Policy
As the IT pricing enquiry draws to a close, a Perth-based CEO has urged for restraint from both consumers and commentators.
SA Government ICT strategy gets AIIA nod of approval
By Peter Dinham
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has given a tick of approval to the South Australian Government’s ICT strategy position paper which lays out the future direction on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to deliver government services in the state.
Intel, Victorian Government launch digital literacy program
By Peter Dinham
Intel Australia and the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) have launched the implementation of the Intel Easy Steps digital literacy program for Victoria’s adult and community education providers.
Microsoft handed over online user account details of 2000 Australians to law enforcement agencies last year. Google and other software companies do the same thing.
Apple, Adobe, and Microsoft are all facing heavy scrutiny from an Australian Parliamentary committee over price discrimination against Australian consumers, with some products twice as expensive down under.
The first 27 of 1898 new global Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to join the likes of .com, .net and .au live on the Internet have been released by ICANN.
So Prime Minister Julia Gillard called a leadership spill, and no leaders were spilt.
Facing certain defeat on the floor of the house, the Government has withdrawn its proposed media reform laws. What, we may ask, was achieved?
The proposed media reforms drafted by Broadband Minister Senator Conroy and currently being rushed through Parliament could harm Internet investment if passed into law the peak Internet industry body in Australia warned today.
The government’s proposed media laws have a feeding frenzy among the commentariat, who love talking about themselves. But it is all looking academic.
