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Telstra boosts cable speeds to 100Mbps
Telstra is ready to flick the switch on Melbourne’s upgraded 100Mbps cable broadband network, but users wait to learn the price for having Australia’s fastest home Internet...
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BitTorrent hub pushes ahead with next-gen file sharing network
While the stoush continues over The Pirate Bay, fellow Torrent hub IsoHunt is rolling out its own ‘social file sharing’ project.
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Web creator Berners-Lee: “Sorry about those slashes!”
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, but says he got it wrong when he put the // in front of the ‘www’.
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Finland declares 1Mbps broadband to be a legal right, with 100Mbps to come...
The Finnish government has decreed that all citizens will be entitled to at least a 1Mbps broadband connection by July next year, with a 100Mbps service mandatory by 2015.
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Aussie home broadband connections tip past the 50% mark
Despite one in every two Australian homes having a fixed broadband connection, we barely make it into the Top 20 list of countries with the highest penetration of home broadband.
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Sydney-wide iPhone test: which carrier has best speed and coverage?
Four networks, 150 locations and one sprawling city - Sydney’s most thorough testing of iPhone carriers reveals the winners and sinners for speed and coverage.
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Facebook Lite offers content without the crud
New Facebook Lite isn’t quite so ‘in your face’ – it’s a leaner, cleaner and dare we say more Twitter-esque look without the overload of apps, ads and other distractions.
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Conroy to roll out WiMax to broadband blackspots
Despite having mothballed the previous government's $1bn OPEL WiMax network plan, Stephen Conroy has announced his great new idea: a WiMax network to cover broadband blackspots.
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No more Money for Microsoft
Microsoft has pulled the plug on its Money personal finance program, adding yet another title to Redmond’s software deadpool.
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Vodafone cuts prepaid mobile broadband, adds 2GB bonus
Vodafone drops the price of its Prepaid Mobile Broadband Starter Pack to $119 and extends the promo date for its bonus 2GB of data to get you started.
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Tweet from the Moon - now you can
If you ever wanted to tweet from the Moon, expect some significant latency issues unless you use these guy's technology.
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China delays Net filtering; Australia sticks to its guns
As China backs off from controversial PC filtering plans, Australia is looking to expand its censorship net, with plans to ban computer games too.
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CrunchPad Web tablet is sleek, chic and almost ready for the geeks
The highly-anticipated CrunchPad gets a cool new aluminium-clad look as the touchscreen Web tablet ‘built by geeks for geeks’ moves towards a July debut.
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Optus admits slow broadband problem
Optus has admitted that it has been "shaping" internet connections to a slower speed than advertised.
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Cheeseburger powers 15,000 Google searches
It's so wrong, and yet, so right. Just one cheeky little cheeseburger can power 15,000 of your toughest Google searches.
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