Aussie mobile phone technology turns 20

It's been 20 years since the first call was made from a mobile
phone in Australia and the gadget has long since shaken its old
reputation as a yuppie toy.

With mobile phone subscriptions in Australia numbering about 20
million, handsets are now a lot smaller, cheaper and more portable
than their earlier incarnations.

Telstra celebrated the 20th anniversary of mobile telephone
technology in Australia.

On February 23, 1987, Mel Ward, then managing director of
Telecom Australia, made the nation's first mobile call on a
Mitsubishi Electric handset from the Sydney Opera House to then
federal communications minister Michael Duffy.

More info: http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Aussie-mobile-phone-technology-turns-20/2007/02/24/1171734062238.html

powered by performancing firefox

Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6 OS

Redmond (WA) - Amid Microsoft's avalanche of new product and service
launches on January 30, the platform that took a back seat was the
software company's mobile operating system. The new Windows Mobile OS
will get its own debut later this year, and today some light was shed
on what the new version will offer.

Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile 6 today, and headlining the new
feature list are enhanced Internet functionality, more sophisticated
viewing and editing of Microsoft Office files, and a visual update that
makes it look similar to Windows Vista.



More info: http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/08/windows_mobile_6/

powered by performancing firefox

Firefox claws away at Explorer

MORE than a fifth of Australians now use
the Mozilla Firefox web browser, even though site compatibility issues
mean it sometimes must be used in conjunction with Microsoft's Internet
Explorer, researcher Nielsen Net Ratings says.







In a report detailing Australian internet use in 2006, Nielsen reported
that Microsoft's Internet Explorer was still dominant in the market,
with 81 per cent. Firefox accounted for 22 per cent of the market,
while Apple's Safari was the third most popular at 5 per cent.



More info: http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21176120%5E15306,00.html

powered by performancing firefox

Stars play havoc with the Aussie flag.

A star hundreds of light years away has reminded Australians of something they
will loath: they have been saluting an erroneous national flag for more than
a century.

Astronomers have discovered that the Southern Cross — the centrepiece of
Australia’s flag and celestial beacon to navigators down the centuries — has
more stars than the five commonly depicted.

They have spotted a previously unknown star that appears to be orbiting Beta
Crucis, the left-hand star on the Southern Cross, as viewed on the flag.

More info: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article1350307.ece

powered by performancing firefox