EDITOR'S NOTE

Good Afternoon,

After months of speculation, Kerry Stokes-owned WiMAX operator Unwired has finally been let in the door to take part in the Government's highly controversial ISP-level Internet filtering scheme.

Speaking of trials - NSW prisons are keen on mobile phone jamming, while the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority are looking into facial recognition biometrics.

-- Brett Winterford

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ben Grubb | June 01, 2009

Fixed wireless telecommunications Internet Service Provider (ISP) Unwired is set to become the ninth confirmed ISP to participate in the Australian Governments controversial ISP-level filtering pilot.

By Stuart Finlayson | June 01, 2009

The NSW Department of Corrective Services is seeking an exemption from ACMA regulations to conduct a trial of mobile phone signal jamming technology inside NSW prisons.

By Ry Crozier | June 01, 2009

The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) will this week commence its rollout of facial recognition technology to assist in proof-of-identification and fraud prevention.

By Brett Winterford | June 01, 2009

The Federal Court gave Australia's communications regulator an early victory in an historic action taken against the alleged perpetrators of an SMS spam scam.

By Ry Crozier | June 01, 2009

Google has officially opened its new headquarters at Pyrmont in inner Sydney in a six-star energy rated building that has all the trimmings one would expect from the world's largest dotcom.

By Bryan Glick | June 01, 2009

HP is to cut a total of 5,700 jobs across Europe, the Middle East and Africa over the next two years.

By Iain Thomson | June 01, 2009

IBM has signed a deal with Syracuse University and New York State to build a 'green' data centre that will use only 50 per cent of the power usually required for operation.

By Bryan Glick | June 01, 2009

More than two million airline passenger journeys arriving in the UK have used the biometric eye scanners installed at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham airports since their introduction in 2006, the UK Home Office has revealed.

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