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    Say what you will about Senator Stephen Conroy, but he is clearly not a man afraid of confrontation. Well, he'd better not be, because by killing off the OPEL WiMax project he has just set himself up for a battle with Telstra of Biblical proportions or a big meal of crow washed down with a $4.7 billion gift to SingTel Optus.

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    The director of Microsoft's product security, George Stathakopoulos, has told ZDNet Australia that the software giant has learned security lessons from the wider software community.

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    Fujitsu E Series LifeBooks are designed to offer desktop-level functionality in a notebook format. Its screen is outstanding in terms of both resolution and image quality, and this alone makes it a viable desktop replacement system.

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    The Dell Optiplex 755 boasts strong performance for office demands in an attractive and convenient package.

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