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  • Spam headaches bring more pain

    In the days before Christmas the amount of spam e-mail being sent and received looks set to soar as marketing machines and e-greetings firms go into seasonal overdrive.

  • Sorting the ABCs of speech recognition

    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.

  • Bushfires doused with real-time data

    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.

  • Australian e-tailers shaping up for Christmas

    E-tailers are looking, and running better than ever, according to Dr Adir Shiffman founding director of Melbourne based Web site assessors Global Reviews.

  • Why Windows is still the big OS wheel

    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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