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New Year's Eve: Telcos brace for data deluge

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

New Year's Eve: Telcos brace for data deluge

Telcos are bracing for a huge increase in traffic during New Year's Eve celebrations, expecting the occasion to be all about smartphones and data.

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Australian telcos in race against time to estimate metadata retention costs

Telcos will need to give cost estimates for data retention by mid January.
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ACT police retweet porn causing social media mayhem

ACT Police's twitter account retweeted a pornographic image and followed the twitter account
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Apple patents smart pen for broadcasting your notes

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It's the new year - time to clear old gadgets out

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Sydney New Year's Eve: Uber inflates prices before 11am

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This year's CES will be a car geek's delight

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US investigators suspect North Korea hired hackers for Sony hack

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Santa prefers iPhones: report

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