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The Internet is booming again, but this time it’s very different. PC Authority brings you up to speed with the global Web 2.0 phenomenon.

One out of five Australian households will have a home network by 2009, analyst IDC has predicted.

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The perceived security of optical networking systems has been thrown into doubt by a new report from analyst firm IDC..

Mobile broadband, also called wireless broadband, is full powered broadband Internet access that’s delivered by a mobile phone network (or a similar, long-range, radiation-based transmission system).

Peer-to-peer networks - networks in which theres no central domain controller and all machines have equal status on the network - are the easiest approach for small installations of up to around ten m

As Microsoft gears up for its big OS release, people might be surprised to learn about another Windows 7 other secret: better wireless connectivity.

Intel’s chief technology officer Pat Gelsinger has pointed to key areas that will enable the penetration and technological advancement of wireless technology in the next few years.

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Your wireless network is more powerful than you imagine. Use this guide to fully understand and utilise it.

Traditionally firewalls were the bastion of large, publicly accessible networks to keep hackers out. But in a world connected by the Internet, every machine hooked up to it becomes publicly accessible, and so it's vital that every machine is equipped to protect itself, and the network it may serve, from attack.

Cheap plans, good hardware and excellent results in our speed tests make 3 a deserving winner, in our group test against Telstra Bigpond, Optus, Vodafone, Virgin and Unwired.

Four years ago, I saw a picture of a very beautiful desktop interface, called 'Enlightenment', running on an Operating System called 'Linux'. I didn't know much about either, but I downloaded and installed Linux anyway in order to run that fine looking user interface. Thanks to that early interest, I now enjoy a wonderful job designing and maintaining networks in which Linux often fills an important role. There's no better way to learn something new than for it to be enjoyable. With this in mind, I'd like to present Mike's Hopefully nifty guide to having fun with Linux.

Microsoft has started from scratch with Vista’s networking features — but are they any better than those found in XP? We log-in and find out.

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For most networks, wireless LAN hardware isnt essential, but it has its advantages. If you have roving sales staff, for instance, setting up a wireless system and giving them wireless PC Card Ethernet

A free modem and competitive pricing around the 5GB mark make Vodafone worth a look – but other networks are cheaper per GB