The traditional engine room of Australia Post -- its letters division -- is on the decline as more people turn to e-mail or SMS to keep in touch.
Qantas will allow in-flight SMS and e-mail on select domestic flights by the end of the year after a successful trial of technology developed by aviation tech start-up AeroMobile.
Australian IT services firm SMS Management and Technology last week claimed to be fielding decent levels of interest from large Australian organisations interested in dumping their existing email platforms and migrating to Google's Gmail service.
Australians can now view their Hotmail accounts via SMS, following the formation of a partnership between NineMSN and Vodafone.
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Before we start, let's have a big patriotic round of virtual applause for Qantas, which will be up there with Emirates as one of the first airlines in the world to introduce in-flight SMS and e-mail access on its domestic fleet later this year.
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The federal Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, has introduced amendments to federal parliament that would ease police access to stored voice-mails, e-mails and text messages.
It's immediate, it's fun, and there are even some corporate users. But instant messaging is also causing headaches in Australian IT departments.
Sydney's Bardia Housman and Michael Mak have spent the last five years building and rebuilding their business as they rode the dot-com roller coaster to the brink and back again.
If we're losing the battle against spam, how can we win the war? In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a comprehensive resource centre for IT professionals battling spam.
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Australians can now view their Hotmail accounts via SMS, following the formation of a partnership between NineMSN and Vodafone.
While not a iPhone killer, the HTC Touch represents good value for money. If you can do without 3G support or a high-res camera, then the Touch will offer most features you'd require from a smartphone.
Australian mobile carriers have failed to educate the public on the possible uses of mobile data services, resulting in 'disappointing' take up of most mobile data services, according to analyst group Frost & Sullivan.
Far from being a mature technology, SMS is still in the "cave-painting" stages, according to Giri Ramachandran, head of alliances and market development for Telstra.
Spam sent by text message could become a bigger problem than e-mail-based spam unless the industry takes action, according to an independent mobile phone regulator.
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