TECHNOLOGY

Australia is at the tenth placing among the countries that have requested Google to censor information. For the first time, the giant search engine has released information regarding the number of such requests received from countries worldwide.

All Telstra customers all over Australia will be able to purchase the HTC Desire a week earlier from its scheduled release. Nevertheless, several stores may have to wait a little longer to have the phone.

Webmail content will now be protected from computer hackers and keyword-related advertisement will be blocked, as promised by a new Australian-developed browser plug-in.

Government regulators announced on Tuesday it would initiate an independent probe into the telecommunications industry following an upsurge of customer complaints submitted before the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) over the last few years.