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Microsoft blames human error for critical security update failure
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-06-19 18:13:57
"Human issues" are being blamed for a Microsoft security update failing to protect users of Windows XP SP2 and SP3 from a critical vulnerability. The Bluetooth flaw could allow remote execution of code on a targeted computer.


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3G iPhone 2.0 launches! Really disappointing or really cool?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-06-09 14:28:07
Nah, just kidding. The second coming of the Jesus iPhone 3G is actually very cool, massive price drops, 3G, GPS – but there’s several missing features that everyone will now be complaining about! What’s in and what’s out? Photos in article - all pre-launch photos were fake!


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Long-awaited Mac Tablet finally coming Q3 2008?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-25 05:11:43
The latest rumour says a Mac Tablet is due in September or October this year. Due to run OS X, inexplicably equipped with a slot loading Superdrive and an Intel Atom chip, will it be a Mac Tablet or a large iPhone?


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Here's how to make money from your home wireless network
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Services

2008-05-22 19:56:57
Go into an Australian electronics store, buy a D-Link DIR-300 wireless router, connect it up and find yourself some people who want access to the Internet.


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Sprint WiMAX set to blast off in two US cities by end 2008
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-18 10:13:40
US telco Sprint is finally moving ahead with its WiMAX plans and will have a WiMAX 4G network installed in Baltimore and Washington DC by the end of 2008, after a year of endless testing - but two cities is far from complete US coverage.


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Big names back new WiMAX operator
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2008-05-07 20:01:19
Several well-known IT and communications companies are behind Clearwire, a new company that plans a nationwide WiMAX network.


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Integrate your voice and data communications with Telstra Next Dimension Working™
Written By: Paul Hosking
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-05-07 15:50:59
- sponsored editorial -
Typically the costs of an integrated communications network would be prohibitive for smaller and medium sized businesses.  Telstra removes the need for the large upfront investment by offering integrated business technology solutions as an affordable service billed monthly as an operational expense.



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Free Wi-Fi is an idea that won’t fly
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-03 03:19:46
In a world of ever growing costs, ever changing technologies, and ever lying governments, why did anyone ever believe Premier Iemma’s promise that Sydney – and other CBDs – would ever truly get free Wi-Fi?


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Mobile broadband players eyeing 2.5GHz spectrum
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-05-02 05:46:47
In the unending war of words between the rival mobile broadband camps - WiMAX and 3G/HSPA - an oft-repeated criticism levelled at the HSPA camp is that the spectrum available for the technology will not support the anticipated huge take-up of mobile broadband services. If the  HSPA camp gets its way - that could change.


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NSW says bye-bye to free Wi-Fi
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-01 21:46:32
In the biggest non-surprise of 2008, the Government of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, has backpedalled on an election promise that would have seen CBDs of major cities in the state, including Sydney, receive free Wi-Fi.


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CDMA network gets cu... beep beep beep
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-28 08:23:46
Cut. Chopped. Closed. Finito. Over and out. Lights off. KO’d. Goodbye and good luck, oh CDMA network, may you forever rest in peace, as your equipment is taken away in pieces.


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US WiMAX spectrum - up for sale!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-27 08:55:50
Roll up, roll up - who wants to buy US WiMAX spectrum? The spectrum: billions of dollars. The equipment you'll need to sell to consumers to access that spectrum: billions more. The look on Spectrum Wireless executives faces when they sell that spectrum? Priceless.


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Anger remains over Telstra’s impending CDMA closure
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-26 04:41:11
Monday the 28th of April is D-Day for the CDMA network, and while there’s no stopping the closure now, last minute frustrations are being shared with media outlets across Australia. Whether CDMA users like it or not, they’ve got no choice but to switch to Next G – or give up on mobile telephony.


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Telstra engineers gear up for CDMA close down
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-22 08:03:41
As the clock ticks ever closer to CDMA’s April 28th close down date, Telstra’s engineers stand ready and poised to co-ordinate a carefully planned, multi-stage process that will see CDMA bite the dust across our great Southern land.


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The portable flair of the MacBook Air
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-21 04:06:27
I’m part-way through testing Apple’s MacBook Air, and so far, it’s quite an incredible, svelte laptop that is easy to be seduced by, despite missing several things that notebook users are well accustomed to. So, what’s the verdict thus far?


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HTC Shift lands in Australia at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-21 01:43:55
The long awaited HTC shift, a 7-inch ultra-portable Windows Vista Business computer, merged with a Windows Mobile style device, has finally landed in Australia, but it isn’t cheap!


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New bush broadband comms network to save lives in Western Australia
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-04-19 23:08:39
The state of Western Australia (WA) is Australia’s largest, covering an enormous area that truly brings to life the “tyranny of distance”. But now, a new broadband communications network in WA aims to bring comms in the bush firmly into the 21st century – at last!


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Telstra issues CDMA shutdown Q&A
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-04-19 02:11:56
With only a few days to go before Telstra shuts down the CDMA network permanently, it has issued a brief Q&A outlining what it believes are important final questions, while urging any remaining CDMA holdouts to move to Next G quickly.


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Telstra’s Next G goes Big Brother with remote monitoring
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-08 00:06:25
Got CDMA monitoring equipment and worried it won’t work with Next G? Stop worrying – it won’t work, so Telstra has worked with the University of New England, RMCam and Canon to bring vision and telemetry services to you, but naturally it means buying new equipment.


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The non-sniffable OPEL smell of WiMAX
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-04-07 20:51:26
As we all know, the Optus and Elders joint-venture called OPEL was felled by the Federal Government, not only seeking to save almost $1b but promote its own fibre network at the expense of next-gen WiMAX. What a shame.


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