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    With Hurricane Gustav headed straight toward New Orleans, emergency officials and telecommunication companies are preparing for the worst.

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    NICTA gave ZDNet.com.au a closer look at its 5Gbps wireless chip at CeBIT Australia 2008.

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    Optus has announced that it has joined Huawei in developing a mobile and wireless innovation centre in Sydney, in a move which could push the telco outside its comfort zone.

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    iPhone and Wi-Fi: the way to 4G?

    Internode has no incentive to provide free access to its Wi-Fi networks for any reason at all, apart from genuine love, and maybe the joy of finding a new way to flip Telstra the bird.

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    You got your VoIP on my broadband!

    Life may be like a box of chocolates -- but telecoms right now is gearing up to be a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, as service providers seek increasingly novel ways to blend their offerings.

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    Fibre isn't for everyone

    Just a few days after the Australia Connected program was launched Communications Minister Helen Coonan was selling the initiative to the TV talk shows.

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    WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.

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    With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.

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    In an interview, Windows Live exec Chris Jones talks about what the 2-year-old is up to and comments on another youngster -- Apple's iPhone.

  • 10 mobile trends: Should you care?

    silicon.com's Jo Best looks at 10 oft-debated areas in mobile and wireless and asks a simple question: how much should you care over the next 12 months?

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    DrayTek's Vigor2820n offers a vast array of features, but you'll pay for them. Make sure you need everything it offers first!

  • Brother HL-2170W

    The Brother HL-2170W laser printer can be the perfect money saving sidekick to your existing inkjet, but don't expect it to handle even the most minor graphic jobs.

  • PocketSurfer 2

    Want free Web surfing on an easy to use and speedy device? Then the PocketSurfer 2 is exactly not what you're looking for.

  • 3 Mobile Broadband USB Modem

    It's hard to say whether it's the hardware or the network at fault with 3's USB Mobile Broadband USB Modem. Either way, we're not impressed with what it offers.

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