EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

An international report released overnight certainly seems to vindicate the position of those opposed to implementing mandatory Internet Filtering in Australia.

The independent report provides some very good detail around some of the technical limitations of ISP-level filtering, as well as cultural reasons why filtering won't satisfy one of the purported goals of the Government's plans, fighting terrorism.

More clarity around the real aims of the Internet Filtering trial would be of great benefit to the debate.

-- Brett Winterford

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | March 12, 2009

Cross "fighting terrorism" off the list of reasons Senator Stephen Conroy wants to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet Filtering.

By Ry Crozier | March 12, 2009

Malware writers that sell toolkits online for as little as $400 will now configure and host the attacks as a service for another $50, a security expert has said.

By Staff writers | March 12, 2009

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia Ian MacDonald has lashed out at the Government over its broadband strategy, saying he has 'no confidence' in Minister Conroy's capacity to deliver Australia a National Broadband Network.

By Ry Crozier | March 12, 2009

The Bank of Queensland has revealed it programmed a challenge-response application into existing internet banking security tokens that could be used in the future for call centre authentication.

By Staff writers | March 12, 2009

Researchers have transmitted astronomy data from the east to west coast of Australia at high-speed but will need to achieve a "several hundred" factor improvement in speed to win a major astronomy deal.

By Brett Winterford | March 12, 2009

Telstra has announced it will offer the Nokia N85 handset on its Next G network, but has chosen not to include the popular Skype application.

By Tom Young | March 12, 2009

UK ISPs will be required to hand over records of customers' internet surfing habits, including IP addresses and times of use, to police and intelligence agencies from Sunday.

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