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Aussie dollars boost Asia's broadband coffers

Australians are paying far more for their broadband service than their counterparts in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a report by IDC.
The Looking Glass world of telco deregulation

Around the globe monopoly or near-monopoly markets are beating competitive ones in the broadband roll out race. Isn't that exactly the opposite of what we were told would happen?
Expert: Internet is making kids lazy

The drive to incorporate the Internet into education is undermining a child's ability to retain knowledge, a leading professor in psychology has warned.

AT&T chief refuses to 'miss' VoIP

David Dorman is determined not to repeat history by coming late to VoIP, as AT&T did with Internet access in the 1990s.

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Malcolm Turnbull's ghost twitterer
At the Sydney Media140 conference several weeks ago, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull admitted he doesn't pe… Watch it now
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Google Chrome OS demonstration
Vice President of Product Marketing Sundar Pichai gives a virtual tour of Google's new operating system, Chrom… Watch it now
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Surf the Net like it's 1991 with Gopher
The old Gopher protocol is not dead. In fact, it even has Twitter! Here's how to access it.… Watch it now
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Get extensions going in Firefox, redux
Previously on Null Pointer we looked at getting extensions working in Firefox betas, and that was great until the fine folks at Firefox changed their minds.
How reliable is IP telephony?
Have you ever heard a weird kind of hissing, crackling or popping noise when calling someone on an IP telephony line? How rare is the phenomenon these days?
Forget the NBN, 100Mbps is already here
Telstra and TransACT will shortly begin offering 100Mbps broadband to many customers. By moving early, the companies have not only raised the bar for Australia's broadband services, but thrown down a challenge to a government that now faces increased pressure to deliver the NBN as promised.
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