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Hardware
Exclusive: Open source USB key to $2bn laptop plan
By
Ry Crozier
| December 10, 2008
The Rudd Government's promise of a laptop for every child could fail without at least $2 billion in public funding, but an alternative USB 'computer' system pioneered in France may be its saviour.
Internet
Hundreds protest net filtering on Conroy's new blog
By
Kathryn Small
| December 10, 2008
Just 24 hours since its launch, hundreds of people have used Senator Conroy's new blog as a place to protest against his proposed net filtering scheme.
Internet
WAIA blames movie industry for illegal downloads
By
Staff writers
| December 10, 2008
The legal action by the movie industry against iiNet doesn't make sense, won't stop unauthorised downloads, and won't improve the industry's service to customers. That's the message of the Western Australian Internet Association (WAIA) yesterday, which said the industry is part of the problem, not the solution.
Internet
Websense predicts the future of web security
By
Staff writers
| December 10, 2008
The cloud will become dangerous, good sites will be used to hide bad data, and rich internet applications will turn on their users. These are some of the predictions from Websense Security Labs, which has compiled a security forecast for 2009.
Internet
IWF backs down on Wikipedia censorship
By
Iain Thomson
| December 10, 2008
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has lifted its ban on Wikipedia, which slowed access to the site to a crawl in the UK.
Hardware
IBM launches web conferencing service
By
Shaun Nichols
| December 10, 2008
IBM has tossed a new entry into the hosted conferencing market. The company is launching a new version of the Lotus Sametime Unyte service. The web-based application allows users to set up conferences over the web.
Security
Microsoft pledges to purge search info
By
Shaun Nichols
| December 10, 2008
Microsoft is pledging to become the first company to meet European Commission guidelines on search anonymisation.
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