Published on July 23, 2010 by Technology Slice
All New ABC 24 Hour News Channel – Australia’s first free-to-air, around-the-clock TV news service was launched in Sydney earlier tonight. Managing director Mark Scott says the channel is a natural extension of the ABC’s services. “There should be a 24/7 news channel that is on free-to-air television and a commitment that given our history, [...]
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Published on July 8, 2010 by Technology Slice
Julia Gillard Plans To Go Ahead With Internet Filter – In her first comments on the filter since assuming the Labor leadership, Ms Gillard told ABC radio in Darwin yesterday that the proposal was an effort to control the ”dark side” of communications technology. ”Images of child abuse, child pornography – they are not legal [...]
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Published on July 6, 2010 by Technology Slice
Mildura Tunes In To Digital TV – Mildura made television history yesterday as the north-west of Victoria became the first area of Australia to switch to digital-only television. The analog network was switched off at 9am. The rest of the country will follow in stages up to 2013.
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Published on March 30, 2010 by Technology Slice
Banned Website Blacklist Will Not Be Made Public – Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has agreed that 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 aimed at blocking access to illegal material [...]
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Published on March 24, 2010 by Technology Slice
Google And Yahoo Against Government Filter – A number of internet and software giants including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have spoken out against the Government’s plans to introduce a mandatory internet filter, questioning its technical viability and the list of sites set to be blocked. It comes as communications minister Stephen Conroy is preparing the [...]
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