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BREAKING NEWS
Telecommunications
ACCC grants Telstra service and line rental exemptions
By
Lilia Guan
| August 14, 2008
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has decided to grant Telstra exemptions from its obligations to supply two ‘declared’ services in parts of metropolitan Australia - subject to a number of conditions.
Internet
New wiki measures open source license use
By
Ry Crozier
| August 14, 2008
Creative Commons Australia has developed a global case studies wiki to quantify the varied impacts of open source and open content licensing arrangements.
Telecommunications
Telstra hitting ‘crunch time’ for financial goals
By
Ashley Clark
| August 14, 2008
Analyst firm Ovum says the next two years are financially critical for Telstra if the telco giant hopes to meet its proposed profitability targets.
Hardware
USB 3 creeps closer
By
Shaun Nichols
| August 14, 2008
Intel has released a new set of tools which will allow hardware vendors to build chips for the upcoming version of the USB interface..
Security
Dutch police smash Shadow botnet
By
Iain Thomson
| August 14, 2008
The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit has arrested two people and shut down the Shadow botnet, which is thought to contain over 100,000 compromised computers..
Security
UK government plans to log every call, text and email
By
Iain Thomson
| August 14, 2008
The Home office has issued a consultation paper for a new law that would force phone companies, ISPs and network operators to record and store every phone call, web page request and text message..
Internet
Yahoo gets into place with Fire Eagle
By
Iain Thomson
| August 14, 2008
Yahoo has officially launched a new service, dubbed Fire Eagle, that let’s internet users identify their physical location automatically..
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