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    Queensland Rail has gone to market for a supplier to provide a Wi-Fi service on the state's suburban trains that would offer wireless internet, security and other services.

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    Call centre operator Teletech has closed its office in Pennant Hills, Sydney, according to Federal Member for Berowra Philip Ruddock, resulting in 173 staff losing their jobs.

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    Over the last few years we've made a few statements about the requirement for ICT to make it onto the national agenda as a foreign policy issue. Two clear areas stand out as worth exploring.

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    If a reminder was needed of the urgent need for a Federal Government response to the Cutler review of Australia's support for innovation, then it has come in the 2008 OECD Information Technology Outlook.

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    As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry.

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    Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.

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    Linux Labs has released a beta version of a Web browser for wireless-enabled Palm handhelds.

  • AMD doesn't cower, but needs to think big

    Now that Gateway had dropped AMD CPUs from its lineup, AMD is under more pressure to compete with Intel. Bill O'Brien sees a window of opportunity for AMD to take the lead.

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    If you are interested in a distinctive and durable way to house your Palm V handheld, take a look at hard-shell cases. Hard-shell cases won't double as wallets, like many of the leather or sport cases available, but they will fit in your back pocket. This type of case is primarily a stylish protective layer, although they can offer protection from drops and falls. The cases we've reviewed, made from aluminum and titanium by Rhino Skin, are some of the coolest looking PDA cases we have seen.

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