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• Cyberattack alert service helps Aussies Stay Smart

  The Federal government has launched a new security alert service for small business and home users, aimed at helping Australians protect themselves from cyberattack.

• ISP filtering to get Fed govt subsidy: Budget 08

  ISPs will be granted a one-off government subsidy towards the cost of installing filtering technology as part of the Rudd government's AU$125.8 million cybersafety plan.

• Tanner promises to lead Razor Gang in IT carve-up

  Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, has pledged to eradicate the costs of the previous government's "haphazard and fragmented" IT spending, but one commentator has argued that the government needs to spend more to make more of its technology.

• Safe Internet guidelines ignore Aussie feedback

  New international guidelines aimed at improving the safety of youngsters using social networking sites will be released today but privacy advocates are concerned that no young Australians were consulted.

• Porn-blocker hit as Razor Gang slash AU$30m off tech

  The Rudd government's so-called Razor Gang has taken the blade to some of the Howard government's pre-election promises for the 2007-08 fiscal year, including AU$30 million sliced from the federal tech budget.

Blogs (3)

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  NBN for just $2047.62 per vote

  The government dumped its well-intentioned bidders and spent the day awash in adulation from an industry that suddenly felt all its Christmases had come at once. But isn't this the same government that, two weeks ago, was warning it had to ditch key election promises for lack of funding?

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  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.

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  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.

Features and Case Studies (3)

• 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.

• Face off: Lundy vs. Williams

  Communications minister Daryl Williams and his political foe Kate Lundy debate on a wide range of issues, including three most pressing problems facing Australia's ICT industry.

• Blame the computer

  Is it just me, or are you also tired of technology copping the blame for what are obviously people problems?

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