

    IBRS advisor Guy Cranswick argues that the use of net neutrality is an aggressive manoeuvre to retain market share and withhold change in the telecommunications market.

  • A manager's guide to social media

    Use social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook to create a harmonious workplace with our manager's guide to social media.

  • Just what is behind the iiNet case?

    Landmark Federal Court legal action by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) against ISP iiNet highlights the competing interests of ISPs and rights holders in respect of unauthorised filesharing, and should expose the inability of the Australian Copyright Act to satisfactorily resolve the issue.

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    The idea that attacks on computer systems could provide an alternative method of spreading terror and disruption has been a concern for governments since IT systems began to proliferate.

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  • Planet CNET: Spins, blurs, and flashing lights

    It sounds like a bad acid trip, but on this edition of Planet CNET, we spin in Singapore, get blurred out in France, and witness some mesmerizing flashing lights in the United States.

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