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With more businesses, communications carriers and Internet portals offering automated, speech-activated services over the telephone and on personal digital devices, SpeechWorks CEO Stuart Patterson says this Holy Grail may soon be within reach.
The Christmas 2001 bushfires, which obliterated large chunks of NSW national parks, partially destroyed suburbs and left about 150 families homeless, were doused with the help of real-time aerial data beamed to firefighters on the ground, as well as satellite technology and digital imagery.
E-tailers are looking, and running better than ever, according to Dr Adir Shiffman founding director of Melbourne based Web site assessors Global Reviews.
Legal wranglings aside, Microsoft is still powering PCs. Its prospects in the handheld and gadget space might be looking up, too.
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