A Sydney Internet caf has been raided today by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), after the cafe allegedly provided extensive access to illegal downloads of movies and music.
Expressions of interest close today for vendors hoping to secure a contract with the Federal government and ACMA to provide an ISP-level filtering program, as part of a government effort to limit access to restricted and illegal online content.
In a series of reforms announced this week, the Australian Domain Name Administrator (auDA) has regulated against domain traders by outlawing the practice of registering a domain name for the sole purpose of reselling it.
Britain is set to crack down on people who illegally download films and music from the internet, with a plan to cut them off if they break the law.
Google, Yahoo, MSN along with other search and e-mail companies may no longer be acting illegally if they spy on their customers and then share that information with the National Security Agency.
Microsoft has finally rolled out its online storage service in Australia, but it's definitely worth reading the fine print before you sign up.
Getting into the finer print of Virgin's broadband-over-3G plans is a little like getting up close and personal with the office hottie and then discovering they have a personal hygiene problem.
Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)
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Microsoft releases a test version of an add-on to its Internet Explorer Web browser that promises to help businesses protect files from unauthorised editing or copying.
A subsidiary of electronics maker Sony is to sell downloadable movie files that self-destruct after a given time.
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Microsoft releases a test version of an add-on to its Internet Explorer Web browser that promises to help businesses protect files from unauthorised editing or copying.
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Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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Google should come clean on datacentres
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