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Category: Technology news
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Official: ACTA deal means no law change for Australia
Final text of agreement released.
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CSIRO introduces Wi-Fi to your TV antenna
he CSIRO will tomorrow unveil a breakthrough in wireless technology that will allow multiple users to upload content at the same time while maintaining a data transfer rate of 12 megabits per second (Mbps), all over their old analog TV aerial.
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Faster Telstra mobile modem hits the masses
Telstra today started selling its upgraded mobile broadband modem to the wider consumer market, after several months of offering the device — and its theoretical network speeds of up to 42Mbps — to big business customers and the government sector.
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iiNet wins approval to buy AAPT consumer division
Shareholders vote in favour.
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Gartner forecasts Android to overtake RIM’s BlackBerry this year
The influential business IT market research and analysis firm, Gartner, published a report today about mobile cell phone sales, predicting Ontario’s Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the popular enterprise centric smartphone, would lose its spot as the second largest phone maker this year.
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ACTA leak cuts out ISP liability
iiNet vs AFACT trial rises in importance.
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Commonwealth Bank moves to protect customers’ (online) bacon
The Commonwealth Bank has announced additional security measures to protect online purchases by its customers. As well as extending the use of secure token support to approved eCommerce sites, the Bank has also instigated an out-of-band payment approval process.
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Telstra’s 42Mbps Next G broadband goes live
Telstra has become the first telco in the world to launch dual carrier HSPA+ services offering downstream speeds up to a theoretical maximum of 42Mbps.
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Why Intel bought McAfee
There’s been quite a bit of head-scratching over Intel’s decision to purchase McAfee, but, despite all the breathless talk about mobile security and ARM and virus-fighting processors, the chipmaker’s motivations for the purchase are actually fairly straightforward.