Marco Rubio Joins Protests – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida joined the thousands of websites Wednesday protesting the government’s Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), a bill that legislators claim would help stop Internet copyright infringement but that some online experts warn could restrict the freedom of the Internet. “I have decided to withdraw my [...]
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Google to Protest Anti-Piracy Bill – GOOGLE’S home search page which is accessed billions of times each day will promote material highlighting the company’s opposition to two US anti-piracy bills. However the promotion will not appear on Google’s Australian home page, a Google spokesperson said this morning. Despite the US-centric nature of two bills – [...]
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Tower Ban for NBN – Regional councils which do not approve NBN Co’s fixed wireless towers will have to rely on slower satellite internet services, the head of the government-owned company says. The comment comes following reports that several groups of residents near Ballarat oppose some of NBN Co’s applications to install 20 towers for [...]
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National Broadband Network Cost Blowout – Malcolm Turnbull has suggested the company building the national broadband network could face a $6 billion blowout in its operating costs, and accused the NBN Co of concealing key financial information. A year after the government-owned company published its corporate plan, the Opposition communications spokesman yesterday said many of [...]
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Google Opens Android Music Store – Android handset users in the US will now be able to get access to Google Music, where the search engine company has signed up the main music labels except, so far, Warner Music. The service is not available outside the US because Google has not completed negotiations with record [...]
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