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  • iiNet to offer mobile phone services?

    Broadband ISP iiNet is considering reselling mobile phone and mobile data services. The company also hopes to replace Optus as the second largest broadband player in Australia, according to Greg Bader, the company's chief technology officer.

  • IBM breaks petaflop barrier with PS3 and AMD chips

    Computing giant IBM has built a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop 1,000 trillion floating point operations per second twice as fast as the world's previous fastest computer, IBM's Blue Gene.

  • Aussie business can learn from Linux: IBM chief

    Australia's future economic prosperity will depend on it embracing the principles of community-driven technologies such as Linux and Second Life, according to IBM CEO Glen Boreham.

  • Japan gets to work on 4G comms

    Japan is the home of hi-tech, but unfortunately most if it is incompatible with international standards. But things are changing, starting with 4G mobile phones.

  • PlayStation 3 chip nears completion

    Collaborating engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba have wrapped up the design for the inner workings of a mysterious new chip called the "Cell."

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Fit for purpose, not just for headlines

    With the OPEL bid cancelled and procedural questions dogging the FTTN bid, Australia is currently in something of a technological limbo.

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    Femtocells on NZ broadband? No thanks

    Telcos would love to shift the cost of expanding mobile network coverage to customers with femtocells, but are they a good idea for customers?

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    The home base station: Too much of a hard cell?

    Despite the fact that a study out this month has shown that the cancer risk from mobiles is more hot air than anything, how many people would be willing to put a base station in their home?

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    The hangover

    Your intrepid reporter sacrifices his personal life and credibility to go deep undercover and cover the annual dinner of the Service Providers' Association, Hunter S. Thompson style.

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  • PlayStation 3 chip nears completion

    Collaborating engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba have wrapped up the design for the inner workings of a mysterious new chip called the "Cell."

  • China flexes its muscles

    From Wi-Fi to semiconductors, Western firms see opportunity and hurdles in the Chinese market.

  • Sol Trujillo: The interview

    In his role as Telstra's chief executive, Sol Trujillo is the most talked about and controversial telecommunications executive in Australia. ZDNet.com.au sister site CNET News.com sat down with Trujillo during a recent trip to the US to quiz him about wireless and handsets.

  • Around the world in ... In-flight connectivity

    There are fewer and fewer places in the modern world where Internet access and mobile signals can't be found. The inside of an in-flight aircraft has remained one of the connectivity-free bastions -- but that's all about to change.

  • What happened to WiMax's American dream?

    With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.

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  • iiNet enjoys disrupting the market

    One of the best things about Australia's number three broadband provider iiNet, is that the company is a disruptive influence on the market, according to its CTO Greg Bader.

  • New tech blocks calls when driving

    A new program, "Drive-Assist," has been created to disable a cell phone if it detects driving motion, preventing people from chatting on the phone while driving. CBS's Daniel Sieberg has more.

Reviews (28)

  • Sony sinks US$1.6 billion into 'Cell' plant

    More details emerge about the highly secretive "Cell" processor, which is slated to power the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 game console.

  • Japan gets to work on 4G comms

    Japan is the home of hi-tech, but unfortunately most if it is incompatible with international standards. But things are changing, starting with 4G mobile phones.

  • Unwired Wireless Card

    While the speed and pricing plans make it appealing for those who aren't deskbound, Unwired's Wireless Card is cruelled by the lack of true mobility and the Sydney-only coverage, which itself is undeniably patchy.

  • Wireless to the max

    The emerging broadband wireless standard WiMax will address some of the problems with current technology and take wireless to a whole new level.

  • Ultrawideband gets new standards hearing

    An international standards body will try again next week to settle on an industrywide blueprint for UWB, or ultrawideband, a wireless technology meant to rival Bluetooth.

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