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Internet
Hospital broadband laptops are childs' play
By
Ry Crozier
| February 19, 2009
Seven of Australia's largest children's hospitals will get laptops and wireless broadband in a $7.2 million online community for youth living with a serious illness, chronic condition or disability.
Business
Google may face monopoly probe
By
Iain Thomson
| February 19, 2009
Google may find itself at the centre of an US antitrust investigation after comments made by a new member of the Obama administration.
Mobility
iPhone features everywhere in rivals' new phones
By
Eric Auchard
| February 19, 2009
Copying a few pages from the playbook of Apple's iPhone strategy, which brings many of the powers of the Internet to mobile phones, is no way to beat the computer interloper at its game.
Security
Researchers hack facial biometrics
By
Iain Thomson
| February 19, 2009
Researchers in Vietnam will be demonstrating how to hack facial recognition biometrics at the Black Hat security convention currently underway in Washington DC.
Telecommunications
4G LTE network for US planned
By
Shaun Nichols
| February 19, 2009
US mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has laid out plans for its 4G network.
Internet
Privacy concerns frustrate Facebook
By
Alexei Oreskovic
| February 19, 2009
Facebook's efforts to build a business model around its online social network have hit another roadblock, as a backlash by its users forced the company to reverse a new policy.
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