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Telecommunications
Telstra baits Government with NBN 'detail' carrot
By
Staff writers
| November 26, 2008
Telstra will hold the government to ransom by submitting a 'proposal' to build a $9.7 billion National Broadband Network but withholding more detailed bid documents.
Telecommunications
SMS 'confirmations' put Hyarchis in hot water: ACMA
By
Ry Crozier
| November 26, 2008
ACMA has released the content of alleged spam SMS messages sent by Hyarchis and suggested that if they had been 'purely factual' there may not have been grounds to issue a formal warning.
Telecommunications
ACMA response to Hyarchis alleged spam breach
By
Staff writers
| November 26, 2008
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a detailed response to claims by Hyarchis that its formal warning over alleged spam activities was unfair.
Software
US Army spends millions on video games
By
Egan Orion
| November 26, 2008
The U.S. Army plans to spend $50 million on developing video games over the next six years for training soldiers.
Hardware
iPhone outclocked by MP3-playing sibling
By
Nick Farrell
| November 26, 2008
Apple's iPhone is being upstaged by the outfit's second generation Coldplaying Ipod.
Hardware
Notebook makers mull Intel and ARM hybrids
By
Sylvie Barak
| November 26, 2008
It's no secret that ARM has wanted to get one up on Intel in the netbook market, but it seems now that makers of little laptops might be willing to accommodate, with talk of hybrid ARM/Intel netbooks just around the corner.
Business
Online spending drops for the first time
By
Iain Thomson
| November 26, 2008
Online monitoring company ComScore is reporting that spending online has dropped for the first time since records began.
Internet
Social networking juror kicked out of court
By
Sylvie Barak
| November 26, 2008
Criminals are expected to face up to their actions in court, but trial by Facebook is not an option, apparently, as a British juror discovered after being booted out for running a poll on the social not-working site to determine the defendants' guilt.
Security
Heroin hacker steals information on 59,000 workers
By
Nick Farrell
| November 26, 2008
American company Luxottica Retail, the former owner of the Things Remembered stores seemed to have forgotten to have the right amount of security on the company mainframe.
Software
Only one in five video games make a decent profit
By
Sylvie Barak
| November 26, 2008
Only 20 per cent of released video games ever make sizable profit according to analysis outfit Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR).
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