EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

The blacklisted web link at the centre of an Internet filtering row has now been removed from ACMA's Wikipedia page after warring between administrators of the site last night.

Administrators, it seems, don't want to be dragged into the issue just "to prove a point".

They've also frozen further edits to the page temporarily. Have a read of the piece below for the full story on what went down on the administrator's noticeboard...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | March 19, 2009

Editors at Wikipedia have removed a link to an ACMA-blacklisted web site that sat uncontested for over 24 hours in the main body of ACMA's Wikipedia entry.

By Ritsuko Ando | March 19, 2009

IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server and software markets, sources with knowledge of the matter said.

By Ry Crozier | March 19, 2009

Silverlight tools that help researchers make sense of complex genome data and patterns are being included in the advanced bioinformatics syllabus at the Queensland University of Technology.

By Rosalie Marshall | March 19, 2009

The non-profit Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) has filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about the security standards of Google's cloud computing services.

By Staff writers | March 18, 2009

Federal Innovation Minister Kim Carr has announced the Federal Government will offer $83 million in funding to early-stage start-up companies.

By Staff Writers | March 19, 2009

Nine in 10 people expect their Internet service providers to offer open and unrestricted access to the Web, a survey showed on Wednesday.

By Rosalie Marshall | March 19, 2009

Microsoft has announced it is opening up its Virtual Earth offering to let businesses add imagery, video or written material to locations on a map.

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