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Merry Christmas
AustNet Archive Hippychick
2005-12-25 General
Seasons Greetings to all, from the Staff of AustNet ... may 2005 be a happy and successful year!
Live Christmas Chat Event
AustNet Archive Raiden
2005-12-14 Community
Austnet announce a live event christmas chat in the channel #christmas on 24th December 2004. More
Freeze on Server Applications
AustNet Archive Kieran
2005-12-01 Infrastructure
Due to large network maintenance at the moment, AustNet wishes to advise all potential server administrators and contributors that all new and pending server applications have been placed on hold.

Once network administrative activity quietens down, we will begin processing applications again.

If you are interested in linking a server to AustNet; please check this website regularly for updates on the situation.
New Poll
AustNet Archive Karl
2005-11-17 Community
Who do you think should win Australian Idol? Anthony? or Casey? Have your say in the Community section of our website. http://community.austnet.org
Project Dolphin Update
AustNet Archive
2005-11-17 Community
Austnet's Project Dolphin team is currently ranked 59 in the world with a total of 0.3% keys typed. Good work everyone.
New Jersey Institute of Technology Permlinked
AustNet Archive Kieran
2005-10-26 Infrastructure
Once again this month, AustNet has expanded connectivity with the permlink status of njit.nj.us.austnet.org announced yesterday.
New European Client Server
AustNet Archive Kieran
2005-10-20 Infrastructure
AustNet continues to improve global connectivity with the recent arrival of the new European server, paagrio.at.eu.austnet.org.
Winamp users be wary
AustNet Archive Blase
2005-09-07 Technology
If you still haven't updated you Winamp to version 5.05, then you should do so.

In an article posted on CNET, Security researchers have discovered a flaw in Winamp which allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code.
X-Chat for Windows now shareware
AustNet Archive Blase
2005-09-06 Technology
Due to the large amount of time and cost in creating new versions of X-Chat for Windows, it will only be available to registered users.

Non-registered users however can download a 30-day trial of the software.
AustNet improves global connectivity
AustNet Archive cam
2005-07-19 Infrastructure
AU client server comcen.nsw.au.* is now open to global traffic once again, to improve and make connecting to AustNet easier.
We would also like to announce and welcome new testlink server njit.nj.us.austnet.org (New Jersey Institute of Technology).

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