Stories about Australia

iPhone virus writer "could be charged" under hacking laws
It may have just been a bit of fun, but Aussie iPhone virus developer Ashley Towns has opened himself up to criminal penalties under laws banning malicious damage to computers.
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IN PICTURES: Inside Melbourne Digital Entertainment Festival
Yes, these people are real visitors to the Melbourne International Digital Entertainment Festival (iDEF2009) -- they are "costume gamers".
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POLL: Kevin's 50% computer discount
The government is offering a 50% tax rebate on new computers -- are you going to do it?
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China delays Net filtering; Australia sticks to its guns
As China backs off from controversial PC filtering plans, Australia is looking to expand its censorship net, with plans to ban computer games too.
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Australia racist, backward: Sol Trujillo
Trujillo says "good riddance" to a country that he characterises as racist -- Kevin Rudd was even racist to him, he claims.
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BUDGET 2009: Rudd splashes tech cash
The Federal Government budget 2009 cuts in some areas that hurt, but tech has won out for once.
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Hackers break into stealth fighter jet project
The Pentagon computer hack which gave access to the Joint Strike Fighter Project, could have been prevented.
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NBN rollout getting started: Conroy
When the going gets politically tough, the NBN gets going, apparently. Senator Conroy says the government is moving quickly to get started on the fibre network in regional areas.
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Aussie research leads to better Google search results
Research by a University of NSW student has been incorporated into the search giant's main search algorithms.
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Internode "gobsmacked", iiNet welcomes FTTH network
Two high profile ISPs have welcomed the government's decision to scrap its fibre-to-the-node plans and build a fibre-to-the-home network instead.
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BREAKING NEWS: govt to build $43bn fibre-to-the-home network
The Government has scrapped the fraught NBN process and will instead build its own 100Mbit/s fibre to the home network to 90% of Australians, within 5-8 years.
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Conroy up for sale on eBay
It may be a bit late for April Fools, but Ebay member "Krudd53" has put the beleaguered Minister for Internet Censorship, Senator Stephen Conroy, up for auction.
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LINUX MASCOT: Tux to make way for Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian Devil is in danger of extinction and the Linux community is doing its part to prevent that from happening.
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Conroy orders surveillance on Whirlpool
The besieged Minister for Censorship is organising surveillance for the popular Whirlpool website, along with others.
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BLACKLIST: Government cracks down on Whirlpool.net.au
Internet filtering is supposed to just be a trial in Australia, but the government has already clamped down on Whirlpool for posting a link to a banned website.
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