Google-Verizon unveil net neutrality proposal
Railroading negotiations?
Cybercrims turn to smartphones
Hackers have begun adapting tried-and-true computer infections to work on internet-enabled smartphones that are all the rage with consumers.
Coalition to use analogue TV spectrum for its broadband network
The Coalition has signalled that it will make major use of the analogue television spectrum, due to become fully available once analogue television is switched off in 2014, for the provision of wireless broadband under its newly announced national broadband policy.
Smith broadband-lite plan falls short
TONY Smith's broadband plan falls far short of Labor's far more ambitious agenda to run fibre down streets across the country.
Abbott relies on private sector for broadband
THE Coalition will rely on the private sector to offer high-speed broadband to 97 per cent of the population by 2016, two years ahead of Labor's plan.
Coalition unveils $6.3bn broadband plan
THE Coalition will spend $6.31 billion over seven years to provide Australians with faster broadband using a mix of technologies.
$90m for filters, cyber safety: Coalition
THE Coalition will allocate $90 million for PC-based filters to block internet nasties and boost cyber-safety education.
iPhone meat market sparks gay sex revolution
A location-aware iPhone app has spawned a sexual revolution in Australia's gay community by providing what is effectively a meat market enabling people to meet other gay men who may be just metres away from them.
New e-readers storm into ‘exploding’ market
Online retailer Amazon has introduced a cut price Kindle into the sizzling e-reader space to help fend off new entrants now flocking into the market.
Google agonises on privacy
A CONFIDENTIAL, seven-page Google "vision statement" shows the information-age giant in a deep round of soul-searching.