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News (101)

• Telstra moves to placate Australia's west

  With regional Australia continuing to protest federal government plans to privatise the remainder of Telstra, the telecommunications heavyweight has boosted efforts to appease residents in the remote west.

• WA Police extends mobile network

  Western Australia Police has inked a new contract with network hardware supplier Motorola that will see it more than double the size of its radio network and add mobile data capabilities.

• Vodafone coverage hits 94%

  Vodafone has gone live today with its expanded 3G coverage to rural areas, now reaching 94 per cent of the population.

• Rural highways get $8m mobile phone signal boost

  The government yesterday laid down AU$8 million for the next year to fill mobile phone black spots on sections of highway as well as selected towns in WA and NT.

• 3.5G gives mobile broadband a leg-up

  3.5G is driving mobile broadband growth around the globe, with a rapid increase in the number of commercial HSDPA networks being rolled out.

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  Mene, mene, tekel, iPhone: What the finger hath wrought

  Keen news readers would have heard about the strong earthquake that rocked south-western Greece on Sunday. Fewer may have realised that the quake was not so much an act of God, as an act of Jobs.

Features and Case Studies (21)

• 10 mobile trends: Should you care?

  silicon.com's Jo Best looks at 10 oft-debated areas in mobile and wireless and asks a simple question: how much should you care over the next 12 months?

• For Opera, smaller really is better

  Opera CTO Hkon Wium Lie must feel a special kinship with the "Band of Brothers" soliloquy that Shakespeare reserves for Henry V.

• Wireless: Breaking the shackles

  We look at four examples of the way mobile technologies such as GPRS and 802.11 are giving Australian businesses the opportunity to bring the benefits of connectivity to mobile workers.

• Are clueless politicians holding IT back?

  The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

• Raising the mid-market ICT bar

  There are as always exceptions, but most ICT vendors are simply not doing the right thing by the thousands of SME customers in Australia and New Zealand.

Reviews (27)

• Drive maker Western Digital may go mobile

  Western Digital is eyeing an entry into the market for hard drives used in notebook PCs.

• Western Digital Passport portable USB drive (80GB)

  The Western Digital WD Passport is one of the best portable hard drives we've seen.

• LaCie Mobile Hard Drive, design by F.A. Porsche (160GB)

  LaCie's latest external hard drive is a winner on price and performance.

• Telstra boosts Next G reach

  Telstra has unveiled an upgrade to its Next G mobile high-speed data network that it claims has delivered download speeds of up to 2.3Mbps at a range of 200km.

• LaCie Porsche 100GB Mobile Hard Drive

  This compact external hard drive packs a lot of speed and storage space into a sleek, stylish package. It's a bit pricey, but well worth the money.

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