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The bare facts about 'naked DSL'

Australian ADSL broadband providers are gearing up to launch "naked DSL" plans, enabling users to for the first time bypass costly line rental charges.

    Review: Motorola RAZR2

    If Motorola's original slim silver RAZR was the Star Wars of the mobile phone business, then the RAZR2 is The Empire Strikes Back.

    Virgin Mobile Broadband

    Mobile broadband is now the cool kids' table in the technology market, and the mobile phone companies have got the very best seats.

    Nokia 6120 Classic X-Series Bronze

    The product name is a bit of mouthful but, as Shakespeare would have said, this is a beast with two backs.

    War of the mobiles

    The telcos are fighting for your business on the small screen, writes Lia Timson.

    Freedom factor

    Want to access the internet from any room in your house without a trail of cords following you? Here's how.

    Send the right signal

    There's more to setting up your wireless home network than you might expect.

    Grasp of the game

    The footy finals and the cricket are in the palm of your hand thanks to a revolution in sports viewing, writes Steve Meacham.

    Lock it down

    There is no reason to make it easy for your neighbours to invade your wireless network and tamper with your files.

    Telstra switches on super-fast downloads

    Telstra's cable broadband customers in Melbourne and Sydney can now get 30 megabits per second download speeds after a major network upgrade.

    No strings attached

    Virgin broadband David Flynn leads you through the world of wireless broadband.

    Quo is me, at AAPT

    Telecommunications and internet service company AAPT has blamed service provisioning delays on problems with its new customer management software, Hyperbaric.

    UWB could be next big thing in wirelessness

    Scientists experiment using extremely high radio frequencies to transfer huge data files over short distances.

    New internet phone service for the deaf

    Deaf and hearing- and speech-impaired people can now use the internet to make telephone calls without fixed phone landlines, thanks to a new service launched by the federal government.

    Sony Ericsson P1I

    Sony Ericsson P1i smartphone The brushed aluminium and gloss black finish looks like a professional tool styled by designers rather than engineers.

    Telstra pulls Next G ads after concerns raised

    Telstra says it stopped using a series of television advertisements for its Next G mobile telephone network before the competition watchdog expressed concerns about them.

    Police nab suspected broadband bandit

    A 39-year-old Briton has been arrested on suspicion of using someone else's wireless internet connection without permission, police said on Wednesday.

    Riding the airwaves

    Richard Wray looks at Google's bid to join the US wireless network.

    Adobe wants to push Flash onto wireless devices

    Adobe, the company credited with transforming the web from a dull to a dynamic environment, is pushing to do the same thing for mobile phones.

    Telstra boss says CDMA replacement on track

    Telstra chief Sol Trujillo says the rollout of the telco's Next G phone network, to replace CDMA, is on track.

WIRELESS & BROADBAND

The bare facts about 'naked DSL'

Australian ADSL broadband providers are gearing up to launch "naked DSL" plans, enabling users to for the first time bypass costly line rental charges.

BROADBAND PLAN SELECTOR

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MOBILES & HANDHELDS

Review: Motorola RAZR2

If Motorola's original slim silver RAZR was the Star Wars of the mobile phone business, then the RAZR2 is The Empire Strikes Back.

MOBILE PLAN SELECTOR

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* Please note: There is a lot of information in our database, and the tables may take a while to process.

VoIP TELEPHONY

eBay writes down Skype investment

eBay acknowledges that it drastically overvalued the 2005 acquisition of its Skype internet telephony division.

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