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THIS WEEK: MAKING THINGS BETTER

Punter's win out with competition but it might be less than productive

The sooner Tabcorp shuts its retail outlets, the better for all concerned. No more local TAB, no PubTABs or ClubTABs, just online wagering. Keep open the call centre, and let the punter dial up for a bet.

Smart power works best when used by bright sparks

Regional centres need to harness new electricity grid technology, says John Martin.

Decision puts a smile on their dial

IN RADIO, your frequency is your home. So when Geelong community station The Pulse was told it would be evicted from its 94.7 spot on the FM dial to make way for a new ABC station, it wasn't going to give up without a fight.

X Dial For Optus

Vanda Carson investigates how the telecom made millions from the adult phone industry.

Internet Pricing War Hots Up

Local carriers are under fire, writes Adam Turner.

Retirees Jump On Board To Surf The Web

THE web may be thought of as a young person's game, but older people are leading the charge in internet take-up, embracing a technology that has only become pervasive in the years since many of them retired.

Hacker Pleads To Lords To Fight Us

A MAN who used a low-speed dial-up connection to hack into Pentagon computers has appealed to the House of Lords against extradition to the US.

Q And A

Q A couple of months ago I changed from dial-up to broadband but it may only be coincidental that shortly afterwards, when I put my computer in "Standby" mode, it jumped out of this a few seconds later so that the Desktop screen was again visible. The keyboard was still jammed and could not be unlocked until I closed down the computer. Have you any suggestions on how I might fix this, please?

Question Time

Q Is there software (preferably free) that reduces 2.5 MB-3 MB photograph files to a smaller size that I can email on dial-up? I use Windows XP.

Now & Then

Now The number of subscribers with non-dial-up access to the internet 1,802,000

Filter

Hip-hop with heart, dial-up dietitians and smelly phones.