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Internet allowed in Sydney school exam

A Sydney girls' school will let its student use iPods, the internet and mobile phones during exams as a new method of assessment.

3 taps into Telstra Next G

Mobile carrier 3 has made a push to expand its third-generation (3G) mobile coverage, announcing plans to extend its 2100MHz network, and taking the lid off an agreement to use parts of Telstra's 850MHz Next G network for roaming.

30,000 get naked with iiNet

Australia's third-largest internet service provider iiNet today said it had signed up more than 30,000 local customers to its naked DSL service and more than 80,000 to its internet telephony offering.

Optus prepaid broadband data robbery

Optus launched an innovative prepaid wireless broadband service but soiled the deal by counting data used in enormous 10MB increments.

Automatic travel journal created by tracking mobile phone

Online travel communications retailer Telestial recently launched its Travel Journal feature, an online service that automatically creates an online trip journal based on the location of the user's phone.

Readers share iPhone 3G woes

Reception problems with the iPhone 3G are occurring in towns and cities across the US, based on readers' responses last week to a request for more information about their experiences with the handset.

How Seven blew the internet Olympics

If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.

SMS updates gone for Aussie twitterers

Australian and European users of Twitter can no longer receive text message updates on their mobile phones, in a temporary move designed to keep the start-up's telecom bills down.

Suna's traffic messaging service now in Sydney and Brisbane

Suna, today, launched its traffic messaging service for Sydney and Brisbane motorists, which has been available to Melbournians since late 2007.

Foxtel expand services in wake of HD+ sales

Pay TV provider Foxtel has announced that nearly 40,000 subscribers have signed up for the HD+ service since its launch in June this year.

BigPond Music offers legal iPod downloads

After years of offering music downloads that are incompatible with iPods, BigPond Music has announced the availability of MP3 downloads from today.

SanDisk: "Show us your slot"

Memory merchant SanDisk is so concerned that you don't know where your slot is, and what to stick in it, that it is seeking partnerships with media outlets to entice you to stuff a SanDisk memory card in your empty slot.

3G iPhone gets Gartner approval

Apple's iPhone 3G smartphone is fit for business use, according to analyst house Gartner.

Google's Android phone to go on sale in September?

US mobile carrier T-Mobile could carry the HTC manufactured Android mobile smartphone as early as September, a phone referred to in blogs as the HTC Dream.

Holden wants petrol-electric Volt

Holden is keen to bring the Volt plug-in electric car to Australia, however General Motors says that it is merely keeping its options open at the moment.

Nokia to launch video downloads

With a range of snazzy media-focused mobiles on the way could Nokia be planning to launch a video downloads service?

Apple's MobileMe suffers more downtime

Apple's MobileMe suite of Web services suffered another outage on Monday that affected an unknown number of its users.

Much ado about iPhone kill switch

Apple's iPhone "kill switch" has prompted much hand-wringing, despite the fact that no one knows exactly what it does.

Twitter targeted by malware attacks

Microblogging service Twitter has started to be targeted by online criminals with malware.

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