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by Stuart Corner
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Providers of VoIP services that allow calls to standard phone numbers but not incoming calls will face much more stringent requirements to inform customers if they choose not to support calls to the 000 emergency number, under draft rules put out for industry consultation by the ACMA.
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by Jane Ryan
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Make no bones about it, Windows 7 OS will be available on thumb drive early next year by all accounts. This means that Netbook users - a booming demographic - will be able to install the new system without buying external drives or putting download caps under heavy strain. But whatever the media, will Windows 7 do the job for netbooks?
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by Stephen Withers
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3 mobile broadband customers now receive a free 12 month subscription to AVG Internet Security.
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by Stuart Corner
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HTC has launched three new Windows Mobile based smartphones in Australia, all with features aimed at enhancing ease of use, particularly in typical business usage scenarios.
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by Peter Dinham
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Australian listed health information technology vendor, iSOFT, has scored new contract wins in Germany and Malaysia in two deals worth more than $9 million over five years.
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by Stephen Withers
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Spam levels remain at 90 percent, according to security provider Symantec. But the situation would have worsened if a major botnet hadn't suffered downtime during June.
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by Stephen Withers
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A pact between the European Union and major manufacturers will speed the adoption of a universal charger for mobile phones.
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by Stephen Withers
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Apple has confirmed CEO Steve Jobs' return to work. For most of the year Jobs has been on a medical leave of absence which culminated in a liver transplant.
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by Stuart Corner
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Reliance Globalcom is boasting of strong growth for its global managed network service, developed from the business of the former Vanco virtual global network operator, acquired in May 2008.
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by Stuart Corner
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Broadband ISP EFTel (ASX: EFT) has launched a rights issued to raise in excess of $1.6m. Existing shareholders will be offered one new share for ever two held, at 1.95 cents per share, a 45 percent discount on their 15 day volume weighted average price to 26 June.
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by Stuart Corner
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Orange Business Services (France Telecom) has become the second global telco in a month, after Verizon Business, to offer large enterprise companies IT resources 'on-tap' under a cloud computing model.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The third coming of the Jesus phone has come at last, with the masses in their millions saying hallelujah for the much faster and smoother iPhone experience, but while trouble in paradise has ensued with reports of overheating and bugs in iPhone OS 3.0, no-one has yet properly copied the iPhone, let alone surpassed it.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Continued from part one, we look at the iPhone 3GS and ask if it is still the best smartphone and handheld computing device, despite ever more and frienzied competition.
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by Peter Dinham
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Western Australian power company, Horizon Power, has gone live with a new billing and customer information system from vendor Gentrack.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The third coming of the Jesus phone has come at last, with the masses
in their millions saying hallelujah for the much faster and smoother
iPhone experience, but while trouble in paradise has ensued with
reports of overheating and bugs in iPhone OS 3.0, no-one has yet
properly copied the iPhone, let alone surpassed it.
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by Peter Dinham
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The Tax Office has extended its ICT services contract with EDS for two years beyond the end of June next year.
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by David M Williams
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Why do Microsoft and vendors like ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin.
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by Stephen Withers
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It looks like Mozilla will just meet its prediction of a June release for Firefox 3.5. The new version of the open-source browser is expected to appear on June 30.
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