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ACT set to overturn Segway ban

The use of the Segway personal mobility device is still outlawed in most Australian states and territories, but that could soon change, as the Australian Capital Territory kicks off an inquiry into the vehicles.

March 14th, 2012 in Government by Luke Hopewell 1 Comment Vote

Piracy built the US publishing industry

Americans were once enthusiastic pirates. The company that eventually became HarperCollins made a fortune pirating the work of Charles Dickens and other British authors.

March 5th, 2012 in Harpercollins by Greg Sandoval 2 Comments 3 Votes

Narrower definition for filtered content

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has released the report from its review of classification in Australia, recommending that the definition for "Refused Classification" (RC) be narrowed down, and paving the way for the Federal Government to restart plans for a mandatory internet filter.

March 2nd, 2012 in Filter by Josh Taylor 1 Comment Vote

Why other companies should be like Telstra

No one wants to be Telstra right now; exposing your customers' data is never a smart thing to do. But we need more companies to follow its lead — not in exposing data, but in actually doing something about it once it has happened.

December 16th, 2011 in Security by Michael Lee 2 Comments 2 Votes

Should firms prepare for post-Moore's law?

Moore's law will still drive innovation in the semiconductor space, but improvements will continue to move away from speed to better power and cost efficiencies. As such, enterprises looking to ramp up processing power in their datacentres should focus on better harnessing their existing IT capabilities.

September 28th, 2011 in Intel by Kevin Kwang Comment Vote

No cyber law use for death penalty: report

Legislation surrounding Australia's ascension to the European Convention on Cybercrime must not allow for information to be sent offshore that would result in the death penalty, a parliamentary committee has today advised.

August 18th, 2011 in Cybercrime by Josh Taylor Comment 2 Votes

Google data removal requests down for Oz

Google has updated its global Transparency Report, which throws a spotlight onto government agency requests to disclose user data or remove content in the last six months of 2010.

June 28th, 2011 in Google by Rachel King, and Luke Hopewell Comment Vote

Veda gears up for credit info flood

An impending legislation change around credit reporting has driven Veda Advantage to overhaul its data management system for the impending flood of new information.

May 20th, 2011 in CIO by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote

Data retention not blanket, but targeted

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will only be required to retain data for targeted individuals who are being investigated for serious crimes under the European Convention on Cybercrime, the Attorney-General's department has told a joint committee tribunal.

March 25th, 2011 in Government by Josh Taylor 1 Comment 1 Vote

US Senate panel ticks domain-seizure bill

A controversial proposal allowing the government to pull the plug on Web sites accused of aiding piracy is closer to becoming a federal law.

November 19th, 2010 in Copyright by Declan McCullagh 1 Comment Vote

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

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

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

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The problem is not range of the cell in the urban areas where Turnbull wants LTE instead of fibre, it is the number of users. In urban ar...

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