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Coonan plots broadband masterplan
Federal Communications Minister, Senator Helen Coonan, is developing a broad-ranging plan to coordinate public and private investment in next-generation broadband infrastructure. Read more »
Intel to publicly back municipal broadband
Intel is expected to back efforts by public sector bodies to roll out broadband services, in an attempt to counter moves by telcos who fear such plans will cut into their profit margins. 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 »
Labor fires first tech shots in official election fight
On the first official day of the federal election campaign, Labor has placed IT at the centre of its agenda for growth, issuing a challenge to the Coalition on broadband and procurement. Read more »
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 »
Governments urged to lay foundation for SaaS
The best guardians of the underlying architecture are governments, a Salesforce.com executive said. Read more »
Australia attacked: What happened at Cyber Storm II
Communication between the private sector and government has been identified as the key lesson learned from the recent simulated cyberwar, Cyber Storm II. Read more »
Wired but not Web 2.0? That's normal, study says
Although most U.S. adults have a cell phone, a computer and Internet access, a study says only a small percentage are participating in Web 2.0 activities. Read more »
PGP creator takes on VoIP security
Phil Zimmermann, who gave free e-mail encryption to the world more than a decade ago in the form of a software called Pretty Good Privacy, is now trying to secure Internet phone calls. Read more »
Microsoft eyes making desktop apps free
Even as Microsoft readies a host of new ad-supported online services to battle rivals, the software maker has been mulling a plan to offer free, ad-supported versions of some of its desktop products, CNET News.com has learned. Read more »
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VPN users: The weak link in network security?
VPNs made it easier for remote workers to connect to the corporate network. But those remote workers also pose a security risk. Follow these tips to mitigate that threat. Read more »
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry. Read more »
Waiting for the OpenSocial hammer to drop
Veteran developer Marc Canter warns industry politics could stymie push to give social network users more control over data. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
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