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    The 707 budding film-makers who didn't have their pride and joy shown to 65,000 Tropfest viewers squatting in the mud in February have been given a second chance, with a selection of the movies being placed online.

  • Sydney's demand for wireless broadband boosts Unwired

    Wireless broadband provider Unwired signed up almost 6,000 new subscribers over the past two months, which the company said was its best performance since its launch last year.

  • WiMax firm gets major cash injection

    Clearwire, which hopes to install WiMax networks that will cover continents, announced on Wednesday that it has received US$900 million in financing from Intel and Motorola and will work with the two giants to popularise the wireless broadband technology.

  • Setting the stage for 2004

    Is the stage set for significant IT growth in the coming year? Check out the scores.

  • Intel drops 3G from Centrino

    Intel has confirmed that it has pulled the plug on all plans to add 3G to its Centrino notebook platform. From now on, says the chipmaker, it's WiMAX all the way.

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  • Why you should care about WiMAX

    The next-generation wireless technology could take us one step closer to the mobile nirvana of one bill for mobile, Wi-Fi and broadband connectivity.

  • WiMax in the wings

    A key electronics industry group has approved a significant standard for wireless broadband specifications known as "WiMax," giving a boost to a technology proclaimed as a breakthrough for cheap high-speed Internet access.

  • Winners and users: Tech prophecies for 2006

    IT remains a lively, exciting and suprising place. That makes predictions particularly foolish, but here are some picks for the winners and losers of the next twelve months.

  • WiMax: The saviour of rural broadband?

    What technology can blast data up to seven times faster and a thousand times further than Wi-Fi?

  • Broadband: Lessons from South Korea

    Connection speeds that Australians can only dream of are readily available to South Korean consumers and businesses -- thanks to government support for a massive infrastructure rollout.

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  • Intel drops 3G from Centrino

    Intel has confirmed that it has pulled the plug on all plans to add 3G to its Centrino notebook platform. From now on, says the chipmaker, it's WiMAX all the way.

  • Intel gears up for Prescott, wireless

    The company plans to launch Prescott, its next big desktop chip, in addition to its wireless wave-riding Pentium-M chip Dothan, later this year.

  • Barrett: More chips, capacity for Intel

    Intel this year will focus on what it does best: Crank out chips and expand factory capacity, according to CEO Craig Barrett.

  • Dopod D810

    The Dopod D810 is packed with a bevy of useful features including 3.5G HSDPA support, quad-band GSM, and Wi-Fi, but suffers from some glaring shortcomings.

  • Palm Treo 750

    Here's a dollop of irony: the best Windows Mobile smartphone has been created by Palm! A bevy of OS enhancements and access to Telstra's Next G mobile broadband network easily make it the best Windows Mobile device we've ever used.

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