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• Telstra: Better broadband needed for artificial noses

  According to Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo, it won't be long before Aussie households are demanding 100Mbps connections, while applications like artificial noses and thought recognition could stretch broadband speeds even further.

• Machines to terminate human intellect

  Machine intelligence will catch up with that of humans and begin to overtake it in the next two decades, a visionary scientist has predicted.

• IBM simulates business software in 3D game

  IBM has introduced a three-dimensional video game that puts a businessperson in a virtual office with the task of constructing a more efficient company.

• Virtual reality gamble for Mallesons

  International law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has committed to a "virtual future" after it recovered the AU$300,000 spent on a virtualisation project three months before rollout was complete.

• SP2 vs. the plug-ins

  While security experts applaud Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2, some companies that distribute their software over the Web are watching the product's introduction with dread and suspicion.

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  It's nigh on impossible to hear a bad word about virtualisation software at the moment, but is it good news for everyone?

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• In cyberspace, no one can hear you scheme

  Second Life, with an alleged population of 7.979 million, is changing the way businesses think about what their customers want, and whether "virtual" is a viable way to give it to them.

• SP2 vs. the plug-ins

  With the introduction of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, sites and software that depend on ActiveX may falter under Microsoft's new security regime.

• 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.

• Web-based collaboration: Creating the virtual environment

  Increasingly sophisticated Web-based collaborative environments are the result of the convergence of a number of different fields. They promise to revolutionise work, research and play.

• Interfaces of the future

  How long will it be before your computer is able to read your facial expressions? Will a rude gesture become the next Control-Alt-Delete? ZDNet Australia investigates computing interfaces.

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• The Age of Automation

  The '60s and '70s were the decades of the mainframe. The '80s made up the decade of client-server computing. The '90s were the Internet years. Now we're entering the decade of the electronic butler.

• Do mobile phones blind drivers?

  New research from the University of Utah has revealed a potentially lethal "tunnel vision" that drivers get while talking on a mobile phone.

• 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.

• Interfaces of the future

  How long will it be before your computer is able to read your facial expressions? Will a rude gesture become the next Control-Alt-Delete? ZDNet Australia investigates computing interfaces.

• Study: What drives us to distraction?

  Why do some drivers crash while dialling their mobile phone, and others manoeuvre smoothly while applying lipstick, sending e-mail or fiddling with the radio in stop-and-go traffic?

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