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Article | 28/04/2008 Sony, Samsung to spend US$1.8B on new LCD line
Sony and Samsung are reaffirming their alliance in LCD (liquid crystal display) panel manufacturing with plans to jointly construct a third flat-scree...
Article | 29/04/2008 Telstra teams up with Polycom
Polycom and Telstra have entered a co-branding agreement for Telstra's IP Telephony (TIPT) service.
Article | 30/04/2008 BigPond, PayPal outage resolved
A technical dispute between BigPond and PayPal has been resolved after BigPond cable users had been unable to login to the payment site for over a wee...
Article | 30/04/2008 Is HDTV compression damaging picture quality?
Do your HDTV programs look as good as they should? If not, you may be seeing the results of overcompression. A growing number of viewers and experts a...
Article | 30/04/2008 WEB 2.0: Show floor demos
There were 150 exhibitors at this week's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, ranging from startup to mainstay and from fun to strictly business.
Article | 30/04/2008 WEB 2.0: Keynotes at the Web 2.0 Expo
Web 2.0 hype meets reality this week at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco and a variety of tech executives deliver keynotes.
Article | 28/04/2008 Broadcom touts lower power draw of 802.11n WLAN chip
Broadcom this week has unveiled its latest 802.11n chip for wireless LAN access points, with advances that promise lower power demands and lower price...
Article | 29/04/2008 Netgear targets SMBs with wireless LAN gear
Netgear this week will roll out network and storage gear aimed at a range of small and midsize businesses, including a new 802.11n wireless LAN produc...
Article | 29/04/2008 Gadget tracks a good night's shuteye
Ironically, Lee Loree loses sleep over his invention, the Sleeptracker.
Article | 29/04/2008 Payment fraud moves to Internet in Europe, says Commission
Despite recent efforts to clamp down on electronic payments fraud, the crime is still rife and is undermining citizens' confidence in buying and selli...
Article | 29/04/2008 Music buyers turn to digital downloads
Digital sales of music represented 10 per cent of the total worldwide music market in 2007, up from six per cent in 2006, according to In-Stat.
Article | 29/04/2008 Contract chip manufacturing growth slows in 2007
Global revenue growth in the contract chip making business slowed in 2007 as a chip glut early in the year hit companies such as partners IBM Microele...
Article | 28/04/2008 3G iPhone due on June 9, analysts say
The 3G iPhone will be announced June 9, the likely date of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, analysts sa...
Article | 29/04/2008 Mobile data services come of age
Although voice and SMS messaging still dominate the use of mobile phones, there is now increasing activity beyond this. It has taken a time, but use o...
Article | 28/04/2008 Bush finally backs CDMA closure
Regional Australians have finally backed the closure of Telstra's CDMA network, which will be terminated at midnight tonight.
Article | 28/04/2008 Weekly Tech News Update: April 25, 2008
In this week's show: Vietnam launches a telecom satellite, Samsung introduces the Soul, the European Commission asks for video game ratings, Honda's A...
Article | 28/04/2008 Skype tests application for mobile phones
EBay-owned Skype has released into open beta testing a client for mobile phones that supports phone calls, chat and other features of the popular VoIP...
Article | 28/04/2008 Galileo navigation system launches second satellite
Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system took another step forward on Sunday with the launch of a second experimental satellite.
Article | 25/04/2008 Weird Stuff: X-Arcade Tankstick
Assistant Editor Greg Adler takes a look at X-Arcade's Tankstick controller, an arcade-style controller for video games that works with PCs and gaming...
Article | 25/04/2008 Weird Stuff: Bathroom Tech
Assistant Editor Greg Adler takes a look at some unusual tech gadgets for the bathroom, including a device that whitens your teeth with music and an i...

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