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  • Wikileaks spills ACMA blacklist

    Whistle-blower web repository Wikileaks has published what appears to be the Australian Communications and Media Authority's blacklist of banned websites.

  • AMD splits off manufacturing arm

    AMD overnight announced plans to split off its manufacturing operations through a finance deal with a firm from the United Arab Emirates, which will leave AMD with total control of only its design wing.

  • Emirates clears first mile-high mobile call

    Emirates airline has launched the world's first commercial in-flight mobile telephone service and will spend US$27 million to kit out its entire fleet with the technology.

  • Qantas pilots in-flight SMS

    National carrier Qantas has been given the green light to start testing in-flight mobile phone services. Over the next three months, passengers on one Boeing 767 plying domestic capital cities will be able to send and receive SMS and e-mails. International roaming costs will apply.

  • Telephone hack costs NSW firm AU$9,000

    A small Sydney-based company last week discovered that hackers broke into its Nortel PABX system and used the call-forwarding functionality to run up thousands in call charges.

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    In-flight, no-one can hear you scream

    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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