Fibre optic cable can be found in some unusual places, as this photo exploration of London's Victorian sewers reveals.
According to new research from the OECD, Australia is ranked within the top ten countries for average advertised broadband speeds.
An American survey has ranked Australia's IT infrastructure as amongst the best in the world, in stark contrast to a recent OECD study that labelled Australian broadband, a key component of IT infrastructure, as one of the slowest and most expensive systems in the world.
The OECD has passed judgement on Australia's broadband in a study calling it among the slowest and most expensive in the world, however, Communications Minister Helen Coonan claims it was a "strong report card" for the nation's infrastructure.
Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Telstra put out a press release trumpeting that it's come up with a new phone coaching service to help people who are "bamboozled" by their mobiles. Another excellent example of wrongheaded thinking from the mobile industry.
Well, here we are. After years of bluster, measured progress and loads of annoyance, Australia's broadband users head to the polls on Saturday with a score to settle.
If a reminder was needed of the urgent need for a Federal Government response to the Cutler review of Australia's support for innovation, then it has come in the 2008 OECD Information Technology Outlook.
Anti virus experts speaking at the Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) conference have told delegates old computer viruses are still a threat.
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British Airways and other airlines are ready to offer online access to business travellers, despite some ongoing technical hitches.
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