Telstra and Optus last night saw phone congestion as Australians struggled to call loved ones in London following yesterday's terror bomb blasts.

Despite utilising the celebrity status of Paris Hilton, the Sober-K worm doesn't appear to be tricking Australians so far.

The number of Australian mobile phone users will grow to 19.2 million this year, according to an industry analyst.

Two Australian government agencies have joined an international campaign aimed at persuading companies to close open relays and proxies, in a bid to reduce the amount of spam.

The Australian Government is inviting expressions of interest for project funding, in a bid to improve broadband access in regional areas.

Australian businesses are being warned to ensure confidential customer information submitted online is kept safe from prying eyes, after ticketing company Ticketmaster7 was investigated by the Federal Privacy Commissioner.

The Australian Red Cross has warned people not to respond to a hoax email that pretends to be collecting funds for victims of the London bombings.

The Australian Communications Authority has fined a Melbourne car company for breaching the Spam Act.

The Australian Communications Authority is looking at the possibility of new rules for premium services accessed from mobile phones.

BigPond has apologised, following yesterday's revelations that an ad about Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan included a URL for a porn site.

Nearly 40 percent of Australian motorists surveyed for a study admitted to using their mobile phone for work purposes while they were driving.

Short messaging service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS) and wireless IP data and content will drive a growth in Australian mobile phone users by 2007, according to research firm IDC.

Facing charges related to hacking into the computer system of an Australian ISP, a 17-year-old from Brisbane was expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court later next month.

The federal government has allocated $2.6 million in second-round funding to support a community broadband broker program.

Telstra chairman Bob Mansfield has resigned, arguing that the ‘bond of trust’ the board needed to operate effectively had been broken.