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Stories by Nadia Cameron

  • Graphical Web searching gets Mooted

    A new Australian search engine which claims to be the first of its kind to intuitively cluster Web search results has been forced to shut down some of its advanced search functionality and boost server capacity after just one week online due to an overwhelming surge in international traffic.

  • TIO: Broadband complaints rise

    Billing, network faults and poor customer service have again topped this year’s Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman’s (TIO) report on customer complaints across dial-up and broadband Internet services.

  • Telstra to provide rebate, free AV to BigPond customers

    Telstra has announced it will provide all of its BigPond Internet customers with a two-week rebate on their monthly service bill, as well as access to free antivirus, firewall and spam filters as compensation for email service disruptions which have occurred over the past fortnight.

  • Australian broadband users top 500,000

    The latest quarterly Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report on broadband has revealed more than half a million Australians are now accessing the Internet over high-speed services.

  • Australian broadband users top 500,000

    The latest quarterly Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report on broadband has revealed more than half a million Australians are now accessing the Internet over high-speed services.

  • Government takes cautionary stance on open source software

    The federal government has no plans to support legislation which requires open source software solutions to be included in all future departmental ICT contracts, and will continue to uphold a neutral stance on open source software, the National Office of Information Economy (NOIE) has stated.

  • Morton: Linux kernel an exercise in evolution

    For a man who says he can get a “bit crazy over inadequately commented code”, Open Source Development Labs’ (OSDL) newest recruit, Andrew Morton, is the first to admit his enthusiasm for the open source cause. The Australian-born and bred systems software engineer — whose full-time position with the industry consortium will see him second in command to Linus Torvalds in developing the new 2.6 Linux kernel — says he is driven by seeing Linux as a useful tool for as many people as possible. In this exclusive interview with Nadia Cameron, Morton gives his take on the ups and downs of the open source community, working with Linus Torvalds, the upcoming 2.6 kernel release, his advice for budding developers and the future of Linux.

  • Telstra lashes out at ACCC, industry 'zealots'

    Telstra's regulatory affairs has launched an attack against the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), and claims the telco industry is dominated by a group of "zealots" who want to stifle the telco's role in the market