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    Despite a series of technical hiccups, the first public trials of Australia's AU$62 million biometric SmartGate project are set to take place in Brisbane in August, six months behind schedule.

  • Middlewars: Oracle flings mud at SAP

    A senior Oracle executive delivered a verbal attack last week at archrival SAP's Netweaver middleware platform, flaying the software's support for open standards.

  • Who's afraid of the big bad Huawei?

    Whatever Huawei does in the Australian market this year, one thing is sure: its competitors will be watching closely.

  • BigPond blues

    It's been an exceptionally busy period for the nation's largest Internet service provider, but all for the wrong reasons.

  • Chip makers release driver source code

    Taiwanese chip makers VIA Technologies and XGI Technology released the source code of various drivers this week in an attempt to improve Linux support for their products.

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    Will Internode's (sudden) and dramatic price hike for its broadband plans undo the G9's plans for an affordable, high-speed broadband network?

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    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • Photo gallery: Inside the GooglePlex

    Google's new London office houses 200 workers, but plans are underway for a massive recruitment effort.

  • BigPond blues

    It's been an exceptionally busy period for the nation's largest Internet service provider, but all for the wrong reasons.

  • Courtroom courtship for Oracle and PeopleSoft?

    Trial pitting Oracle against PeopleSoft turns into mating ritual of sorts, as sides quibble over money.

  • Gartner, Microsoft war over 'ditch Passport' claim

    Recommendations in an article published by analysis giant Gartner urging its customers to break all connections with Microsoft's Passport authentication system are "a little extreme", according to the software company.

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  • Microsoft to launch peer-to-peer software

    New communications software aims to tap into the P2P trend among young people, but without the usual unsavoury legal implications.

  • Australia's MNP a AU$50 million failure: Vodafone

    Vodafone Australia's managing director has savaged mobile number portability as a regulator-driven failure that cost his company AU$50 million.

  • Consoles come crashing down

    Aggressive moves by Microsoft have sent console prices crashing. Why has Nintendo dropped the price of its yet-to-be-released GameCube? And what's Sony's response to these challenges?

  • Xbox Price Decapitated

    The Microsoft Xbox retail price has been drastically cut, by more than 38 percent to combat the launch of the Nintendo Gamecube.

  • Toshiba Tecra 9000: Like fine wine

    Toshiba's new Tecra 9000 notebook is built for the executive class; it's sleek, silvery, well appointed, and super fast -- it's like buying a luxury coupe.

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