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• Gamma rays help CSIRO track down drugs, bombs

  Drug smugglers and terrorists beware: CSIRO has struck an agreement to commercialise scanning technology that uses radiation to x-ray freight in the hunt for narcotics and explosives.

• Brisbane flight IT system saves fuel, bores pilots

  Brisbane airport has finished trialling a flight system that helps planes keep precisely to a preordained flight path, which reduces aircraft carbon emissions by 650 tonnes, saves time, saves fuel, and reduces noise.

• PBA launches wireless data network in Brisbane, Melbourne

  Personal Broadband Australia (PBA) has announced the launch of its mobile wireless data network iBurst in Brisbane airport and parts of Melbourne's CBD.

• Optus rolls out Wi-Fi broadband

  Optus has rolled out its commercial wireless broadband in three cities across Australia, with plans to increase its range in the next few months.

• Brisbane Airport defies US WLAN ditch

  Brisbane Airport is flying in the face of moves in the US to sidestep installation of wireless LANs amidst heightened security measures, and will roll out wireless broadband Internet access by the end of the year.

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• Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

  Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

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