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Mining exploration company Livingstone Resources NL has joined a long list of Australian mining companies investing in Net-related companies with its acquisition of specialist ISP Netlink. The purchase consideration is for AUS$300,000 (US$190,000) in cash, together with the issue of 11.5 million Livingstone shares and 11.5 million options, valuing Netlink at around AUS$7 million (US$4.5 […]

In the first of a series of planned initiatives, the recently formed Liberty One/Excite Inc. partnership Wednesday launched Excite Australia. Tim Burgess, vice president of Excite Asia Pacific, said excite.com.au will play a leading role in providing Australian users with personalised news, entertainment and information needs. “Our product allows users to tailor the Internet to […]

Sydney-based OzSearch Internet Guide began a new round of financing in an effort to expand its online presence after recent success at the US Internet World exhibition. OzSearch was one of five companies selected to participate in Internet World’s “hottest Internet start-ups” exhibit held in Los Angeles. OzSearch managing director Kris Duggan used the opportunity […]

Leading Australian independent ISP OzEmail has unveiled a new regional ad serving product for online advertising campaigns. To be initially trialed in Sydney and Melbourne, the new ad serving technology will enable localised advertisements to be served to customers in specific regions and cities. OzEmail chief executive officer David Spence, said the technology enable advertisers […]

The Australian government Wednesday introduced its long awaited and much debated Internet content legislation. According to the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Bill 1999 meets the Australian community’s legitimate concern to control the publication of illegal and offensive materials online. He said however, […]

The CSIRO’s Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Computational Systems (ACSys) has developed a new digital technology which combines the quality of TV with the flexibility and search functions of the Internet. Residents in the Canberra suburb of Aranda are currently trialing the technology which is travelling to homes via a high-speed Internet linkage from the […]