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  • Phone makers agree on universal charger

    Paul Smith with AFP

    The mobile phone industry has agreed to roll out a new pan-European standard phone charger from next year that supporters hope will be taken up around the world

  • CBA glitch 'not hackers'

    Julian Bajkowski

    Commonwealth Bank of Australia has ruled out an attack by hackers as the cause of an unexpected shutdown of its main retail banking portal, NetBank.

  • Online networking has fresh face

    Joanna Mather

    Universities are beginning to take websites like Facebook seriously, writes Joanna Mather.

  • Online radio off as Stripe wiped out

    Neil Shoebridge

    Telstra's and Optus's plans to sell music subscriptions to their mobile-phone customers have been derailed by the collapse of online radio company Stripe.

  • New iPhone clocks up 1 million

    Chris Jenkins

    The popularity of Apple's iPhone has continued into the handset's third incarnation, with the iPhone 3GS selling more than a million units in the US its first three days on sale.

  • Netbooks fail to halt PC slowdown

    Chris Jenkins

    The Australian PC market will grow a scant 1 per cent this year, despite the emergence of popular new notebook segments and the pending arrival of the Windows 7 operating system, researcher IDC reports

  • Rees backs domain names for cities

    Paul Smith

    NSW Premier Nathan Rees has backed the purchase of internet domain names for major cities as new generic top-level domains have begun to be emerge at the ICANN conference in Sydney.

  • Your name comes @ a top price

    Paul Smith

    The international body that governs the internet is finalising plans to open up the web's virtual real estate.

  • Transport smartcard hits another bump in the road

    Julian Bajkowski

    An attempt by the NSW government to revive the state's failed public transport smartcard project has hit another snag, after the Glide consortium, a leading contender to build the system, confirmed it had scrapped its bid.

  • Revamped YouTube gets serious with the TV set

    Paul Smith

    YouTube has unveiled a revamped version of its website that allows content to be viewed in lounge room comfort through televisions.

  • Now Microsoft wants to rent you films

    Ben Woodhead

    Video stores and broadcasters will soon have a new rival in the movie business - Microsoft.

  • Cyber criminals ramp up online payments fraud

    Julian Bajkowski

    The Australian Payments Clearing Association has revealed a 33 per cent spike in both the value and the volume of fraudulent online payments in Australia for the year ended December 31, 2008.

  • Melbourne Uni latest email battleground

    Chris Jenkins

    The University of Melbourne has become the next battleground in the pitched fight between Microsoft and Google to sell hosted software services to Australia's education sector.

  • Xbox 360 takes control

    Ben Woodhead

    Microsoft has lifted the lid on the newest weapons in its online gaming arsenal with a host of new content deals for its Xbox Live network and the unveiling of a prototype, full-body motion control system.

  • Microsoft says Bing

    Chris Jenkins

    Microsoft has launched its new Bing search engine with the claim that the portal is a "decision engine" that helps users overcome search overload

  • Forensics join NSW Police on the beat

    Julian Bajkowski

    Hunting down criminals in New South Wales could soon resemble an episode from CSI.

  • Sparks fly on smart grids

    Chris Jenkins

    Behind a seemingly benign $100 million budget allocation for energy networks, a fierce power struggle is being generated, writes Chris Jenkins.

  • Huawei eyes local broadband growth

    Chris Jenkins

    Emerging Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei says the growth of Australia's digital economy could help drive local R&D that can be used throughout the world.

  • Rudd, NT back OLPC

    Julian Bajkowski

    An ambitious project to provide 400,000 Linux-based laptops to children in remote areas gained political support after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Northern Territory government backed the scheme.

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    Julian Bajkowski

    Julian Bajkowski talks to founder of 17th Street Software, Patrick Linskey, who punctures a few myths on the cost of software development by writing a useful iPhone application in 45 minutes, live on stage...
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  • Dial 'C' for crowded

    Brian Corrigan

    The smartphone market looks to be the most eagerly contested during the next couple of years as the usual suspects and a long line-up of new entrants look for a piece of the action...
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