The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has issued a tender for the provision of substantial legal assistance ahead of the rollout of the national fibre-to-the-node network, but it may have a hard time finding a taker.
California's data breach law has forced organisations to take data security seriously -- and has given consumers the tools to protect themselves against fraud, according to one of the architects of the legislation.
Telstra has kicked another BigPond user off its network after a two day spam campaign by the customer caught the attention of ISPs.
Pirate Party Australia has expressed its disgust at Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's announcement of legislation to make internet service provider level filtering necessary, while the Greens have vowed to attack the legislation in the Senate.
Law firm Minter Ellison has been awarded $330,000 worth of work with the federal broadband department for work, which appears to relate to the Tasmanian portion of the National Broadband Network roll-out.
Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
While news that Australia's copyright law will be updated is welcome -- so copying CDs onto a digital music player is no longer illegal -- there's still plenty to dislike about the proposed new regime.
Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.
Now that Minister Stephen Conroy has played his hand regarding Telstra's separation, the hard part begins.
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?
Partner Peter Leonard looks at data storage in today's legal environment, and what businesses can do to handle documents and customer privacy to comply with the law.
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks whether the tech industry is only kidding itself about what it will take to fight the plague.
Approximately 98 percent of respondents strongly welcome anti-outsourcing legislation, an IT Manager Australia survey revealed.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other legislation have made data retention a hot topic. But about the flip side of the coin -- what happens when your data has finally served its purpose?
Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.
Intel aims to boost consumer interest in PCs and its processors by announcing components for a portable personal video player on Monday.
Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.
The Australian Communications Authority has ruled out legalising mobile phone jammers, or making an exception for Australian prisons.
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