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Australia pledges expansion of fibre broadband network (AFP)

Customers are seen surfing Internet in Sydney. The government Friday committed to expanding its fibre broadband Internet network to a further 300,000 homes across the vast island continent if re-elected at next month's polls.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - The Australian government Friday committed to expanding its fibre broadband Internet network to a further 300,000 homes across the vast island continent if re-elected at next month's polls.



July 30, 2010 1:02 AM

Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP)
AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election.
July 30, 2010 12:39 AM

Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP)

A man passes a logo of the Black Hat technology conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.



July 29, 2010 11:51 PM

Google says China services back up (AFP)

The Google logo is reflected in the windows of the firm's China offices in Beijing. Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.(AFP/File/Li Xin)AFP - Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.



July 29, 2010 10:05 PM

False alarm: Google search still working in China (AP)

The Google logo is reflected in the windows of the firm's China offices in Beijing. Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.(AFP/File/Li Xin)AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.



July 29, 2010 9:28 PM

Google Reports Brief Search Outage in China (PC World)
PC World - Google's search engine in China appeared to have been partially blocked overnight Thursday, but a Google spokeswoman said the service was up and running again by Friday morning local time.
July 29, 2010 8:00 PM

Google says China search block may be tech glitch (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the problem.
July 29, 2010 7:53 PM

Smartphones, Tablets Seen Boosting Mobile Health (PC World)
PC World - Smartphones, tablet PCs and other wireless devices are poised to play a greater role in health care as doctors and patients embrace the mobile Internet, panelists at a mobile health technology conference in Boston said Thursday.
July 29, 2010 7:50 PM

Analysts' View: Google says search service blocked in China (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc said its Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, weeks after Beijing agree to extend the company's Chinese webpage license.
July 29, 2010 5:38 PM

US flank exposed on cyber war front: Hayden (AFP)

Former US spy master and retired general Michael Hayden, pictured in 2007, warned on Thursday that the country's AFP - Former US spy master and retired general Michael Hayden warned on Thursday that the country's "cyber flank" was exposed and it was losing clout to influence rules of war on the Internet.



July 29, 2010 5:36 PM