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No porn filter can stop porn entirely: Govt
Following the news a teenage boy has cracked the government's filtering software in half an hour, the Communications Minister has warned parents to be vigilant about their children's exploits online whether they use filters or not. Read more »
Internet gridlock to occur in just two years
The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010. Read more »
Google tools to help users keep ISPs fair
Google is developing a suite of tools to help broadband users identify traffic discrimination by their internet service providers (ISPs). Read more »
Hasta la vista, Vista: The social OS is on the way
A recent study has asserted that the next generation of operating systems will link users to each other on an unprecedented scale as developers incorporate social networking into their platforms. Read more »
Chaser's War on Servers takes down ABC's IT
Not content with trashing celebrity egos and throwing the recent APEC meeting into disarray, The Chaser team has also been giving the ABC's servers a hard time. Read more »
Berners-Lee calls for Net neutrality
WWW2006: We must keep access and content separate, says the Father of the Web Read more »
Mini mobile broadband laptops coming soon
The mobile industry is already in talks with hardware manufacturers about creating smaller, cheaper laptops which come with embedded high speed mobile broadband connectivity. Read more »
App stores shift power balance in mobile market
New mobile app stores launched by Apple, Google, and Research In Motion could shift the balance of power in the mobile market away from wireless operators and toward device and platform developers. Read more »
Governments urged to lay foundation for SaaS
The best guardians of the underlying architecture are governments, a Salesforce.com executive said. Read more »
Gates talks about the future before farewell
For years, Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. In this interview before his farewell speech, Gates talks about competitors, the future of DVD, and why all of those seamless connections between digital devices exist only in keynote speeches. Read more »
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Interview: The future of mobile development
In the first instalment of our Web Directions South content, we ask mobile business experts Rob Manson and Alex Young where they think the Australian mobile development market is going in the near future. Read more »
Australian Mobile Development Landscape
Slow networks, expensive data charges, and a plethora of technical problems have prevented the mobile phone taking off as a computing platform. Is that about to change? Read more »
Developer Spotlight: Geoff Bowers
Builder AU recently caught up with Geoff Bowers to talk about Web services, surviving the dot com crash, and the decision to open source Daemon's flagship content management system. Read more »
Is government switched on?
E-business can do a lot for improving government and health services, but is Australia taking advantage? Read more »
Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
The world's richest man on web apps, ultramobile PCs, dirt cheap PCs and the 'G' word. Read more »
Keeping PCs out of the junk pile
Smaller IT budgets have caused support pros to require computers to work longer than originally intended. Here are some tips to help you develop a strategy for keeping older PCs in tip-top shape. Read more »
Servers on a budget: 4 Servers tested
Need a new server but only have AU$2500 to spend? The range of options is suprisingly good as long as you're willing to do without some of the fancy features. Read more »
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Google VP's view of the Web
-- Google Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf spoke to an enthusiastic crowd overflowing into the halls of the University of New South Wales this morning Read more »
It's not insomnia
-- This week we tackle sleeping problems, advertising on YouTube and high-definition Flash videos. Facebook makes an appearance on the security and waste of time front as well. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.