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When regulation goes too far

When regulation goes too far

As a tech journalist, you soon learn the view of the "end users" who make up your publication's readership; typically, the IT manager or CIO.

May 18th, 2012 in Government by Darren Greenwood 1 Comment Vote
TV Now ruling tests Convergence Review spirit

TV Now ruling tests Convergence Review spirit

The ruling against Optus' TV Now mobile-content service reinforces the idea that content providers should be able to exclude and financially punish consumers for using particular technologies, going against the idea of the Convergence Review.

May 1st, 2012 in Mobile by David Braue 1 Comment Vote
Sensis, Pollenizer team up on hackfest

Sensis, Pollenizer team up on hackfest

The last two Saturdays of this month will see teams hacking away in Sydney for a chance to be taken under Pollenizer's wing.

March 2nd, 2012 in Start-ups by Chris Duckett Comment 23 Votes
DesignCrowd and 99designs: UK battle

DesignCrowd and 99designs: UK battle

Aussie crowdsourcing start-ups DesignCrowd and 99designs have gone head to head, expanding at the same time to the United Kingdom, but, according to both companies, there's always room for competition.

February 17th, 2012 in Start-ups by Michael Lee Comment 1 Vote
ACCC shoe thrown, Telstra puts it on other foot

ACCC shoe thrown, Telstra puts it on other foot

ISPs are enthusiastically embracing the ACCC's decision to declare Telstra ADSL services, but Telstra is understandably less excited. Now that wholesale ADSL is nearly as cheap as wholesale NBN services, will internet access get even cheaper?

February 16th, 2012 in Accc by David Braue 13 Comments 35 Votes
Online business not above the law: ACCC

Online business not above the law: ACCC

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Rod Sims has vowed to keep a more vigilant eye on online retailers this year, stating online businesses are not above the law and offline companies need to play fair.

February 14th, 2012 in Retail by Michael Lee 1 Comment Vote
ACCC gives Seagate-Samsung green light

ACCC gives Seagate-Samsung green light

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its review on Seagate's proposed acquisition of Samsung's hard disk drive (HDD) business, and given it the green light.

December 19th, 2011 in Samsung by Michael Lee Comment Vote
Optus: from duopoly to open slather

Optus: from duopoly to open slather

In part two of the Optus story, Twisted Wire tracks the telco's history through the years of intensified competition, and asks, will it last another 20 years?

December 1st, 2011 in Telcos by Phil Dobbie Comment 2 Votes
Smart TransACTion puts Optus in iiNet's sights

Smart TransACTion puts Optus in iiNet's sights

It is ironic that Optus celebrated the 20th anniversary of its establishment — the putative beginning of Australia's telecoms competition — in the same way that it began: by attacking a monopolist in a hail of vitriol and dire warnings of imminent systemic collapse. This time around, however, it's threatened not by Telstra or NBN Co, but by an upstart WA ISP with big dreams and the resources to make them real.

November 22nd, 2011 in Optus by David Braue 3 Comments 2 Votes
NBN Co deals foster wireless doublespeak

NBN Co deals foster wireless doublespeak

Optus' recently revealed agreement to talk nicely about the NBN for the next 15 years reinforces the lengths to which NBN Co will go to ensure its network is built in a protective, competition-free bubble. But as ever more-onerous market protections come to light, we have to ask: is NBN Co tilting the field too far in its own favour? And could its caution compromise carriers' return on their LTE investments?

September 7th, 2011 in NBN by David Braue 4 Comments 1 Vote

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The ACCC is standing before a chasm, with the lack of certainty around regulation of the national broadband network putting a question mark beside the commissions' future role.

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Australian NBN subscribers are opting for 100/40 over 12/1 speeds: http://t.co/QsWk7u6Y That's the least surprising news I've ever read! :)

UK 'cookie law' takes effect: What you need to know http://t.co/u7LZZ1oM

RT @juhasaarinen: NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/T7uk1hbK by @joshgnosis

Poor Oracle, poor, poor Oracle, I feel so sorry for them. I really hope they don't go bust, for at least another 5 or 6 months. Sucked in...

1 hour ago by Rex Alfie on Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents: jury

The point of pilot schemes is to determine the best practice and save money in the broader picture. The Tasmanian rollout planning actua...

1 hour ago by GregoryB1 on NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

I think that a CBA is unlikely because with the high proportion of customers now electing for the highest rate (50% of connections in Apr...

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN cost-benefit analyses are so 2011

Pentaho adds native integration with MongoDB http://t.co/uJCqDA9B

RT @pussyeatingclub: Why you should pay for porn. A good read. http://t.co/PfhedCQs

DDoS works because you have enough compromised machines to clog the pipe or servers of the victim. If, the victim's pipe is widened by a ...

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on National Botnet Network coming: Earthwave

Please stop with the analytical, common sense and facts, Gregory. Those opposed to the NBN don't want to hear such things, which is why ...

2 hours ago by Beta on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

But, yet again, Turnbull is clearly in error when he says that other companies cannot roll out copper. In South Brisbane Telstra chose to...

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

Not much point running fiber back to the exchange if that exchange itself is connected by copper. It is access to fiber backhaul that de...

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

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2 hours ago by Beta on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

So instead you want these estates wired up with fiber and then left, unconnected with no service, until the fiber rollout reaches them in...

2 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

@paulbrislen @juhasaarinen Prices compared here: http://t.co/WnZzXP5Z

RT @joshgnosis: @paulbrislen @juhasaarinen Prices compared here: http://t.co/WnZzXP5Z

Water, roads and electricity were all rolled out by government because there private companies weren't interested as the ROI in the early...

3 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Five pros and cons of the NBN

NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/T7uk1hbK by @joshgnosis

Chrome beats Internet Explorer in global Web browser race | ZDNet http://t.co/3XfMdUXM

The case you outline, South Brisbane, is in fact the coalitions prefered model. They WANT the incumbent telco, Telstra, to provide the f...

3 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Five pros and cons of the NBN

Cybersecurity #collaboration between the US & Australia. http://t.co/p2uKLSBi

So, over time, the Coalition policy will cost much much more than Labor's because they intend to subsidise the broadband of farmers and t...

3 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Malaysia held up as NBN king

Any form of science training counts against you as a politician, in the coalition parties, doubly so. There may be others who keep quiet...

3 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Qld govt IT to be cleaned up by audit http://t.co/r4oNuNW8 #qldpol

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/7ZfXZk19

Microsoft is serious about open source: 10 proof points | ZDNet http://t.co/2OtDR11D

Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

4 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

4 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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Sex Tech: Faceporn win, Parental revenge porn, Google: No Porn ...: Google opposes UK porn filters, a fake porn ... http://t.co/0OR87oEt

Q&A of the Week: 'The current state of the cybercrime ecosystem' featuring Mikko Hypponen http://t.co/6lUYFs0X

You say that the golden age of cyber crime will be over by 2014/2015. I would like to differ. I believe that cyber criminals are getting ...

6 hours ago by Staden on Cybercrime golden age over in two years?

Before accusing me of fudging the figures, that was the percentage in April, the latest available. It seems that as the advantage of the ...

9 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

9 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

9 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

RT @DellEnterprise: Dell Secureworks talks with ZDNet about Android's biggest #security flaws - http://t.co/LSFLQVFq #infosec

NBN users opt for 100Mbps: Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the National Broadband ... http://t.co/sjtFSU3g

"Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the National Broadband Network (NBN), more than a... http://t.co/M3P24Htn

RT @CorrieB: An iPad for every child: Inevitable or impossible? http://t.co/I7uS8l9s Thx to @timbuckteeth for this; http://t.co/jxkqIRIp

RT @MADinMelbourne: roxon "will enable more families to access credit" @MLolderandwiser: Privacy Act amendments http://t.co/Mv4c7PC2 via @zdnetaustralia

NBN users opt for 100Mbps - ZDNet Australia http://t.co/fLfHMzPn #australia #technews

RT @konradski: Whaddayaknow - turns out Wi-Fi CAN interfere with a plane's navigation systems http://t.co/ospQCU2S

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16 hours ago, NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

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NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/xKqEb4bE via @zdnetaustralia

Biometric bugs too dangerous for public? http://t.co/8JLz5tdF via @zdnetaustralia

Exploring: http://t.co/rT7RPZLA

War talk dominates #AusCERT 2012 - http://t.co/SlBpMj0c - #security #cyber

Travel Tech Q&A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/vYexrDwu #ipad

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#NewSouthWales ditches registration stickers 4 light #vehicles in favour of #technology http://t.co/xX5N0Rp9

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