The bane of cold calling telemarketers, Australia's Do Not Call Register now has more than seven million numbers on its list and it continues to grow. The news released today by the Australian Communications and Media Authority is a ringing endorsement of the push for consumer privacy against unwanted voice call intruders.

The increasing take-up of mobile data services did not come at the expense of fixed line services in 2009-10, according to a new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission tabled in Parliament yesterday.

I was totally flabbergasted at today's news that Monash City Council was receiving resistance to a simple biometric application for time-and-attendance monitoring.  Wake up people, this stuff has been around for well over ten years.

If you’re an Optus mobile user with patchy 3G reception at home or work, and have a broadband connection with at least 1Mbps download speed and 512Kbps upload speed, Optus’ swell femtocell should finally spell the end of potential coverage hell.

Vodafone has responded to media reports about both Vodafone’s adverts claiming a better, stronger, faster network and a report that Voda’s mobile broadband still isn’t much chop in on the train past Hornsby to Newcastle.

Although Vodafone has recently announced major upgrades to its networks, grumblings by some still continue over voice and data quality, but not from everyone.

With today’s Bluetooth headsets A2DP, DSP, noise-cancelling and multi-pair enabled, you need to do something different to stand out, with Plantronics doing just that with its latest Savor M1100 Bluetooth headset!

With today’s Bluetooth headsets A2DP, DSP, noise-cancelling and multi-pair enabled, you need to do something different to stand out, with Plantronics doing just that with its latest Savor M1100 Bluetooth headset!

Although there was no mention whatsoever of improved or expanded voice commands or voice dictation in yesterday’s iOS 5 launch, the word is that it’s coming – as has a jailbreak of iOS 5 already!

Living up to its name, Australia’s funkiest MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) has come out with a new “unlimited plan” that cuts the cap crap spewed forth by Australia’s $1-a-minute rip-off telcos.