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    The government yesterday laid down AU$8 million for the next year to fill mobile phone black spots on sections of highway as well as selected towns in WA and NT.

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    Woolworths chairman James Strong will spearhead a local council proposal to improve broadband services in south-east Queensland.

  • CSIRO to hook remote patients to "Super" Net

    Australian research organisation CSIRO has been granted AU$14 million from the federal government to design a new ‘super’ highway claimed to be hundreds of times faster than the current one.

  • Technology expert: So close, yet so far

    John Dickinson says the high-tech industry is very close to realising the benefits of tomorrow's technology. What's still missing, however, is the infrastructure to glue it all together.

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    ILM is the future of storage (or so we're told). But what is it? How do you get it? The details may still be a bit sketchy but that doesn't necessarily mean you can afford to put considerations to the side.

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