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  • Big Brother live streaming incident fuels legal change

    The recent sex scandal involving Channel 10's Big Brother program has highlighted a soon-to-be-closed loophole in Australian broadcasting laws when dealing with live streaming video content.

  • Aust government flags Internet election campaign laws

    The federal government plans to legislate after 1 July to extend the provisions of the Electoral Act to the Internet in an effort to clamp down on Web sites which decline to identify an individual who takes responsibility for election coverage.

  • NSW court in the act

    The New South Wales Land and Environment Court has launched the state's first online courtroom services, which promise to save both lawyers and clients time and money.

  • NSW Police ask public to be cameraphone cops

    NSW Police Minister, David Campbell, has revealed details of a new project encouraging citizens to capture video and photographic evidence of crimes on their phones and upload it over the Web to law enforcement agencies.

  • Unexpected twists in Internet law

    Internet law in 2003 was full of surprises.

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    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    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.

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    S92 redux: It's back

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

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Does Conroy's FUD make a Ludd of Rudd?

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

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    Defend copyright: Take NZ off the internet

    We're not thinking outside the box enough on the problem of copyright criminality. I would like to propose a solution to that.

Features and Case Studies (129)

  • False promises about ending spam

    CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks whether the tech industry is only kidding itself about what it will take to fight the plague.

  • Feds: VoIP a potential haven for terrorists

    The US Department of Justice on Wednesday lashed out at Internet telephony, saying the fast-growing technology could foster "drug trafficking, organised crime and terrorism."

  • 10 ideas for Australian ICT policy

    There is currently a great deal of gloom and doom about the state of the Australian ICT sector. Here's 10 ideas for moving ahead.

  • How AUSTRAC avoided a BlackBerry jam

    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.

  • UPDATE: AU government to ban spam

    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.

Reviews (24)

  • Cure for Code Red: An Internet border patrol?

    SECURING THE WEB: Making the Internet a better (and safer) place to live means mapping many of the institutions of the real world--defense, taxation, government, law enforcement--over to cyberspace. Here are some of the things that must to happen to bring the Internet into line.

  • Avert your eyes! 4 Net filters reviewed

    Always a contentious topic, we look server-based Internet content filters and some of the reasons why your organisation might want one, or not.

  • Google Docs beta

    Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.

  • What next for the Internet?

    Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

  • New DVD 'ripper' pre-empts DMCA ruling

    Studio 321 is pushing ahead with new DVD-copying software despite an imminent ruling on its legality under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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