The recent publication of a leaked video demonstrating American security firm Raytheon’s social media mining tool RIOT (Rapid Information Overlay Technology) has rightly incensed individuals and online…
Hola! will increase Australia’s access to content, but is it legal?
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The ongoing copyright arms race between content owners and internet users has taken a new turn. Israeli firm Hola! has recently launched a suite of products that are variously designed to bypass geoblocking…
A custom domain name could help your website stand out from crowd … if you’re willing to pay.
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At 11 o'clock this morning (Melbourne time), the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) started accepting applications for custom top-level domain (TLD) names.
Simply put, this means…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt will discuss collaboration at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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Google chairman Eric Schmidt will make history tomorrow as the first IT/internet executive to deliver the MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
In doing so, he will face…
Great headlines … shame about the reality.
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By Philip Branch, Swinburne University of Technology
Another day, another hacking exploit makes headlines.
This time it’s a “self-taught, lone hacker”, David Cecil, apparently known online as “Evil”, who allegedly broke into Platform Networks' site, one…
Search engines can flag up “dubious” searches on request.
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We know the self-confessed perpetrator of the Norway killings Anders Breivik purchased six tonnes of fertiliser, a key ingredient of explosives, in recent months.
We know he was under surveillance by…
Some users have been automatically suspended from all Google services.
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A fresh storm has blown into Google’s new Google+ service. The company has been suspending accounts because they contravene Google’s Community Standards – ostensibly to stop fake or spam accounts being…
The way we communicate is changing and Al Qaeda have been ahead of the curve AFP PHOTO/DoD.
The nature of influence is changing, yet Governments, particularly in Australia have yet to absorb it. Influence is no longer wielded by pronouncements through traditional media sources. New media has…
Google+ faces an uphill struggle to win hearts and minds.
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Google is hoping that the saying “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again” will work out for them with Google+.
Launched as a private beta version on Tuesday, Google+ is the search giant’s latest…
Imagine a world where spam didn’t exist. It isn’t hard to do.
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We’ve all received them: emails offering special prices on Viagra, offering fortunes we didn’t know we had, offering links to fantastic websites we simply must visit right away.
Annoying as! But the technology…
If you’re concerned about the data on your phone, there are a few things you can do.
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The Apple iPhone feature of logging and storing users' location information has attracted worldwide attention.
But discussions about location privacy aside, a more basic question needs to be asked: how…
In the fight against cyber crime, a winning move is proving hard to find.
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Cyber security has been in the news a lot lately. Corporate giants have had their data stolen, intelligence agencies have had their websites taken down and hacker groups have become household names.
Closer…
Tearing your hair out? You might be suffering from cognitive overload.
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Workers in high-pressure, safety-critical jobs – such as air traffic controllers or traffic incident operators – need high levels of concentration and focus to do their jobs effectively.
When concentration…
When it comes to top-level domains, anything goes.
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We’re all familiar with web address suffixes such as .com and .org but from January next year, we could see the emergence of a whole host of different address endings.
In a meeting in Singapore yesterday…
Are traditional telephony services looking down the barrel of a gun?
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If you use services such as Skype, you’ll already know about Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). This is what makes your video calls with loved ones possible, and – not least with the advent of the NBN…
Steve Jobs is banking on cloud computing having a silver lining.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs emerged briefly from medical leave to introduce iCloud at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco yesterday (2am Australian EST).
So how was it?
In previous…
There’s every chance your computer has been compromised.
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Today, Australia’s Labor Government announced it had started working on a national cyber security strategy, to be released as a white paper in the first half of next year.
This comes amid growing concern…
NBN Co chief Mike Quigley and Stephen Conroy still face many tough tasks.
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The news that NBN Co has found a way to move forward from the crucial cost-of-construction issue must have surely lifted the Gillard Government’s spirits.
NBN Co, the government-owned corporation in charge…
Is LinkIn’s successful float a harbinger of a looming tech bubble?
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LinkedIn’s highly successful share market debut on Wall Street overnight will have no doubt delighted the social networking site’s founders and investors, with the stock’s price more than doubling during…
Cloud computing could completely change the game.
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Google’s so-called Chromebook will be launched next month in the US and much of Europe, and, not unusually, “some time later” in Australia …
The move was announced at the company’s flasghip I/O conference…
Microsoft’s US$8.5 billion purchase: investment folly, or money well spent?
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So, Microsoft has announced it will buy Skype in a US$8.5 billion move that has left the technology and business worlds puzzled.
Owners of Microsoft shares might be most puzzled of all, maybe even tearing…
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, left, has big plans for Skype.
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Microsoft’s US$8.5 billion Skype acquisition, announced yesterday, gives the US software developer a golden opportunity to expand its business via the internet, including accessing and leveraging the rapidly…
Is it time to get tougher on hackers, whatever their motivations?
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PRIVACY – Who are hackers and what do they want from you?
Pop culture would have us believe they live in dank basements, wear black leather from head to toe and have pseudonyms such as Warlock or Neo…
Routers have helped to slow the worldwide exhaustion of IPv4 addresses.
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If you’re the sort of person who relies on the internet every day, you’ll maybe have twitched slightly on hearing rumours that the world is running out of internet addresses.
Is this true? Well, yes and…
The NBN could give all Australians access to online services.
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The big picture
Australia’s plan for a National Broadband Network (NBN) represents one of the largest infrastructure projects in the world at present.
The estimated $43 billion price tag has stirred…
Chrome is heralded as the fastest browser, but are the others catching up?
Until a few years ago, there was only one name in the world of web browsing: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. But now, in 2011, users have more choice than ever when it comes to searching online.
Before…
