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  • iGEA cautiously backs R18 games classification guidelines

    While the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has welcomed the proposed Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games, it is concerned about references in the document to the high impact of games on players.

  • Datasquirt halves FY11 loss

    Enterprise communications solutions provider Datasquirt (ASX:DSQ) narrowed its net loss 51% to NZ$599,000 ($519,000).

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    Fed Govt distances R18+ games from Norway violence

    Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor, has sought to distance the government’s push for an R18+ classification for video games from the mass violence in Norwayat the weekend.

  • Attorneys-general back R18+ games classification

    The two day meeting of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General has endorsed the idea of an R18+ classification for video games. The in principle decision was backed by all states and territories, with the exception of NSW Attorney-General, Greg Smith, who abstained.

  • Mobile game on! Xperia Android 'PlayStation phone' arrives

    Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson has announced its Xperia Play Android will be available from Telstra and Optus from June 8.

  • Sydney promoted as Asia Pacific digital hub

    The NSW government is keen to promote Sydney as an Asia-Pacific digital hub. The government used CeBIT to launch the initiative — a showreel will showcase NSW digital strengths during CeBIT Australia, the Vivid Festival and globally.

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    Will World of Warcraft drive ISP IPv6 adoption?

    Whether IT networking boffins like it or not, one of the biggest drivers toward IPv6 adoption may turn out to be Blizzard’s massively online multiplayer monolith, World of Warcraft (WoW).

  • Telcos fight to retain business in digital world: ACMA

    New research from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) suggests consumers are reaping the benefit of greater telecommunication and media competition caused by the internet.

  • Sony asks for restraining order over PS3 hack

    Sony Computer Entertainment has launched legal action against five hackers who recently released a set of tools that allows illegally copied games to run on the PlayStation 3 game console.

  • Findings on video violence 'too hasty'

    A federal government review of research into the effects of violent video games has been too hasty to dismiss studies showing links to aggression, the Australian Christian Lobby says.

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