Customers of Optus' hybrid fibre-coax (HFC) network who sign up for new home phone services are being given Voice over IP (VoIP) services rather than conventional circuit-switched land lines, the company has admitted - but prices have not been lowered in line with other commercial VoIP services.

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VoIP the default for Optus HFC customers

Google is serving up what some internet users have described as "hardcore pornography" in a new feature it introduced to Google Reader earlier this year.

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Google 'recommends' gay porn

As first reported on ZDNet.com.au, NBN Co has selected Oracle as its lead software provider, adding IBM for infrastructure hosting and Accenture for implementation and support.

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NBN Co picks cream for $23m IT deal

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is believed to have ditched Swedish company Ericsson from its up to $1 billion dollar core network management bidding process.

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VHA ditches Ericsson from $1bn bid

Even though I like to argue against the consensus, after weighing up the points for and against regulation of mobile termination rates (MTRs), I am for once on the side of those demanding regulation.

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NZ govt needs mobile pricing balls

It looks like a netbook. It performs like a netbook. But the exceptional battery life makes Samsung's latest netbook really stand out.

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Samsung N210

LinkedIn is bringing its 60 million users to the BlackBerry OS, with features that integrate the app with core BlackBerry services.

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LinkedIn finds home on BlackBerry OS

The hot topic on the internet industry this week is the $40m acquisition of Netspace by iiNet.

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iiNet's Malone on Netspace and beyond

The NSW authority responsible for establishing an electronic ticketing system for public transport users in Sydney has missed a self-imposed deadline for awarding a company to roll out the system, but is almost ready to announce a winner.

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NSW close to naming e-ticketing vendor

Google will close its Australian operations, effectively blacklisting the country in response to the Federal Government's "evil" plan to filter the internet.

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Google to leave Australia over 'evil' filter