From webcasting to the DMCA to net neutrality - a list of top ten IT priorities for the new president.

The Australian Government will build its own $43 billion National Broadband Network, in a move that returns Australia's telecommunications economy to an era of part-public, part-private ownership.

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

Internet users in China are planning a day-long boycott in protest of the country's controversial new filtering laws.

The government’s blogging team says it will “reflect on the many lessons learned” after punters posted more than 1,500 comments, mostly about Internet filters.

Essential criteria: Must think like the enemy, know the enemy and report to the American Government. Previous hacking experience considered.

A fortnight ago we reviewed the worst villains in computing history. But what would a villain be without a hero to battle with?

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

Nearly five thousand people have signed an online petition to the British government calling for an official apology to be issued over the treatment of Alan Turing..

The British Government has been trialing an unusual program designed to keep tabs on problem families by installing CCTV cameras in 2000 homes, and plans for 20,000 more on the way.

The Kevin Rudd inspired KEVIN37 HD television is priced at exactly the value of the Federal Government's $900 stimulus package, and there's even a promo T-Shirt.

Around 5,000 homes in Tasmania will be the first to experience 100Mbps Internet via the National Broadband Network - which government backers are likening to the electricity revolution.

By all reports the Internet filtering trial is going ahead, but the Government's effort to filter ISP traffic is looking less and less popular.

It seems that the world plus dog is falling over itself to filter the World Wide Wibble in a desperate bid to protect children from things they can handle on their own.