Over the past four weeks, the City of Sydney Council has been trialling the provision of free Wi-Fi services in its libraries. With only a fortnight to go before the hotspots are switched off, a spokesperson has said that users won't have long to wait before access becomes a permanent fixture.
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Second Life, with an alleged population of 7.979 million, is changing the way businesses think about what their customers want, and whether "virtual" is a viable way to give it to them.
Employers should avoid possible affront to employee dignity, as well as the negative health effects associated with e-mail surveillance, argues Michael Gadiel from the Labor Council of NSW.
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Keeping up with changing technologies means CIOs have to go through a mountain of information, and then decide which of it if any is useful to their company. ZDNet.com.au delves into how they do it.
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The number of mobile phones in Hong Kong has outstripped the number of regular phones, official figures show, with 67 handsets for every 100 people.
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has announced plans to introduce a range of premium mobile messaging numbers, facilitating the introduction of mobile commerce to the consumer market.
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