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  • Defence to post major ICT tenders

    The Department of Defence today invited the ICT industry to tender for major defence contracts, some of which will run through July, 2011.

  • Defence rethinks $200m Kaz contract

    The Department of Defence has put out a request for information to test a new model for providing the services in its $200 million central ICT infrastructure contract, currently serviced by Kaz Group.

  • Extra $60m for regional telecoms

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has tabled his "initial" response to the regional telecommunications review completed by Dr Bill Glasson's team last year: $60 million in extra funding.

  • NASA hacker loses second appeal

    The man accused by the US government of accessing more than 73,000 US military machines has lost his second appeal to the UK Home Office against extradition.

  • Video: Pipe Networks' submarine cable

    ZDNet.com.au took a tour through the landing station for Pipe Networks' Sydney to Guam cable, slipping in before the planned lock down in two weeks, when the first customer moves in to its datacentre.

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    iPhone and Wi-Fi: the way to 4G?

    Internode has no incentive to provide free access to its Wi-Fi networks for any reason at all, apart from genuine love, and maybe the joy of finding a new way to flip Telstra the bird.

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  • Conroy should play NBN hard ball

    Opinion: Conroy should end this futile tender process. Call Telstra's McGauchie and his executives in and read them the riot act. Appoint someone with appropriate credentials and resources not some panel to then negotiate a commercial deal on behalf of taxpayers.

  • Farr the reformer talks Defence

    A year from taking on perhaps the toughest IT job in the country, Defence chief information officer Greg Farr is staring down the barrel of a massive ICT reform agenda for 2009 that will reveal whether Defence got the "expert CIO" they needed.

  • Intel plots path of WiMax

    Intel predicted three years of solid development in wireless broadband on Tuesday, as it showed the first samples of its Rosedale 802.16 WiMax chip.

  • Testing regional broadband

    Regional areas are finally getiing a break on broadband services, but how do you measure the quality of service?

  • In-flight Wi-Fi prepares to take off

    Scott Carson, president of Connexion and vice president of Boeing, explains how wireless surfing is making its way onto airplanes.

Reviews (9)

  • Telstra NetComm Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway

    NetComm Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway provides an easy set-up, good coverage and modest speed. While this system gives you the advantage of portable wireless gateway, wireless services are less reliable and cannot match ADSL2 speeds.

  • The PC-TV Future

    Commentary: Will the standalone TV become a dusty relic, replaced by integrated PC units? Only if marketers can give us a reason to care.

  • Wi-Fi system 'safe', says Boeing

    An aircraft cabin is a 'challenging environment' for a wireless LAN, but Boeing is confident that they can make it secure.

  • New technology sees through objects

    Researchers in Europe have made advances with a new technology that could one day be used to detect explosives or biological weapons in parcels, locate cancers beneath the skin, reveal the state of wounds beneath dressings and see through fog.

  • Boeing's sky-high Net access takes off

    British Airways and other airlines are ready to offer online access to business travellers, despite some ongoing technical hitches.

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