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• No more calls for prisoners on smuggled mobiles

  After years of friction, the federal government is finally seeing eye-to-eye with the states, and has given its support for jamming mobile phones in prisons.

• Mobiles banned from Queensland prisons

  Mobile phones will not be allowed in to Queensland prisons after a convicted murderer used one to plot an escape using a helicopter and firearms.

• Vodafone, Telecom tackle mobile jamming for jails

  The New Zealand government has signed an agreement with the country's biggest phone companies to introduce mobile blocking technology into Kiwi prisons.

• Stop jail mobile jammer delays now: Minister

  NSW Justice Minister John Hatzistergos has demanded the federal government be quicker to embrace phone jamming in jails

• Justice department cracks down on crooks' mobile calls

  Seven prison inmates in NSW have been given additional sentences after being found with mobile phones, the Minister for Justice John Hatzistergos said today, adding three more are due to face court on similar charges since the new laws came into effect last July.

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• Broadband: Lessons from South Korea

  Connection speeds that Australians can only dream of are readily available to South Korean consumers and businesses -- thanks to government support for a massive infrastructure rollout.

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• ACA considers jamming prisoners' mobile phones

  The federal government has formally asked the Australian Communications Authority to investigate the feasibility of allowing state governments to jam mobile phone signals in jails.

• ACA rules out lifting ban on mobile jammers

  The Australian Communications Authority has ruled out legalising mobile phone jammers, or making an exception for Australian prisons.

• Dell Inspiron 8600

  Building on the success of its 8500 predecessor, the Inspiron 8600 combines state-of-the-art components with a proven design to deliver an excellent multimedia-orientated desktop replacement notebook.

• Sony Ericsson T300:The realm of cool

  The Sony Ericsson T300 is a blocky looking phone, but comes with a colour screen and detachable camera which lifts it into the realm of cool.

• CES: Tech gets cooking

  It's a microwave oven! It's an Ethernet port! At the Las Vegas show, gadget makers decided the hottest tech niche was in the kitchen and put the "appliance" back in "Internet appliance."

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