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US State Department to set up cyber bureau
Facebook will fuel further unrest, whistleblower says
PayPal says it is currently not pursuing Pinterest acquisition
UK regulator probes Motorola mobile radio services over competition concerns
Infosys proves new Centrelink entitlements calculation engine works
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Charity tweaks laptops to deliver insights on user habits
Project aims to reveal the power of computing for the disadvantaged.
Sep 10 2014 11:24AM
Coalition eyes content kill-switch on social networks
Aims to hit harmful material.
Nov 16 2012 2:25PM
Studio win: BT ordered to block pirate site
Judge suggests CleanFeed, Newzbin promises to undermine it.
Jul 29 2011 6:52AM
Telecom NZ sign up to internet filter
Blocks child abuse materials.
Nov 3 2010 2:07PM
Facebook offers panic button
Site reaches agreement with UK child welfare agency.
Jul 13 2010 7:28AM
AFP to beef up internet child protection unit
Allocates funds in final internal budget.
May 28 2010 11:51AM
NSW Police seize bus driver's computer
Man allegedly groomed 13-year-old girl via a social network.
Mar 16 2010 2:30PM
Wadeson to lead consolidated Human Services IT team
Centrelink CIO gets top job under Human Services shake-up.
Dec 16 2009 4:24PM
QLD Police crack peer-to-peer networks
Queensland Police officers have reportedly used new investigative software that can crack peer-to-peer networks to arrest and charge a Brisbane man for sharing child exploitation materials online.
Mar 27 2009 3:24PM
Doubts expressed over ACMA blacklist leak
Doubts continue to mount over the authenticity of a leaked list of URL's purported to be ACMA's blacklist of banned websites.
Mar 19 2009 1:13PM
Microsoft still in race for Australian school laptops: VIC
Microsoft-based laptops aren’t too expensive to meet the Federal government’s promise of a computer for every school-aged student, according to the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Dec 12 2008 2:40PM
AFP and Telstra to fight hi-tech crime
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Telstra will increase cooperative efforts to reduce hi-tech crimes like identity fraud, phishing, botnet networks and attacks on public and private sector computer networks.
Dec 10 2008 8:50PM
OLPC Oz wants to give away another 5,000 laptops
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is hoping a local version of its globally successful ‘Give 1, Get 1’ promotion will result in 5,000 XO laptops for disadvantaged children in Australia and the Pacific rim.
Nov 25 2008 3:22PM
Rudd Government launches virtual children's hub
The Rudd Government today launched a Web site that provides access to health, early learning, child care and parenting support information to parents and carers.
Oct 23 2008 2:18PM
Niue gives a child a laptop
The tiny island nation of Niue has become the first nation in the world to issue laptop computers to all of its children.
Aug 26 2008 3:17PM
Child gymnast exposed by hacker
China's dual gold medal winning gymnast He Kexin is under aged and should have been banned from competing at the Olympics.
Aug 22 2008 12:02PM
Paedophile internet ‘librarian’ jailed indefinitely
A 27-year-old British man has been jailed indefinitely for acting as an online librarian for a child pornography win.
Aug 19 2008 11:32AM
New York threatens Comcast over child pornography
The Attorney General of New York State Andrew Cuomo is threatening Comcast with legal action unless it signs up to a pledge to ban its customers from viewing child pornography..
Jul 24 2008 4:17PM
ISPs sign nationwide deal to ban child porn
The vast majority of internet service providers in the US have signed up to a pact to ban child pornography from being viewed online.
Jul 21 2008 9:07AM
HMRC slammed over child benefit fiasco
No visible management of data security at any level, concludes Poynter review.
Jun 27 2008 9:55AM
