Google reveals action over Mosley
Google has removed hundreds of web pages relating to former Formula 1 boss Max Mosley’s sex life from its search results index, Britain’s Leveson Inquiry on press standards has heard. But the internet giant said it dealt with requests for material to be excluded on a country-by-country basis, meaning articles and videos might remain accessible [...]
More businesses move onto the internet
More businesses are taking advantage of the internet, with many finding the move online creates more revenue, a new survey has found.Research by accounting software provider MYOB has found that the number of Australian businesses now online has increased to 39 per cent, up from 35 per cent last November, with a further 22 per [...]
Internet providers unsure on NBN
There was plenty of smiling and hand-shaking as Telstra and the government put pen to paper on an $11 billion deal – seen as one of the last major hurdles on the road to a National Broadband Network.But as the government celebrates – Internet service providers around the country are sifting through the documents to [...]
Google keeps tweaking search formula
Software engineers reverently refine Google’s search algorithm so consistently that it often ends a day a tad different from when it started. Scott Huffman’s team tested ‘many more than’ 6,000 changes to its search engine in 2010, with 500 of them passing the grade to become permanent. ‘We have changed engines on a flying plane [...]
Internet access life changing
A federal parliamentary committee has been told that internet access can be life changing for some people living in regional communities.John Lindsay, from internet service provider Internode, told the inquiry his company was a strong supporter of the national broadband network (NBN). But he said the cost of the service to consumers would be a [...]
