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There's no shortage of communications capacity at Melbourne Park, home of the Australian Open. And there's plenty of redundancy built into the facilities.

The rather odd suggestion that the iPad 2 might lose its Wi-Fi only version has popped up on the Internet, but this seems to be the most unlikely rumour of them all.

Optus has begun offering the Huawei Mini WiFi modem for $129 on prepaid data plans.

Australian authorities have decided not to prosecute Google for the 'inadvertent' collection of personal data by its Street View cars. Quite right too.

Christmas trees and Christmas lights are commonplace in city centres and shopping districts. But handing over control of the lights to visitors is unusual.

First consumer product based on TZ1090 'XENIF' in the market for Christmas

A high-spec home/SOHO modem/router from Germany will go on sale in Australia early next year. The Fritz!Box incorporates VoIP and DECT capabilities as well as the usual Ethernet and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Google and Intel, along with a major Wi-Fi equipment vendors have joined the ranks of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), an organisation created to foster roaming between public Wi-Fi networks, and between Wi-Fi and cellular networks.

Australia's CSIRO, the national science organisation which won court cases against major networking names for using 802.11 wireless technologies without paying for them, has just made another important breakthrough in wireless technology which will re-use soon to be decommission analogue spectrum still currently delivering analogue TV signals until the nationwide 2013 cut-off date.

Although Apple has introduced video calls nearly a decade after the first 3G video calls started to be made, Apple's Skype-esque video calling works a freakin' treat, as long as you are in range of Wi-Fi.

A new application from a German developer allows iPhones and other iOS devices to sync contacts and calendars wirelessly without requiring the use of an external service.

HP has unveiled the Photosmart eStation, an all-in-one device with a touch screen control panel that doubles as an Android tablet. Along with another new model, the ENVY100 e-All-in-One, the eStation brings a new industrial design to HP's range.

A three month trial of free Wi-Fi at the Circular Quay train station to end in November 2010 follows the successful launch of a free and paid Wi-Fi service on the Manly Ferry, but competes with the popularity of phone data plans and wireless USB modems.

Wired and wireless networking equipment from Cisco will be used in up to 1000 state schools in Victoria.

Sydney might have hosted the 'best ever' Olympic Games back in 2000, but Microsoft Tech.Ed 2010 held last week on the Gold Coast was the best ever as far as the event's technology manager Jorke Odolphi is concerned.

Acer's new range of smartphones - including Android-based models - go on sale in Australia this month. There's even a Ferrari special edition phone for the well-heeled.

The security camera system at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is being progressively upgraded from the old analogue equipment to digital cameras on an IP network.

Apple has released the iOS 4.0.1 software update for the iPhone and iOS 3.2.1 for the iPad.

Online retailer Kogan Techologies has added two Blu-ray players and a pair of DAB+/Internet radios to its range.

iTWire contributor Renai LeMay has beseeched Apple's CEO Steve Jobs to let the iPhone 4 Facetime video conferencing capability to be unlocked for use over Telstra's 3G network, but I'm thankful it's locked to Wi-Fi, and here's why, guys.