29 January 2010
Australia is about to move to the small town of censor-ville. Their neighbours? Iran, China and Saudi Arabia. The most alarming thing for me about their plans for centralised internet filtering is that the list of sites they censor is to remain a secret... read full story
28 January 2010
Apple is set to unveil its new tablet computer, keenly watched by gadget-obsessed consumers, envious competitors and eager content partners. The new touch-screen device will be modelled - physically and functionally - on the three-year-old iPhone. An... read full story
28 January 2010
By David Jackson Fourth in an occasional series Hiring a virtual assistant – someone who helps organise your life remotely by paying your bills, dealing with correspondence, shopping, etc. via the Internet – has come into vogue in the past couple of... read full story
27 January 2010
Facebook, Twitter and other social based internet systems saw massive increases in usage through 2009. Despite having some of the best weather for getting outside, Australians lead the world in spending time on social networks according to The Nielsen Com... read full story
25 January 2010
Pressure is building on Australia's biggest internet publishers to have their websites audited by the organisation that monitors print sales after a report found a common industry practice of inflating online audience measures by up to four times. Twen... read full story
22 January 2010
London based trend forecasting agency, The Future Laboratory, will visit Sydney and Melbourne in February to deliver its annual Australian Trend Briefing. Presented by strategy and insights directors Martin Raymond and Chris Sanderson, the Trend Briefing... read full story
21 January 2010
Australia Day won't just be celebrated with the usual barbecues, pool parties and the Triple J Hottest 100 this year. A throng of Australian websites will mark the event by fading to black as part of a week-long, national protest against the Federal Go... read full story
20 January 2010
High school students in NSW are becoming faster typists, and software experts, thanks to the computers in schools program. NSW is distributing more than 250,000 Lenovo IdeaPad netbooks to students as part of the Rudd government's $2.2 billion digital ed... read full story
19 January 2010
The ultimate dream of an international research hub at Fairy Meadow could be realised two years ahead of schedule, with construction of more Innovation Campus buildings about to begin. A series of impressive images of the two buildings, one for universi... read full story
18 January 2010
The ABC's plan to launch in the next few months a 24-hour national television news service amounts to a taxpayer-funded declaration of war on commercial media outlets in Australia. It also raises serious questions about the ability of the national broa... read full story