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Flooding Us With Old Ways Simple As Abc

ONE of the things last weekend's disaster showed was that new technology isn't the best technology in every circumstance.

Deja Vu In The Disaster Lanes

IT carried shades of disasters past.

Friendlier Phones Call

NEW telephones with big buttons, aimed at helping the aged and people with visual impairments, are now available in the Hunter and the Central Coast.

Unplugged

Simon Tsang looks at how to unwire your world.

The Bare Essentials

Stripping off all your cables can be a liberating experience, writes Simon Tsang.

Wireless Goes Wild

The world is turning its back on the tangle of wires for so long associated with technology. We are entering the wi-fi era, writes Adam Turner.

Callous Thieves Leave Centre Reeling

TWO years after it was almost burned down, Daleys Point Quality Child Care centre has been cleaned out by thieves who took everything from stereos and kitchen utensils to Easter eggs.

Phone Home

Replace the cordless that goes snap, crackle and pop, MATTHEW BENNS writes.

Nice To Look At, But

THE Telecom Freedom 400 is a beautifully sleek, black cordless phone packed with all the features found in top-shelf models, including a hands-free base unit. Unfortunately, I found it a disappointing performer when the range got much more than six metres. The package contains the base un

Pretty But Short On Oomph

THE Freedom 400 from Telecom Technologies is a beautifully sleek black cordless phone. The unit is packed with all the features found in top-of-the-line models, including a hands-free base unit. Unfortunately, I found it to be a disappointing performer when the range got much over six metres. Th

Phone Standard

The telecommunications watchdog Austel and the radiocommunications regulator Spectrum Management Agency have developed a new standard and frequency band plan for digital cordless telephones. Called Digital European Cordless Telecommunications, the new industry standard is for use in high-density a

New Phones Strike Right Chord

TINY portable cordless telephones are promising to bring a revolution in office communications over the next few years-with a similar revolution in home phones to follow. The phones are small enough to slip into a shirt pocket. By the end of the decade, according to some estimates, t