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SECURITY experts are alarmed that a company with links to the Chinese military is bidding to supply equipment to the national broadband network, warning that the equipment could be used to spy or launch cyber attacks on Australian governments and businesses.
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THE US government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are taken over by hackers and could limit online access if people don't fix the problem.
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INTERNET and cable TV service providers that do not get an offer from the national broadband network company to buy their infrastructure say they will compete with it.
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The planned roll out of a privately funded super-fast broadband network in Brisbane will not result in cheaper prices to access the National Broadband Network than the rest of the country, according to the federal government.
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If Australians do not opt in to the national broadband network (NBN) as it is rolled out they will lose their fixed-line phone service unless they pay a one-time fee of about $300.
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THE Brisbane City Council has announced its own breakaway broadband project, promising residents and businesses they will have their own high-speed fibre network within four years.
Saying Labor's $43 billion national broadband network would take too long to arrive in Brisbane, the Liberal lord mayor, Campbell Newman, said yesterday that his network could be delivered without cost to ratepayers through a deal with a private company, i3 Asia Pacific.
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An illustration of of what the movie industry says happens, what it says should happen, and what actually happens
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The ACCC today released a discussion paper on the number and location of initial points of interconnect (POIs) where NBN Co’s network will handover traffic to the networks of wholesale and retail service providers
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THE Coalition has adopted a high-speed internet policy that would render redundant the proposed National Broadband Network. The policy accepted by the joint parties meeting would separate Telstra into two companies – a retailer free of onerous regulation and a wholesaler, possibly named CANCo, enjoying regulated pricing required by law to provide all Australians with broadband at a minimum speed of 12 megabits per second (Mbps).
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The headline on the Credit Suisse analyst's note about Singapore Exchange's takeover of the Australian Securities Exchange said it all: ''Gonski?'' For the ultimate corporate charmer, the ASX chairman, David Gonski, to be missing from the spotlight on the exchange's big day on Monday was hard to miss.
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Singapore Exchange's $8.4 billion takeover of the Australian Securities Exchange faces a new hurdle as key political leaders voice concern over the deal, sending ASX shares sharply lower. Greens leader Bob Brown said he will not support the foreign takeover of the ASX, citing Singapore's lack of respect for Australia.
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Tough luck if you’re a Windows 7 fan. The nation’s largest airline Qantas yesterday announced it would go Apple-only in its frequent flyer lounges around Australia, giving travellers access to “the latest generation Macs†in a national rollout.
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The communications regulator is set to overhaul Australia's telephone numbering system after noticing an increase in the use of internet-based phone calls, as well as general consumer apathy about the cost of calls.
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Australia's biggest brands have been named and shamed in the 2010 Shonky Awards, which recognise the "shonkiest, meanest and silliest rip-offs and scams".
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Video gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment has reportedly labelled Telstra as the biggest roadblock in its way to setting up dedicated Australian servers for its popular World of Warcraft and StarCraft II games. – I t appears they have tough requirements on space for their servers.
