EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

A parliamentary inquiry has found strong opposition to the Government's "unjustified" and "incoherent" proposals to require telcos to keep web data and subscriber traffic records for up to two years.

And the Systems Administrators Guild of Australia has frozen ticket sales for its October conference after its chief executive officer, Burke Scheld, stepped down.

-- Liz Tay

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Caitlin Fitzsimmons | August 27, 2012

Parliamentary inquiry finds little support for proposed law reform.

By Juha Saarinen | August 27, 2012

CEO emails staff after $1bn victory.

By Brett Winterford | August 27, 2012

Ticket sales to October conference frozen.

By John Hilvert | August 27, 2012

Hosted service to deliver web, SMS and email messages.

By Liz Tay , Juha Saarinen | August 24, 2012

Backs controversial data retention scheme.

By Ry Crozier | August 24, 2012

DBCDE programs still only benefit NBN sites.

By John Hilvert , James Hutchinson | August 24, 2012

Analysis: Time to join the ALRC's copyright review?

By Gerry Shih | August 25, 2012

May lead to outright ban on smartphone products.

By Juha Saarinen | August 24, 2012

iPhones and Android handsets get look-in.

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