Neowin News Feed for: Australian

Australia tells dating apps to improve safety standards or face legislation

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:40:01 +0000

Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble have been told by the Australian government to improve user safety by 30 July 2024. If they fail to do so, the government has said it will introduce legislation. Read more...

Australian Halo 3 LE Features Anti-Scratching Foam

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:46:57 +0000

Recent reports have noted that the Limited Edition of Halo 3's packaging design did not include adequate measures to secure the game DVDs in place, leading many gamers to find loose, scratched up discs inside... Read more...

2Clix sues Australian Site Whirlpool Over Forum Topic

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:41:31 +0000

The founder of the Australian Broadband site Whirlpool is currently under legal issued with accounting software firm 2Clix Australia Pty Ltd for alleged "injurious falsehood". The Statement of Claim from the company alleges that Simon... Read more...

Australian teen disables government's porn filter

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:49:44 +0000

Earlier this month, Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced a multi-million dollar pornography filter along with several other measures to make the Internet safer for children and families, including an information and education campaign and... Read more...

YouTube expelled from Australian state's schools

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:35:35 +0000

An Australian state has banned video website YouTube from its government-run schools. According to Victoria's Education Services Minister Jacinta Allan, the move will help limit cyber-bullying and was prompted after a gang of male students... Read more...

Western Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Windows

Steven Parker — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:12:03 +0000

Western Australia is introducing daylight saving for a trial period commencing December 3, 2006. Several Microsoft® products require updates in order to display the correct time during the daylight saving period. Western Australia is introducing... Read more...

Australian Daylight Savings Changes for Microsoft Products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:34:03 +0000

The Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held during March 2006 in Melbourne Australia. Several Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Tasmania, have changed the Daylight Savings transition... Read more...

Australian Man Wins "Mod Chip" Case Against Sony

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:12:52 +0000

Eddie Stevens, an Australian computer technician who owns a business inserting mod chips into Playstation and Xbox consoles, has won a four year legal battle against Sony after the industry giant sued him 2001. ... Read more...

Australian Music Industry Goes After Kazaa

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:24:43 +0000

Lawyers for Australia's recording industry have called Kazaa's file sharing network "an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen" and have filed a suit to have Kazaa's owners, Sharman Networks... Read more...

Reports claim Australian court rules mod chips legal

Marcel Klum — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:47:49 +0000

An Australian high court has rejected an appeal by Sony Computer Entertainment in a case which ruled that mod chips were legal, according to reports which have appeared online - apparently contradicting a ruling to... Read more...

Australian censors deem The Getaway too graphic

Marcel Klum — Wed, 04 Dec 2002 08:30:21 +0000

Once again it looks that Australian gamers have been deemed to sensitive for another Playstation2 release, as news emerged today that Australian censors have asked for certain cut-scenes to be altered and/or removed from SCEE's... Read more...

Australian News - Ericsson's ENGINE fuels Telstra savings

Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:00:55 +0000

Telstra is deploying a system that will save it big bucks, but the big question remains. Will those savings be passed on to consumers? A proof of concept trial involving Ericsson's ENGINE multi-service network... Read more...

KaZaA sold to Australian company

Mon, 21 Jan 2002 19:49:11 +0000

Both Slashdot and dotcomscoop are now reporting that KaZaA was SOLD at the weekend... according to the new terms and conditions posted on the new KaZaA site.11.1 This License as well as... Read more...

Jamming device refuels Australian mobile debate

Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:13:53 +0000

Australia's ban on mobile phone jamming technology has come under renewed debate, with one local reseller encouraging the implementation of a Bill to allow such devices to be used here. Mobile phone... Read more...

Cookie ban move could hit Australian e-commerce: IIA

Mon, 05 Nov 2001 11:55:26 +0000

One of e-commerce's key technologies the cookie may be banned by the European Parliament, sparking concern from the Australian Internet industry. Cookies are the small computer files used to store information about... Read more...

Australian Flag screensaver!

Steven Parker — Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:19:44 +0000

Thought I'd share this email that was sent by: oDD He said: "I edited microsofts recent release of the American Flag screensaver, to include the Australian Flag instead." You can... Read more...