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LATEST NEWS affecting YOU..! (links open new tab/window) [2010] 27th Jan - Security Company Warns Of New Trojan - SmartHouse see Ransomware - Buy Back Your Own Files - F-Secure 22nd Jan - Microsoft issues emergency "Google attack" patch - Reuters Microsoft Corp on Thursday released a patch to protect users of its Internet Explorer browser from attacks similar to those directed at Google Inc's operations in China last week. Please make sure you receive this update to Internet Explorer 8 [2009] 17th Dec - Evidence based policy? Not this filter! - ABC - "The Rudd goverment's internet censorship proposal is not about protecting children, It's about politics." 16th Dec - Big Brother Laws to be brought in for Web - smh.com.au 26th Nov - Telstra drops broadband prices, but is it enough?! - iTwire "...Let’s also not forget that these “low” prices are only achievable if, according to Telstra, “other eligible service types are a Telstra mobile, BigPond wireless broadband or FOXTEL from Telstra on a single bill, with a minimum combined monthly access fee of at least $89.” 22nd Oct - Windows 7 Tour on YouTube - PCMag.com 12th Oct - Windows 7 called Slower than Vista - PCWorld Windows 7 takes larger booting time than Vista - WhiteHatNews 21st Aug - Symantec names top 100 dirtiest sites -The Tech Herald - Symantec said that simply visiting them placed the user at risk... The entire Dirtiest List is here. 19th Aug - ABC iView coming to the new, cheaper Playstation 3 - Digital Media 17th Aug - Campain against new Telstra charges - ABC Online 15th Aug - Linux, Windows netbook returns similar, says Dell - iTWire Australia the pricey country for mobile broadband: OECD - Computerworld Aust Kogan drops price tag on Agora netbook - Sydney Morning Herald 24th Jul - New Era of Faster, Cheaper Internet - (not telstra) - abc.net.au Gov't want $24K for access to NBN documents - computerworld au 20th Jul - Telstra slapped down on pricing - news.com.au 30th Jun - 86% of Aussie consumers are at risk from online fraud - current.com.au "Minister for Censorship" Conroy is at it again - crikey.com.au "Minister Stephen 'Goebbels' Conroy" - mmosite.com 23rd Jun - Browser security and privacy tips ! - CNET News Microsoft IE8 - Comment: Tabs more intuitive! but still locks up with some scripts :-( negatives: Think Twice before Upgrading to IE8 - pcworld.com 15th Jun - June Patch Tuesday will be a biggie! - iTWire Microsoft's planning to release ten new security bulletins next Tuesday, along with an update to finish a job started in May. But there's still a critical bug in Windows that hasn't been squashed. Inside 'SuperSpeed' USB 3.0 - RegHardware UK Goggle gives Android a Voice Maps Search - InformationWeek.com 15th May - Fake URL's (Links) New Malware Threat - CW AU 11th May - Copyright police drop some charges against iiNet How to easily bypass Australia's internet filters for free - SMH 21st Apr - Conficker wakes, updates via P2P & drops payload Easy Check your computer for infection here: Conficker Eye Chart or this site at the University of Bonn 2nd Apr - Protect from Conficker computer worm - Microsoft Do 4 Steps! FAQ - 1) MS08-067 - 2) Update Anti-Virus 3) Feb. 24 patch - 4) Disable Windows Autorun 20th Mar - WEB BROWSERS 'ACID-3' TEST - see bottom of right column > IE 8: Fixes Some Problems, Leaves Big One - CRN ABC Mobile On-line: for Smartphones - SMH News Ltd. Misleads Consumers - Smarthouse - does not tell his readers is that there will only be 14 HD channels and that 11 of those channels are already available... Kogan unveils new cheap netbook - apcmag Symantec Finds New Conficker.C Worm - pcmag.com Stanhope: Telstra exchange disconnections - abc.net.au Apple shafts Australians - the Inquirer 28th Feb - The Government's attempts to silence criticism of content filtering sparks outrage - computerworld.com.au Petition - Hands Off Australia's Internet - computerworld.com.au 27th Feb - Growing Senate opposition to internet filter - abc.net.au Click Here!: MP3 - Comment: While Conroy's Aims are laudable; He has got it WRONG! An Extremely Dangerous Precedent for Goverment Censorship! ..STOP THEM NOW..! 17th Feb - Australia falling further down the FTTH ladder - iTWire (Fibre-To-The-Home, 11th Feb - The GeoBulb LED light bulb Freeview, the great Aussie TV swindle - smh.com.au-digihub 5rd Feb - Dirt Cheap Blu Ray Units Coming - Smart House Freeview Doesn't Want To Share Its EPG! - Lifehacker Australia Freeview: plan to promote digital TV via extra free-to-air channels Google Earth 5.0 released - Inquirer - View Ocean 'Zombie' copycats hack electronic road signs - NEWS.com.au - HeHe Tangled web as Google goes ga-ga 'Government Revenue', they wouldn't do that! or would they...??? IE slips further as Firefox, Safari, Chrome gain - CNET News 25th Jan - Windows 7 beta available till Feb. 10 - ACT to introduce point to point speed cameras - ABC Online 22th Jan - GM to split SAAB into separate unit - SMH Google leaves the iPhone - SMH Telstra & HTC launch HTC HD 'biggest screen' - iTWire Tiny motor allows robots to swim through human body - SMH Govt urged to release broadband report - ABC Crucial broadband report kept secret - Australian IT - Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, [The Rudd Govenrment] - "The Government has allocated up to $4.7 Billion of Public Money to fund the project..!" ... “This makes a complete mockery of Senator Conroy’s repeated claims that this would be an ‘open and transparent’ process..." Senator Minchin stated... Video Games thrash Movies & DVDs - SMH - The video games industry is now double the size of the box office and more than 40 % larger than the movie disc industry in Australia 16th Jan - Three million hit by Windows worm - BBC Microsoft Opens Up POP3 Hotmail Access In AU - Lifehacker Australia - (What is POP3? - basically a protocol to 'Download & Save' your Emails & Attachments to 'Your Computer' using standard email clients. eg. Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) 14th Jan - Fears for bush broadband - The Land Whirlpool Australian Broadband Survey for 2007 - very interesting! New SDXC spec promises 2 terabytes on a memory card 8th Jan - FBI warns of cyber attack threat - SMH Why Kevin Rudd's Internet Censorship won't work - Adelaide Advertiser More Info: No Censorship No Clean Feed [2008] 30th Dec - Internet News more popular than Print - The Tech Herald World's first watch-shaped Mobile video phone 7th Dec - Dell goes in to see the Good Guys - CRN Australia YouTube secretly launches “Watch in HD” mode for all - iTWire Nearly all computers running on Microsoft Windows vulnerable - domain-B 2008, 23rd Nov - Would sir like a $200 cable with his new plasma? - smh.com.au - HDMI Cables for your New Flat-Screen...!?!?.. 14th Nov - Australian web filter to block 10,000 internet sites - Melbourne Herald Sun "An ACMA trial of web-filtering technology this year found it could slow internet access by as much as 87 % .." "Under the current mandate that includes adult material, which would mean most material that could be rated R and, in some circumstances, material rated MA15+." ISP pledges to undermine Aussie Firewall "Stupid plan" - Register Firefox updates include a dozen security fixes v3.0.4 CNET News Spam drops as McColo shut down - VNUNet.com Google Cries Foul Over Coverage of Apps Outages - PC World What to look for in a digital camera - NEWS.com.au Driver's licence upgrade on the way - Sunshine Coast Daily 2008, 8th Oct - Technology Helps Parents Take Control Of P-Plate Drivers 'Ford-MyKey' - Smart House National broadband network 'must be independent' - ABC Online 2008, 29th Sept - Pressure grows for 100Mbps broadband! – itwire.com (Note: Aust. still sells 256kbs = 0.256Mbps. ie.~400 times slower!) Broadband the Singapore way. lessons for Australia? – itwire.com 22nd Sept - Vodafone Set To Be #2 Network - Smart House AU Google prepares to launch HTC Android phone - Times Online 15th Sept - Comment: Microsoft is introducing Internet Explorer 8... Is it time for Free 'Open Source'? eg. Firefox3 , click below... Microsoft defends IE8 'phone home' feature, clarifies privacy policy More Stuff... Australia in list of countries lagging behind in supplying speedy Internet - PC World Magazine - US Panasonic introduces new-concept SLR 2008, 5th Aug - ASUS 'EEE' BOX - Mini-Computer RRP$499 - current.com.au Blue-Ray vs DVD - Movie Sales: 9% vs 91% - Digital-Digest Google 'Street View' now active in Australia! - SMH Try it! here: http://maps.google.com.au/help/maps/streetview/ 2008, 25th July - The great mobile data swindle - SMH ABC iView, InternetTV, 5channels - SMH Try it: ABC iView - ABC |
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If you also click the 'Results by Country' Tab, see just how shocking Australia's Internet really is, scroll down to see how Low we Rate! ..Yes Folks, we're being kept in the Dark-Ages & fed 'BS'.. ADSL 'Broadband' Explained INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP): The Company you contract to for Internet Access, usually for a Monthly Fee. ADSL 1 Broadband is available most places for approx $30/$40 per month for a Speed of 256kbs (kilobits per second) commonly called 'Fraudband' in Australia because of its low speed & very poor usage limit per month offerings compared to the speeds/limits common overseas. ADSL 2+ (Speeds Up to 20mbs - nearly 80 times faster) has actually been installed in many exchanges (incl. Leeton) for years! but Telstra did not enabled it until April 2008. (at rediculous prices) EXCESS There is usually an 'Included Download Limit' in Megabytes (MB) or Gigabytes (GB). The Catch is in the 'Excess' Charges! At Charging around 15 cents per MB (1,000 MB = 1 GB) that equals $150 per GB! Compared to a going rate of $3 per GB, that's 5,000% more! and in my opinion unconscionable conduct by those companies. Many friends have been caught with that, ...so... My Advice: Shop around! Compare! You will be Amazed! Find Plans: http://bc.whirlpool.net.au (Australian Broadband Choice) Please Don't Sign Contracts for 2-3 years: prices change, you can get Contracts for only 6 months! and monthly! You can easily get 5+ GB per month for $30/$40 per month, & Excess Fees should be only approx $3 per GB. If they give you 200-400MB included per month, then Go Elsewhere! eg. HERE ! (Excess Charges per Gigabyte is the go, Charging per Megabyte is a Rip-Off!) Dec 2009 Update: Telstra now 2GB limit! still terrible excess (see * fine print) BIGPOND - Note Excess: $0.15/MB that equals $150 per GB, Shaped EXETEL - Note Excess: Not MB, it's GB! only $3 per GB, $0.50 per GB FIND BEST PLANS: http://bc.whirlpool.net.au (Australian Broadband Choice) (Note: 1,000 MB = 1 GB - Quoting Excess Charges in MB belongs in the Dialup Era) COMPUTER TIPS (Please advise Faulty Links or Errors, Click Menu Contact Button. Thanks) OPERATING SYSTEM (OS): If you have Microsoft Windows XP it should have SP2/SP3 installed by now & be regularly updating, and also have IE7/IE8 installed for improved functions & better security. Ensure your Computer receives Regular Updates from 'Microsoft Update' (Free) AND make sure that you Regularly Update both your Anti-Virus / Anti-Spyware (AVG, Ad-Aware, Spybot are FREE) ANTI-VIRUS UPDATED! New AVG 9 (Free Edition) Anti-Virus has Anti-Spyware. I have tested & works well. See Link Top of this column: AVG INTERNET HOME PAGE: This is the page your "Internet Browser" will open on when you click the The Simplest, Fastest Website to use is: www.google.com.au ..just click to try it! (to save this setting, click 'Tools' > 'Internet Options' > check/enter 'Home Page' as http://www.google.com.au then click apply/ok) If you are on Dial-Up OR Broadband, it's FAST to load, tho for ADSL Broadband (on a decent plan!) it's not so critical. Aug 2009: I can't recommend New Microsoft Search BING (not yet anyway) ...it's Beta & Misses Websites! Compare here: Google Bing Jan 2010: Wow, finally better listings..! GOOGLE MAPS: The easiest way to navigate a Map is to place your Mouse over the Map, the Cursor changes to a 'Hand' then Left-Click & Hold on the Map (the hand will grab) then DRAG the Map to where you want & Release (repeat as needed). Use the Scroll-Wheel on the Mouse to ZOOM In & Out... Much Easier..! RELOAD / REFRESH PAGE: If a page is showing incorrectly or old information, your 'temp' files may need 'updating'. - Click Refresh - OR, Press "Ctrl+F5" at the same time. - this forces your Browser to get the Newest Version of your Page. You may also need to delete your Browsers History "Cache" as below. NB. For Highest Security in Internet Explorer, I recommend you "Regularly"... 1). Click > Tools (IE7) / Safety (IE8) > Delete Browsing History > Delete All > 2). (IE7) Also Select 'Delete Info in Add-ins' > Then Click "YES". ALWAYS do this if you are using a Public Computer! (eg. Internet Cafe) WEB BROWERS 'ACID-3' TEST: for Microsoft IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. Try it here! Take the Acid3 Test It should look like this: http://acid3.acidtests.org/reference.html MS IE7=14% - FF3.07=71% - Chrome1=79% - Safari 3.22=79% MS IE8=20% - FF3.55=93% - Chrome2=100% - Safari4(beta)=100% More Info here: Wikipedia-Acid3 (link opens new tab/window)  |
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