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I mentioned earlier that the mandatory ISP filter has been dropped, but mpot and others pointed out a sneaky backdoor filtering program which is underway. The Federal Government has confirmed its financial regulator has started requiring Australian Internet service providers to block websites suspected of providing fraudulent financial opportunities, in a move which appears to also open the door for other government agencies to unilaterally block sites they deem questionable in their own portfolios. More here and here.
Google has a new boss for AU and NZ. Carnegie, who is in her early 40s, has been Proctor & Gamble’s managing director for Australia and New Zealand for the past three years, having worked in Australia, Singapore and the US. Meanwhile Google's CEO has reported on some issues with his vocal cords. In a blog post, Page gave a full explanation as to his condition, which started about 14 years ago and has led to him losing his voice and even skipping last year’s annual meeting.
With the Melbourne tunnel dramas recently, it seems this idea in Sydney could help. Developed and implemented back in 2011, Laservision's Softstop system projects a familiar bright red stop sign, seemingly in mid-air, at the tunnel's entrance if a vehicle too large to enter is detected. In fact, the stop sign does not float in mid-air, but rather is projected onto a water screen that, should a vehicle not heed its command, would cause no damage from being driven through.
IntelInside sent in this article about vital buildings being at risk from hackers. You're in intensive care at a hospital when the lights go out and the heating turns up. Meanwhile, doctors trying to get you to an operating theatre have been trapped in elevators for almost an hour as hackers take control. Experts are warning that this fictitious scenario is all too plausible after two researchers discovered in Australia 653 computer-based building management systems attached to the public internet.
Today's timewaster is GeoGuessr, from BugsBunny.
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