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• Patient tracking system unveiled to solve drug errors

  Australian citizens will be assigned a unique identifying number to help healthcare providers protect their patients from accidentally being given the wrong treatment.

• AU$2m broadband plan to help chronically sick

  The latest award has been made under the government's Clever Networks program, to create a AU$2 million broadband network for chronic disease management.

• Aust healthcare IT in critical condition

  The healthcare industry faces a major crisis and could place patients at risk if it doesn't significantly enhance its use of information technology, an Australian expert has warned.

• Medicare raises axe over every IT vendor

  Medicare has revealed all of its ICT services contracts are set to expire soon, with the insurer hoping to find replacement suppliers this year.

• Macs get crypto key to government budgets

  Macs are a step closer to being accepted in government agencies, which usually require a full-disk encryption tool to protect sensitive data, after Check Point announced Pointsec for Apple's Leopard and Tiger operating systems.

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  NBN: Like giving candy to babies

  I have seen the NBN, and it looks a lot like Christina Aguilera. Or, at least, it looked like her when I dropped into Ericsson's Melbourne headquarters recently to see a live demo of their NBN solutions. Yet behind the streaming TV, one question lingers -- and not even the government seems able to answer it.

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• E-health: Consultations down the wire

  A Sydney-based start-up is offering a way for doctors to track and bill their clients for consultations over the phone and by e-mail.

• Who's taking the ITIL bait?

  In an industry known for its hype, it's understandably difficult for many managers to make sense of new trends. But in the case of IT Infrastructure Library, a growing body of success stories confirms this is one trend that you should definitely be on top of.

• The good, the bad and the ugly

  What does the recent election result mean to those of us in the IT industry, and Australian employees in general?

• Q&A: BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp

  BMC Software CEO Bob Beauchamp has headed up the company since the beginning of the decade, transforming it into the business service management power it is today. We find out what his priorities are.

• Hoffman is Conroy's tasty new media carrot

  Hoffman's position on the board will ensure that the National Broadband Network Company can engage with the content industry in a meaningful way.

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• Japan to animate robot industry

  The Japanese government is set to invest heavily in setting up a robotics industry, in a move that could speed up the development of futuristic devices such as robots that could nurse and entertain people, or carry out dangerous tasks.

• Wireless crackdown

  The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.

• Voice over IP + wireless LAN = ?

  It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.

• Practical nanotechnology

  Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

• Encryption packages: Beyond the code

  Trying to keep corporate secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption software packages

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