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• DBCDE official: NBN a $43bn question mark

  A senior Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy staffer today said the government did not have answers to the growing list of questions surrounding the National Broadband Network.

• Ballmer: Microsoft can never be a one-trick pony

  While some critics may chide Microsoft for losing focus over its desire to play in many markets, from desktop software to game consoles to mobile devices, the company's top guy says it's a necessary move to stay relevant in the market.

• Is your IT department sitting on a gold mine?

  Australian firms can now make money out of software developed in-house with the help of a new intellectual property specialist start-up.

• iPhone prices itself out of business market

  Bosses are not planning to make the iPhone available to employees as a corporate mobile option because of the high price-tag and network operator restriction.

• SAP signs on heavyweights

  SAP has significantly expanded the partner network surrounding its NetWeaver software, signing up the industry's 'big gorillas' to create closer ties to its business applications.

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  "Randy" Lynch vibrates at CeBIT

  I spent enough time at CeBIT last week to know the telecommunications industry was well represented ... but not always without controversy.

Features and Case Studies (9)

• What is Google Wave good for?

  I've been puttering around in Google Wave for the best part of a week now, and I understand it, but I have no idea in hell what I'm supposed to be using it for.

• Mobile comms: can you predict the future?

  Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.

• How WebEx went the Cisco route

  CEO Subrah Iyar explains why he thinks WebEx is worth more than YouTube and what's ahead for Web conferencing.

• Security in year of 'BUT'

  IT watcher Jon Oltsik says businesses are changing how they think about information security -- and none too soon.

• One giant step against spam

  For almost two years, I've argued for a non-proprietary, interoperable, freely deployable anti-spam standard, even as every spam-fighting solution I've seen has failed to pass muster. Until now.

Reviews (9)

• Bluetooth blues

  Bluetooth promises the world, or the operation of all within it -- that is, if you can get it to work in the first place.

• Nokia 6600

  This high-end mobile can be used for TV watching, taking photos, recording video, and Internet browsing. Read our Australian review.

• Can SMS save mobile commerce?

  Let's face it, mobile commerce never delivered on the hype that surrounded it over the last few years. But that doesn't mean mobile commerce is dead, thanks to a new use of an old technology.

• Death knell for mobile content providers?

  Analysts have predicted the mass demise of the majority of pure mobile content operators within the next few years, but companies providing those services in Australia are unconcerned.

• OneNote 2003 Beta 2

  Microsoft's OneNote is a unique and innovative application that can provide a workable alternative to the day-to-day use of pen and paper. It could be the 'killer application' for which the Tablet PC has been waiting.

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