Internet

Do you own digital content?

Business Spectator - 7 September 2012

The story so far has Bruce Willis at loggerheads with Apple over the right to pass on his vast digital music collection when Bruce takes on an action hero role in heaven.

The epic has gone viral and appears to have been a rumour that got out of control.

'You've been hacked': why data-breach reporting should be mandatory

By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University

In an age of Facebook, eBay and online banking, data privacy is becoming more important than ever before. The majority of Australians have personal information stored online with a range of organisations and companies – information we’d rather the whole world didn’t have access to.

The future of smartphone marketing

Business Spectator 9 November 2012

The introduction of smartphones has been a catalyst for the innovative use of technology to bring business and customers closer together. With Australian start-ups competing on the international stage to make the most of the smartphone revolution, they certainly have what it takes to give their well-funded overseas rivals a run for their money.  

The rise of location-based advertising

The UN's internet gabfest

Business Spectator 29 November 2012

How do you fix a big problem? Well, one thing you don't do is call the United Nations and then ask that august body to do something that it has never done before.

ADFA hack alarm bells

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra College was hacked into on 15 November 2012 by a hacker known as Darwinaire who is associated with the Anonymous group. The incident has seen private details of thousands of staff and students at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) pilfered in what is tantamount to a national security failure.

Qantas drops in-flight Wi-Fi – the NBN to the rescue?

By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University

The trial of in-flight Wi-Fi on six Qantas Airbus A380s flying between Melbourne, Los Angeles and London has ended, following an announcement by the carrier last week.

Facebook's privacy tightrope

Facebook may have killed off community voting on privacy policy but is it taking a big risk by not listening to its users?

Facebook is a commercial entity that is navigating a path fraught with danger with the multitude that inhabits the social network left exposed with a bullseye on their backs.

Ending the copyright witch-hunt

Kim Dotcom's new website, Mega, is set to spur on new anti-copyright measures. But is trying to stamp out piracy through litigation and legislation ultimately futile?

In the mad rush to appease movie and music companies, governments around the world have trodden on centuries of legal precedent and forced internet service providers to become unwilling proxies in what is a corporate law matter between copyright holders and pirates.

Free Wi-Fi for everyone everywhere (maybe)

By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University

The Washington Post reported on February 4 that the US federal government wanted to create super Wi-Fi networks across the USA.

The army should rescue the NBN

By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is in dire trouble and has reached the point where Julia Gillard should declare a national disaster.