Electronic Frontiers Australia will relaunch its anti- internet filter campaign in two weeks to broaden its appeal among non-technical Australians, and will dump its No Clean Feed slogan in favour of a message with more mainstream appeal.
AGIMO hands Tanner strategic data centre plan
Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner has taken receipt of the Australian Government Information Management Office strategic plan for the Commonwealth’s data centres and will consider plans for infrastructure consolidation as part of the Budget planning process.
Comms Alliance unveils handbook for NBN premises equipment
As the National Broadband Network project approaches a build stage on the mainland, the Communications Alliance has released a draft technical handbook of guidelines for the installation and operation of customer premises equipment.
Why the anti-filter campaign is failing
The anti- internet filtering campaign has been hijacked by zealots and ideology-driven windbags and has consistently failed to articulate to moderate Australians what we stand to lose if the policy proceeds.
Some cyber attacks on Govt from offshore: Faulkner
The ultra-spooky Defence Signals Directorate responded to about 200 network security incidents a month last year, including some attacks that may have originated from overseas, Defence Minister John Faulkner has revealed.
NBN Co prepares to shortlist suppliers
Networking equipment and services providers will have to wait a couple more weeks before finding out whether they've made the shortlist as a supplier to the massive National Broadband Network project.
China's Huawei signs up for Aussie broadband R&D
Chinese networking giant Huawei has become a foundation sponsor of Melbourne University's Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES), the premier research unit set up to foster high-bandwidth applications for the NBN environment.
Internet filter ferals blacklist Lundy
When the ACT senator Kate Lundy wrote a reasoned, informed and ultimately politically brave blog on the Government's filtering plans in mid-December, she would have already known what was coming. The filter brings out the feral in even the most mild-mannered users.
ACMA looks to free TV news spectrum for mobile
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is looking at redeploying spectrum in the 2.5GHz band currently used by TV stations for outside broadcasters for new applications, including wireless broadband and geo-location services.
NBN will drive mobile broadband further: Report
The dramatic surge in demand for mobile broadband internet services would compliment Government's massive National Broadband Network investment, according to the nation’s peak mobile industry lobby.
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