Despite setbacks in the lucrative China market earlier this year, the Internet search engine company Google continues to grow and grow. So what exactly is its game plan? And why is it being referred to as a future Microsoft rival?

Email and online shopping and banking have become a fact of life. This policy brief looks at how cyberfraud affects the digital economy and what governments can do to protect e-commerce and use of the internet.

In May 2006, Mobile Top Level Domain, acting under the direction of ICANN, opened initial domain name registration in the new .mobi domain created specially for mobile devices. The new domain is aimed at making it easier for mobile device users to identify which sites are accessible on a mobile device.

The federal government has announced a review of the policy, administrative and regulatory arrangements that underpin the operation of the .au internet domain. The review specifically considers competitiveness, cost effectiveness, consumer protection aspects of domain name arrangements, security and stability arrangements, emerging internet issues, technical standards and the global policy environment.

In this speech to the Australian Broadcasting Summit, ACMA’s recently appointed chair, Chris Chapman, outlines the purpose and direction of the new organisation, discusses a number of contemporary issues relevant to the broadcasting sector and and briefly raises what the authority sees to be a number of emerging issues.