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Electricity, Gas & Megabytes: Is The Internet A Utility?

With around 40 percent penetration in Australia, should the...

Prospering in the Face of Adversity

SYDNEY -- The week that was in the Australian...

The New Retail in 2001

Gone are the days when a starry-eyed management consultant...

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Will SMS Foil The Blackberry’s International Expansion?

The commercial success of Research In Motion's Blackberry in North America has demonstrated the lucrative opportunity for wireless messaging devices. A new product from Nokia launched last night however, suggests SMS could thwart the...

Is The Internet Becoming A Commercial Directory?

Paid listings are increasingly becoming the norm for search engines. With growing consumer acceptance, what steps must search engines take to further consolidate this goodwill? What changes to existing listings products must be made? In...

Growth of the Cashless Web

The growth in e-commerce over the past five years has been paralleled by the growing interest in Web currency schemes. A new Australian start-up has developed a system whereby consumers can purchase online without...

Scrambling For The Wireless Jewel

The convergence of PDAs and mobile phones is rapidly approaching a conclusion. The race between the two factions -- the PDA makers and mobile handset manufacturers -- however, is undecided. From which side will...

The Wonderful World Of Ringtones

The promise of wireless content is that of future profits and certainly not near term viability. As an entree to the supposed 'explosion' it is useful to examine the humble market for ringtones. Customised ringtones...

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide Online

The World Bank recently cancelled its global economic development conference in Barcelona, preferring instead to host a virtual forum on the Internet. The move is a curious twist to the perception that the Internet...

Electricity, Gas & Megabytes: Is The Internet A Utility?

With around 40 percent penetration in Australia, should the Internet be considered a utility? More specifically, should pricing models of ISPs reflect this train of thought? Increasingly, bandwidth is being thought of as a commodity...

The Evolution of Product Placement

From its humble beginnings in the formative years of Hollywood, product placement has evolved into a proverbial 'billion dollar market.' Now with the Internet, this curious partnership between art and life, is once again...

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