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  • iPhone adopted by the University of SA

    South Australia's largest university will support the Apple iPhone 3G as one of its official corporate mobile handsets, the institution revealed yesterday.

  • Aussie link-up eyes off supermassive black holes

    A first-time collaboration between Australian, Chinese and Japanese scientists has allowed new high-resolution images of black holes to be produced by linking together radio telescopes.

  • Photos: Synchrotron Australia's particle accelerator

    How many Australian scientists does it take to make the countries' biggest light bulb? Our photo gallery takes you inside the Synchrotron, Australia's only particle accelerator that creates high-intensity light for scientific imaging.

  • AARNet: Aussie innovation demands bandwidth

    Without more investment in high-speed fibre broadband, Australia's competitiveness will suffer, according to academic Internet service provider Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet).

  • 1Gbps 'superbroadband' helps unis research

    The University of Melbourne has combined high resolution screens with a "superbroadband" connection to help it share research across the globe.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Let's build our own damn NBN

    If there's fibre running to the node down my street by the end of 2009, I'll eat my own shoes with mustard sauce.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    It's confession time

    Yes, I confess. I used the high-speed AARNet network built for academics for hours and hours for years on end to kill people in Quake.

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  • A question of utility

    Major vendors are pitching the idea of utility computing, where companies would plug into computing services as easily as turning on a tap or a power switch. But how realistic is that analogy, and what will it take to get there?

  • The shape of packets to come

    How do you ensure critical Net traffic gets through while less important--and often expensive--traffic is curtailed? Also: What is "packet shaping"?

  • What next for the Internet?

    Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

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  • What next for the Internet?

    Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

  • Palmtop Perfection

    It has been 12 months since the Test Lab looked at Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and while much has changed, at the same time, many things have stayed the same. The battle still wages between the Windows Powered (WinCE) PDAs and the Palm OS Powered PDAs.

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