31 March 2010
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy concedes greater oversight of which websites will be banned under the government's mandatory internet filter is needed but has ruled out making the list public. The federal government plans to introduce a filter a... read full story
30 March 2010
Telstra Corporation Ltd has announced a reorganisation of its executive team, including the appointment of a new consumer chief. The changes consolidate chief executive David Thodey's top executives into four main groups: customer sales and support, pr... read full story
29 March 2010
MediaPost reports that Apple's next next big thing, after iPads invade the world next weekend, will be iAd, a mobile advertising platform to be debuted April 7. Coffee dates and patent suits aside, this could be the true Apple-Google battleground. Of ... read full story
26 March 2010
The Big Issue magazine is launching a subscription service to grow copy sales and provide new jobs for disadvantaged women. The $1.2m initiative is being funded by the government. The Big Issue’s Women’s Subscriptions Enterprise will initially employ 9... read full story
25 March 2010
Have you tried to buy downloadable content lately? Or tried to stream music/movies lately? In the US, this is such an easy process, with numerous music and movie services offering numerous methods to buy and consume media: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTun... read full story
24 March 2010
CareerOne.com.au, the News Limited and Monster Worldwide-owned jobs website, has announced its full integration with the Monster global platform in a move which it claims will improve the functionality available to users. Changes to the site include a... read full story
23 March 2010
Foster's has pulled an advertising campaign that it admitted was too risque for TV just days after it released it online. The series of seven ads for Carlton Draught, which make reference to ''man plums'' and ''goolies'', were put on the internet last ... read full story
22 March 2010
Virgin Mobile Australia has been slapped with a $22,000 fine by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for allegedly spamming consumers. The telco was accused of sending promotional emails to consumers who had opted out of receiving m... read full story
19 March 2010
Australia is one of the only Western nations without an adults-only classification for video games. Eamonn Duff discovers why an R18+ rating needs to be introduced. Peter Baee enters a popular Sydney department store with trepidation - he wants to buy a... read full story
18 March 2010
Terrorists are about to vent their fury on Australia with an attack that will reveal a diabolical new dimension to the terrorist threat. In a prelude designed to cripple the country's defences, an all-out cyber assault is unleashed. First, the Defence... read full story