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  • Net porn = no pay for public servants: Premier

    NSW Premier Bob Carr has said public servants will be suspended without pay if caught accessing online porn at work, following revelations that four officers from the Department of Community Services have been on full pay for 18 months whilst such conduct was investigated.

  • Interview with an online pornographer

    Are you like me? Have you ever been hunting for something on the Web, punched in a domain name on your browser only to flush with panic as a porn site pops up?

  • AFP releases 400 search warrants for online child porn investigation

    Four hundred search warrants have been executed by the Australian Federal Police as part of the crackdown on Internet child pornography.

  • Smoking out cyber snake-oil merchants

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sent a clear message that it won't tolerate online health-scam promoters yesterday.

  • US Court ready to rule on Net porn

    Adult Web sites that have largely enjoyed freedom from government interference could be in for an unpleasant surprise tomorrow, when the U.S. Supreme Court is set to deliver a long-awaited ruling on Internet pornography.

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    Like it or not, network administrators these days must take on the added task of playing Big Brother, monitoring employees' use of the computers and network. Here are 10 of the most effective ways to keep an eye on what your users are doing.

  • Australia needs spam laws: govt report

    The National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) has recommended the introduction of anti-spamming laws, whilst simultaneously playing down their potential benefits in a report released today.

  • How to attack spammers in your sleep

    Plans are afoot to attack spammers by launching the kind of cyber-attack favoured by organised crime and hackers with an axe to grind.

  • Take back control after IE is hijacked

    When faced with an Internet Explorer "hijacking", what should users do? This article examines the steps required to remove malicious code and regain control of your IE browser.

  • Microsoft's bounty hunter

    Attorney Hemanshu Nigam says virus writers "ought to think twice before they hit the send button."

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