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  • Optus signs up Universal for music content

    Optus has signed an agreement with Universal Music Australia to provide content for its mobile music service on Optus Zoo, the telecommunications company has announced.

  • Invest Australia defends offshoring record

    Invest Australia, the government agency responsible for attracting investment from overseas, has defended its record in attracting offshoring investments, despite criticism from influential industry bodies including the ACS and the AIIA.

  • Sydney Uni "hero" chip breaks light speed record

    A team of Australian scientists have demonstrated a photonic chip that boosts the data rate of fibre-optic connections by more than 64 times to 640Gbps, promising faster, cheaper internet for all.

  • Google CEO coughs up Australia Health plans

    Google CEO, Eric Schmidt yesterday said he hopes to deliver Google Health to Australia by the end of the year -- but local representatives say discussions, which are expected to be lengthy, haven't even started yet.

  • Australia slides into surveillance society

    According to a new international privacy report, governments around the world are increasingly invading the privacy of citizens with surveillance, identification systems and archiving of private data -- and Australia is no exception.

Blogs (28)

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    The Personal Video Recorder perversion

    While news that Australia's copyright law will be updated is welcome -- so copying CDs onto a digital music player is no longer illegal -- there's still plenty to dislike about the proposed new regime.

  • Australian security: the lucky country

    Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?

  • 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 - David Braue

    Weighing the price of separation

    A reader suggested a key test to structural separation to compare shareholder return for BT with that of Telstra, providing a presumptive analysis of whether separation was a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. This was a great idea that I had to try.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Are privacy laws killing Australians?

    Are Australia's privacy laws slowly killing Australians by preventing medical professionals gaining access to patient information?

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  • Invest Australia defends offshoring record

    Invest Australia, the government agency responsible for attracting investment from overseas, has defended its record in attracting offshoring investments, despite criticism from influential industry bodies including the ACS and the AIIA.

  • iTunes Music Store debuts

    Apple Computer today launched its long-awaited iTunes Music Store in Australia, finally giving iPod owners a legal way of downloading music online. Extra: A peek at other Web stores.

  • EMC ANZ sees surge in growth

    Storage heavyweight EMC has recorded Australian growth of 34 percent year on year for the second quarter 2004, in line with its parent's results, the company's Australian and New Zealand managing director, Steve Redman, said.

  • Australia: ERP in government

    Phase two of government ERP implementations is set to take off. What can you expect? Also: Find out why one local city council had to ditch Oracle.

  • Using tech to slice spam

    A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.

Reviews (331)

  • Digital TV in Australia

    Will Foxtel iQ revolutionise the way we watch TV?

  • Samsung D600

    Samsung's D500 was voted the best mobile handset of 2005 by the GSM association. Can the upgraded D600 outdo it in 2006?

  • Sony Ericsson Z800i

    A top-shelf 3G offering with a focus on multimedia, the Z800i is a real crowd-pleaser despite its bulk factor.

  • Sony Ericsson K300i

    Sony Ericsson's K300i is an easy to use, inexpensive phone with a modest range of features including a VGA camera, infrared port and a media player. Read our Australian review to find out more.

  • Nokia 6230i

    Nokia's 6230i is an upgraded version of its classic, unpretentious 6230 with a higher quality screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth.

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