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For much the past decade the Australian-born  company Emotiv has been developing technology that can take signals from our brains and interpret them for a range of useful applications. The technology is still in its early stages, but has great potential for everything from controlling devices such as motorised wheelchairs or even video games controls …

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While much of the discussion of the future of broadband services has focused on the Federal Government’s ongoing fibre roll-out, the commercial sector has been moving ahead with enhancements to wireless infrastructure. Last week Optus announced a successful trial of a 4G wireless network running at faster than 50Mbit/sec using LTE technology, which is a …

Australia has not traditionally been a powerhouse when it comes to e-commerce, but there are signs that that is changing. While big foreign online retailers such as Amazon.com and eBay dominate Australian purchasing acttivity, reports are circulating of renewed spending on e-commerce by many of Australia’s largest retailers. Interestingly, Austalia is also the fastest

The World Bank’s lead ICT policy specialist Dr Tim Kelly has described investment in broadband infrastructure as a “no regrets” policy where even if the investment does not immediately deliver the direct benefits expected in terms of jobs and competitiveness, it will benefit the economy as a whole in terms of capacity-building, opportunity creation or …

The NSW Government has announced that 40 homes in the Sydney suburb of  Middleton Grange will be the first to experience life connected to the National Broadband Network thanks to a trial service being established in that suburb. The 40 homes are being connected using high speed fibre cabling and will have access to a …

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