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Australian Internet Filtering Scheme Gets Green Li->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Yes, folks, it's true: the Australian Government, on the back of the technical trials, has declared that it will be introducing legislation to make Internet filtering mandatory for all Australian ISPs. Watch the speed of Australian 'net access slow significantly; innocent websites get blocked; and the bad guys accessing the stuff they want regardless. Sigh. Anybody have a good job going in New Zealand, by any chance?"
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Censorship

Internet Censorship for Australia gets greenlight.->

Submitted by taksraven
taksraven writes "The Australian Federal Government has announced that it is going to go ahead with plans to filter the internet for all Australians. This is despite the fact that it has been shown by previously released lists, that more than just child porn sites would be blocked."
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Australian Gov introduces mandatory ISP filtering->

Submitted by Sharky2009
Sharky2009 writes "The Australia Government will introduce legislative amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act to require all ISPs to block Refused Classification (RC)-rated material hosted on overseas servers. The introduction of mandatory ISP-level filtering follows the release of the Enex TestLab report which trialed the viability of ISP-level filtering among nine Australian ISPs."
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Operating Systems

The Future Might Be BIOS and Browsers 350

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the heard-this-before dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Few in the open source community have welcomed online applications like Google Docs with open arms, but Keir Thomas claims he's found a way forward — and it's one that involves exclusively open source. He reckons BIOS-based operating systems are the future, because they will alter the way users think about their computers. FTA: 'The key breakthrough is ideological: BIOS-based operating systems demote the operating system to just another function of the hardware. It breaks the old mindset of the operating system being a distinct platform, or an end in itself. The operating system becomes part of the overall computing appliance. This allows the spotlight to focus on online applications.'"
Security

Estonian ISP Shuts Srizbi Back Down, For Now 237

Posted by kdawson
from the informal-pressure dept.
wiedzmin writes "In response to the recent resurrection of the Srizbi botnet, an Estonian ISP has shut down the hosting company that was housing its new control servers. Starline Web Services, based in Estonia's capital Tallinn, had become the new home for the Srizbi botnet control center after the McColo hosting company (which was taken down earlier this month) has briefly come back to life last week, allowing the botnet to hand-off control to the Estonian network. After Estonia's biggest ISP Linxtelecom demanded that Starline Web Service be taken offline, the newly acquired Srizbi control servers went down with it. However, as the rootkit is armed with an algorithm that periodically generates new domain names where the malware then looks for new instructions, it is only a matter of time before a new set of control servers is created and used to manipulate one of the biggest spam botnets in the world."

Comment: Re:No Contest (Score 1) 1211

by CiaranC (#25568087) Attached to: Discuss the US Presidential Election & the War

Whats the problem with Root running a sports book? Why would a libertarian object to someone running a business?

Ive worked in IT for a bookmaker for several years. There are bookmakers on the highstreet in every town in this country (Ireland). Its a perfectly legitimate business...

America is a strange place.

The Internet

Bank Run in Second Life 336

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the just-like-in-the-first-one dept.
Jamie found an interesting bit about a bank run in Second Life. The recent ban on gambling combined with a $12k theft from the 2L stock market has caused people to try to get their money back. The article mentions that this could supposedly affect 8.5M players even tho most estimates of actual hard core players in the system are in the 5 to low 6 figure range.

Comment: Re:I like "Shyster, the MPAA Weasel!" (Score 1) 828

by Sensitive Claude (#9950608) Attached to: BSA Asks Kids to Name Copyright Weasel
Actually, I believe the term "shyster" is reserved for attorneys of the Jewish persuasion. I believe the proper term for me is "eggplant."
Please people try to be more sensitive when using the term shyster.

(Note to anyone thinking of downmodding this: I am Jewish, and I have a sense of humor.)

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