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    Symbian has announced several enhancements to its mobile platform, including technology to let mobile phones switch seamlessly between different kinds of mobile and wireless connectivity.

  • RFID passports take off

    Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.

  • Intel advances Centrino with faster wireless

    3G and 802.11n are on the roadmap for the next generation of Centrino, due next year.

  • Cisco: Windows Vista is scary

    A senior security expert at Cisco has admitted that aspects of Microsoft's new operating system are worrying.

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    The federal government confirmed work was underway on a proposal to deploy smartcards to millions of Australians under a project to slash administrative costs and crack down on identity theft.

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  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    New Zealand's mad mobile May

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Which filter side is Optus playing for?

    Optus' involvement in the controversial government blacklist project could fall on either side of the fence. In kissing the ring, is Optus conceding that censorship is inevitable or hatching a scheme to discredit Conroy's folly from within?

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  • The rights and wrongs of WiMax

    When the government announced that Optus and Elders had won the bid to build Australia's bush broadband network, it provoked jeers and plaudits alike, but it was the ISPs' choice of WiMax as the bearer technology that has provoked the most furious storm of argument. Just how will the technology stand up to life in the bush?

  • What next Linux Australia?

    Linux Australia's president believes the organisation is stuck in no man's land, and has questioned its survival. Will someone tell him he's sitting on a pot of gold?

  • Eight points to avert a firing disaster

    Involuntary terminations are an unpleasant part of any manager's job, but these eight tips can help smooth the process and reduce the stress for everyone involved.

  • In Coonan we trust?

    While Richard Alston and Daryl Williams were often criticised for their inept handling of the IT portfolio, perhaps Helen Coonan, Australia's new communications minister, can be the one to break this cursed trend.

  • Is Java cooling off?

    Sun tries to quell dissension among Java backers while fending off Microsoft. Is Sun really losing control of the Java franchise? Additional reading: Sun: Open-source Java will happen

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  • Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

    For composing long PDF packages at an office that requires security and wants to use the new digital forms, Acrobat 8's got the goods, but it's overkill if you only seek to make short PDF files.

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