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Virtual selective school regional provisioner xsel is believed to have received the first batch of second generation Lenovo netbooks, announced yesterday, as part of the NSW Department of Education's Digital Education Revolution. xsel has provided netbooks to its current intake of 30 Year seven students, who started this year on the virtual selective school program.

US regulators released a blueprint for upgrading internet access for all Americans, with internet speeds up to 25 times the current average.

The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups is growing year on year, according to a US report.

NSW will soon have the largest centrally-controlled wireless network in the world with Wi-Fi covering every school in the state, according to the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET).

Christiaan van Vuuren has been holed up in quarantine in a Sydney hospital for months but thanks to newfound internet fame he's more connected to the outside world than ever.

This is the promise of augmented reality (AR), which uses computers and mobile phones to overlay additional information and images on what is visible to the naked eye.

The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has renewed a $5 million three-year deal for its state property mapping system with IT services company Logica.

Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 suite, due for release to businesses on May 12, is set to introduce several refinements and new features, many of which have already been seen in either the [[Artnid:303632|Technical Preview|Office 2010 preview leaks to Web]] or the [[Artnid:326859|public beta|Review: Office 2010 beta debuts major features]]. While the new version won't look dramatically different from its Ribbon-laced predecessor, Office 2007, there are a few additions that should catch the attention of both small businesses and the enterprise.

Australians trust the ABC more than its commercial rivals, while supposed ''old'' media such as newspapers, television, and radio fare much better than the internet, a survey of attitudes to media has found.

I just received an email from Wikileaks editor Julian Assange that's pretty wild. It accuses the U.S. government ofdeliberately trying to take down the whistle-blower site PDF two years ago.