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  • Canadian runs up $85,000 mobile data bill

    An oil field worker in western Canada was shocked this month to be charged US$85,000 for surfing the Internet on his new mobile phone.

  • Service lets Skype users go mobile

    For the tens of millions of Skype users worldwide, making calls over the Internet is a free or cheap experience that has the AT&Ts and Verizons of the world wondering how they're going to keep up.

  • Google puts local angle into mobile search

    Google launched its revamped mobile search service on Wednesday in the UK, streamlining the interface and introducing an experience it believes will be more relevant to mobile phone users.

  • Vodafone customer racks up 27,000 bill

    A factory worker from County Durham has run up a 27,000 phone bill by using his mobile as a modem for his PC.

  • Mobile check-in set to go global by 2010

    Paper boarding cards could soon be a thing of the past: checking in over mobile phones has received the official thumbs-up from the airline industry.

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    Helen Coonan's fact hunt

    In the broadband war, it seems, everyone has an opinion and those with a vested interest are playing fast and loose with the truth.

  • How Seven blew the internet Olympics

    If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Choosing a vote: as easy as O-E-C-D?

    Well, here we are. After years of bluster, measured progress and loads of annoyance, Australia's broadband users head to the polls on Saturday with a score to settle.

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  • Around the world in.... WiMax

    WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.

  • Can Windows Mobile squash BlackBerry?

    Microsoft admits Research in Motion's BlackBerry device dominates the market in handheld e-mail provision, but contends its own solution can cut costs for enterprises -- a claim RIM denies.

  • Asian disease fuels need for mobile workforce

    The rapid outbreak of a deadly flu-like virus has underlined how ill-equipped Asia-Pacific companies are in supporting a remote workplace.

  • Firefox fortune hunters

    The Mozilla Foundation's browser may be free, but that doesn't keep insiders from cashing in.

  • E-passports to put new face on old documents

    Countries begin test programs -- get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.

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