Tag: content

Telco/ISP

Telstra BigPond refuses to participate in net filter trials

By Ry Crozier | Dec 8, 2008 | Comment Now

Australia’s largest ISP Telstra has ruled out participating in the Federal Government’s controversial Internet filtering trial due to what it calls ‘customer management issues’.

Telco/ISP

Conroy goes back to school on Internet content filters

By Ry Crozier | Dec 8, 2008 | Comment Now

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy is looking to shore up support from the people most likely to find a way around the government’s content filters – school students.

Security

New task force to examine ISP level content filtering

Nov 18, 2008 | Comment Now

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has formed a new e-security task force to look into the Federal government’s controversial ISP filtering scheme.

Software

Piracy more 'convenient' than the legal options

By Ian Williams | Nov 18, 2008 | Comment Now

Digital piracy is viewed by many as simply a more convenient alternative to obtaining content from most legal online channels, according to a report by business law firm Olswang.

Strategy

Congress moves on net neutrality

By Iain Thomson | Nov 15, 2008 | Comment Now

With the election over Congress is moving quickly on the net neutrality issue, with a bill to be introduced in January.

Telco/ISP

Duplicate content filter will hurt family-friendly ISPs

Nov 10, 2008 | Comment Now

The federal government’s proposed Internet content filtering scheme duplicates substantial existing efforts by the Internet Industry Association (IIA) and will adversely impact ...

Software

Better HD video comes to the web

By Daniel Robinson | Nov 5, 2008 | Comment Now

Recast Digital is promising high-definition and DVD-quality video delivered over the internet without the need for specialist software or workstation-class hardware.

Software

Salesforce launches CRM Winter '09 edition

By Rosalie Marshall | Nov 4, 2008 | Comment Now

The next edition of Salesforce.com's customer relationship management (CRM) technology will allow businesses to easily share data with partners.

Software

RedDot embraces enterprise 2.0

By Phil Muncaster | Oct 30, 2008 | Comment Now

Web content management firm RedDot has launched a suite of products designed to give firms the tools to create internal and external Web 2.0 sites that remain firmly under the ...

Telco/ISP

SAGE-AU defends right to criticise content filtering

Oct 27, 2008 | Comment Now

The System Administrators Guild of Australia has called on the federal government to embrace open discussion of its proposed Internet filtering regime, after allegations of ...

Software

Open Text gets NSW government panel status

Oct 27, 2008 | Comment Now

Open Text has been awarded panel contract status by the New South Wales Government to provide an Information Asset Management System (IAMS) to government departments and ...

Security

McCain caught in DMCA flap

By Shaun Nichols | Oct 16, 2008 | Comment Now

Video-sharing site YouTube has declined to give special treatment to Republican presidential candidate John McCain over digital millenium copyright act (DMCA) claims.

Software

Top-end ECM could be risky investment

By Phil Muncaster | Oct 13, 2008 | Comment Now

Market leaders in the enterprise content management (ECM) space could represent a higher risk to IT buyers than their mid-market rivals, according to new research from CMS Watch.

Telco/ISP

Local iPhone users devour content

By Ry Crozier | Sep 2, 2008 | Comment Now

Aussie iPhone owners are consuming over 2MB of data per session, dwarfing existing mobile web and even some desktop session usage stats.

Software

Spanish speakers struggle to find web content

By Clement James | Aug 8, 2008 | Comment Now

Users whose native tongue is not English are having a particularly hard time evaluating the credibility of websites, according to new research.

Software

Network Ten drives content online

By Ry Crozier | Aug 6, 2008 | Comment Now

Network Ten has embarked on a digitisation project to make its on-air content available online faster.

Software

SAP re-badge drives Open Text growth

By Ry Crozier | Aug 6, 2008 | Comment Now

ECM vendor Open Text is predicting at least 40 percent growth in its Asia Pacific business on the back of brisk sales of SAP Archive Server.

Telco/ISP

SAGE-AU slams cost of content filtering

Aug 1, 2008 | Comment Now

Over-blocking access to Internet sites even three percent of the time will impose “significant” costs on service providers, the System Administrators Guild of Australia ...

Hardware

Telstra installs 3D TV for purpose-built advertising

By Liz Tay | Jul 31, 2008 | Comment Now

A 3D TV in Telstra’s newly-opened Executive Briefing Centre is said to be the first commercial installation of three-dimensional content and technology in Australia.