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• Pipe Networks talks in-depth

  Pipe Networks CEO Bevan Slattery opens up on the risk the credit crunch posed to its Sydney-Guam pipeline and reiterates his opinion that the National Broadband Network builder had to be Telstra or no one.

• Funding woes beset Pipe's Guam plans

  Problems have surfaced with the financing behind Pipe Networks' plan to lay fibre-optic cable on the bottom of the ocean from Sydney to Guam.

• First Android phone: The details

  US carrier T-Mobile and Google overnight detailed the first-ever mobile handset running Google's new Android operating system.

• iPhone ad banned over 'all internet' claim

  The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an ad for the iPhone which promised users access to "all parts of the internet" on their Apple device.

• Photos: Pipe Networks' submarine cable

  Pipe Network's Sydney to Guam fibre-optic cable, which is due to go online June next year, makes its way up out of the sea to this landing station in Cromer, where the data from the undersea cable is transferred to terrestrial cables.

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  Can Vodafone close the rural 3G gap?

  Optus, Vodafone and Three have long struggled to match Telstra's reach outside the capital cities. Vodafone's major network upgrade is the best chance yet to dilute Next G's rural monopoly, but questions remain.

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  Why telcos should fear Twitter

  SMS may have turned into a cash cow for the world's telcos, but Twitter's growing popularity gives customers an easier, cheaper option that may force carriers to come to the party or risk missing out.

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  Will the NSW Govt put Linux in schools?

  The NSW Government's release this week of an expressions of interest tender to give low-cost laptops to every senior public school student in NSW is a big step, but will these systems be Windows or Linux?

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  Google should come clean on datacentres

  It's nice that Google says it has put an effort into making its datacentres more energy efficient, but the search giant's pledges won't mean much until it discloses just how many of the beasties it's actually running.

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  Google's ocean datacentre plans a tad fishy?

  Google has always enjoyed being secretive about its largely custom-built data centres, so I imagine there are a few furrowed brows following the widespread reports about its application for a patent to build offshore datacentres, which could draw their power from the ocean waves.

Features and Case Studies (22)

• Windows 7 RC: Screenshots

  We give you a sneak peek at the upcoming release candidate of Windows 7 before Microsoft unveils the software to the public next week.

• Australia's ICT industry is panicking

  The leaders of Australia's ICT industry are currently in a state of panic over the debatable prospect of an economic downturn in the sector and are going too far with cutting jobs.

• Photos: Telstra's undersea fibre optic cable

  Installing cables can be difficult especially if they're 9,000 kilometres long and up several kilometres underwater. Our photo gallery gives you a look inside the 'Ile de Sein', a ship used to lay Telstra's latest fibre optic cable, which will become part of Australia's global Internet network backbone.

• Photos: 10 tech flops -- with cool names

  Have you ever thought that some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful? You're not the only one who thinks so.

• The Internet's future is out of this world

  Google's Vint Cerf shares his thoughts on the limitless possibilities of the Internet.

Reviews (10)

• Quantum leaps

  It's not Star Trek, but quantum computing looks set to revolutionise the way we do computing.

• HP Photosmart 8750

  This is a decent printer for the photo enthusiast or scrapbooker who wants the amenities of a consumer printer in the size of a medium-format model.

• First Take: Nintendo DS

  We take Nintendo's newly announced portable for a test drive.

• What next for the Internet?

  Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

• Intel taking Internet to Mars

  Intel is working on bringing the Internet to the bottom of the ocean, the surface of Mars and, on a more prosaic note, into conference room thermostats and hospital charts.

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