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  • Big Brother debacle triggers new Web rules

    Australia's Internet Industry Association (IIA) has published a new code of practice for digital content providers, in a response to a Big Brother incident involving indecent exposure on the reality television show in 2006.

  • Mobile users like disabled PC users

    Mobile-device users find they have the same usability problems that some disabled users encounter with PCs, according to researchers from the University of Manchester.

  • How bloody well accredited are you?

    Tourist industries in most states have collaborated to create a national tourism accreditation portal which eases the process of tourist businesses becoming certified.

  • CeBIT 2008: All the news

    Catch up on all the latest breaking news from the CeBIT Australia show floor in Sydney.

  • Timeline: Telstra's path from CDMA to Next G

    It's been a long road to the closure of Telstra's CDMA network. ZDNet.com.au takes a look back at how it all happened.

Blogs (27)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Dear carriers: More walking, less talking

    Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Apple iPhone: Your Australian operator is ...

    Good news, everyone -- after all these months of waiting, I can finally reveal which operator will be bringing the iPhone to Australia. And the winner is ...

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    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

    ADSL2+ at last but at what cost?

    Much has been made of Telstra's decision to finally stop holding Australia to ransom, and to actually turn on the ADSL2+ equipment it has installed in what is apparently over 900 of its exchanges around the country.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Digital TV: back to the future?

    What a difference a decade makes.

Features and Case Studies (17)

  • Commentary: For and against Gate's 'creative capitalism'

    Two writers from ZDNet.com.au's sister site CNET News.com, Michael Kanellos and Declan McCullagh, debate Bill Gates' call for businesses to allocate resources that could alleviate problems in the developing world.

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Election 07: Coonan vs Conroy

    With only weeks to go to the election, how are the main parties shaping up on their tech promises?

  • The rights and wrongs of WiMax

    When the government announced that Optus and Elders had won the bid to build Australia's bush broadband network, it provoked jeers and plaudits alike, but it was the ISPs' choice of WiMax as the bearer technology that has provoked the most furious storm of argument. Just how will the technology stand up to life in the bush?

  • Budget 2007: IT misses out on windfall

    The biggest loser in this week's budget was broadband -- not one cent was allocated to improve infrastructure works. However, security was the winner with funding confirmed to fight intellectual property crime and cyber-terrorist attacks.

Videos (4)

  • Club Builder Ep #1 -- Goodbye Coonan

    This week on Club Builder we bid farewell to Helen Coonan, discuss C and give you the opportunity to collect some goodies.

  • Coonan vs Conroy -- the pre-election debate

    Ex-Communications Minister Helen Coonan took on the then Labor communications spokesperson Stephen Conroy in a spirited debate that aired live on Sky News and ZDNet Australia days before the general election. For those that missed it, here is the complete debate.

  • CeBIT: Day One wrap

    CeBIT Australia 2007 kicked off yesterday with federal Communications minister Senator Helen Coonan saying that a thriving ICT industry was key to the country's economic growth.

  • Video: Coonan talks telco regulation

    Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan yesterday defended Australia's national telecommunications regulatory regime.

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