Three inspectors sign off on net filter blacklist
New Zealand’s opt-in internet content filter, which went live in February, runs the Swedish Netclean Whitebox content filter on a set of servers. Banned websites must be justified and signed-off by...
View ArticleShareholders approve Pipe Networks buyout
Pipe Networks shareholders have voted in favour of a A$373 million acquisition by TPG Telecom.
View ArticleNSW gets world's largest Wi-Fi network
NSW will soon have the largest centrally-controlled wireless network in the world with Wi-Fi covering every school in the state, according to the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET).
View ArticleSquare Kilometre Array to go under the microscope
A parliamentary standing committee on public works is set to assess the value of a supercomputer that will support Australia’s Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
View ArticleEuthanasia group teaches seniors to hack Aussie filter
Pro-euthanasia group Exit International is holding national hacking crash-courses in how to bypass the Federal Government's planned ISP-level Internet content filter with help from the Australian...
View ArticleWestern Australian government websites defaced
The Western Australian Government came under attack from hackers who defaced nine of its websites in two days, including the Government House and the City of Perth last month.
View ArticleTelecom's AAPT axes 31 staff in offshoring drive
Telecommunications provider AAPT has axed 31 domestic employees to expand its call centre operations in the Philippines.
View ArticleAncient Aussie parliamentary car service crumbles
The 20 year-old system that supports the parliamentary car service is failing security requirements for official government guests.
View ArticleAustralian ISP says ACTA draft not so bad
Steve Dalby, chief regulatory officer of Australian ISP iiNet, has poured cold water on so-called "conspiracy theories" about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
View ArticleCereal hacker on defacement rampage
The websites of Kellogg's, Nutri-Grain, Vogel's and Specialty Cereals in Australia were hit in a string of mass defacements on Sunday.
View ArticleTelstra workers to strike in Melbourne
Melbourne Telstra workers will strike Wednesday morning in opposition to the telco's pay rise offers and a pending decision to axe 900 jobs.
View ArticleCops add image-matching to anti-paedophile arsenal
Police across Australia will crack down on child pornography with an image matching platform in development in Queensland that is set to go national at the end of the year.
View ArticleAusCert 2010: Australia protected by anti-DDoS vigilantes
An informal, low-lying group of sharp minds might be the world's best defence against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, but legal uncertainty is hindering their capabilities.
View ArticleBudde barney over NBN blowout
Telecommunications analyst, Paul Budde, has slammed comments by a rival consultant that the National Broadband Network (NBN) could cost in excess of $80 billion.
View ArticleIT managers ignore wireless at their peril
Wireless communication, once the domain of broadcasters and carriers, is now available everywhere we work, play, study, dine and drink coffee. These days wireless also seems to be equipped in every...
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