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  • Mobile phone towers in the spotlight

    Amendments to the Deployment of Radiocommunications Infrastructure code are not the answer to mobile telecommunications tower siting issues raised by communities, according to a lobby group.

  • New draft code commands telcos to speak plain English

    The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) has come up with a draft code forcing telecommunication companies to clarify their contracts after a research showed that Australian consumers have a hard time understanding their phone contracts.

  • Comms authority clamps down on mobile tower obligations

    The revised draft of the Deployment of Radiocommunications Infrastructure code contains amendments which give councils an extension of five days to comment on telecommunications carriers' proposal for the construction of mobile phone towers

  • Sun's Java rules future shape of phones

    Sun Microsystems has released its first-ever guidelines for the use of Java in mobile phones, an effort to shape up the chaotic way in which the programming language has been developed thus far for application in the world of wireless.

  • Standoff over PC-to-mobile jumping code

    Mobile anti-virus researchers and anti-virus companies are at loggerheads over access to code for a PC-to-mobile Trojan.

Blogs (6)

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Start-up outlook: A national disgrace

    The fact that Australia won't be represented at either of the globe's pre-eminent showcases for emerging tech companies should be considered a national disgrace.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Decoding the American media nightmare

    For a start-up, timing can be crucial. For Antony McGregor Dey, the horrors besetting the American print publishing industry couldn't have come at a better time.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    ActiveSync: Still rubbish after all these years

    My rant earlier this year about the uselessness of Microsoft's ActiveSync synchronisation manager appeared to strike a chord with readers, and unfortunately that's a gong that Microsoft appears determined to keep banging.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Mobile render bender

    Everyone knows the classic arguments against surfing the Web on a PDA or smart phone: the screen is too small and the connection is too slow.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    When keeping it real isn't enough

    Some of the 500,000 visitors expected to walk through the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition on the Sydney coastline this November can be excused for saying they are seeing things that aren't really there.

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  • Is Adobe replaying Sun's Java tape?

    Adobe's attempt to bring its AIR platform to all handheld devices smells strongly of Sun's attempt to dominate the smartphone market with Java. But will the software giant's efforts suffer the same fate?

  • Microsoft REMIX 2009: Photos

    Microsoft's web-focused ReMIX conference kicked off at Star City in Sydney this morning. Attendees will be able to take in the latest and greatest of Microsoft's technologies, as well as learn tricks of the tradefrom their peers.

  • Photos: What's new Windows Mobile 6.1?

    Windows Mobile 6.1 has some useful new features, but is essentially a stop-gap while we wait for version 7.

  • Security showdown: iPhone vs Google Android

    Google's recent announcement of Android has sparked a debate over whether the mobile Linux platform will prove more secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone.

  • Mobile: Skype hungry for next frontier

    Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market -- coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype -- could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption for some time to come.

Videos (3)

  • Telstra mobile code reader

    It may look like a 3-D image but it's in fact a barcode designed to direct your phone's web browser to a relevant web page, or a phone number to dial.

  • Microsoft outlines Windows 7 security

    Mobile-device security, two factor log-ins, and AppLocker, a code-signing feature for applications, are just a few of the security advancements Microsoft is rolling out with its Windows 7 operating system.

  • Wii remote creates $50 digital whiteboard: IDF

    Intel chairman Craig Barrett introduces innovative projects such as a $50 digital whiteboard created from a Wii remote, and a mobile phone that can read bar codes on a health ID card.

Reviews (205)

  • Samsung M110

    Like Crocodile Dundee, the M110 would be great in the bush but not so well-suited to city living. The M110 will suit those who are bound to get the phone dirty, but its rugged exterior doesn't exactly protect a wealth of valuable technology.

  • Symbian opens source code

    Developers are to get access to the handheld operating system, in a move that the company hopes will encourage the creation of more applications.

  • Nokia 6111

    The Nokia 6111 is an attractive, small phone that boasts plenty of functionality under the hood. Pity the onboard memory wasn't larger, though.

  • Macromedia Studio 8.0

    Macromedia aims to jazz up Web-based animations, videos and mobile content while better integrating the five apps in its updated suite.

  • Real, Motorola mobilise media with Linux

    RealNetworks scored a deal under which its RealOne Player streaming media software will be incorporated into Linux-based phones built by Motorola.

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