Microsoft has applied for a patent on metered, pay-as-you-go computing a vision which the software giant claims would benefit suppliers and PC users, despite a likely higher cost of ownership to consumers.
Without more investment in high-speed fibre broadband, Australia's competitiveness will suffer, according to academic Internet service provider Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet).
The University of Queensland is playing broadband Santa Claus to nearby schools, with its new service UQSchoolsNet.
IBM researchers have achieved a new record in data transfer rates, 300Gbps, using their new "Optochip" fibre optic chip.
Vodafone has announced a New Year's resolution that will be music to the ears of long-suffering regional mobile phone users -- promising to spend up to AU$500 million on a next generation mobile broadband network that will cover some 95 percent of the Australian population by Christmas 2008.
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At its Winning Edge event in Beijing, HP took the wraps off several new printers including large-format Designjets, a new document scanner and it's latest and greatest, Edgeline, an inkjet designed to replace high-volume office photocopiers.
Sun's CEO says it's possible to be business-savvy and eco-friendly at the same time.
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The world of massive computing power used to belong solely to the big players -- but thanks to Linux clustering, smaller firms are now getting in on the act.
Hewlett-Packard has unveiled two Designjet printers aimed at the technical design market, and a device for high-speed document scanning.
A versatile Internet browser, Opera 9 beta 1 bundles desktop widgets and other unique features. But can it win over those fleeing from Internet Explorer?
High-powered panelists discuss the evolution of content delivery in the age of convergence and the empowered consumer at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's annual conference in San Francisco. Panelists include Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, America Online CEO Jonathan Miller, Google co-founder Larry Page and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.
A new technology for connecting PCs to peripherals and other computers will bear fruit in 2004, but it won't conquer the industry overnight.
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