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OPTUS 3G mobile customers in Adelaide and Sydney were unable to use voice services this morning due to a computer failure.

AP - Yahoo Inc. is expected to unveil plans to build a new facility in Nebraska on Friday, just days after the California-based internet company announced it will cut at least 1,500 workers as it deals with the economic downturn.

QANTAS has appointed an executive from its budget offshoot, Jetstar, to oversee information technology in a newly created role.

CNET - Earlier Thursday, Richard Whitt, Google's telecom and media counsel in Washington, posted a note on the company's official blog urging people to put pressure on the FCC to open up the unused "white spaces" radio spectrum.

The state of Nebraska and Yahoo are expected to announce Friday the opening of a facility in the region, according to an Associated press report. The arrangement would come on the heels of Yahoo's announcement of a 10 percent cut in its workforce.

Consumers say Apple must lower the phone's $500 price for them to make the move.

Today is Get Online Day, a government-backed scheme to help everyone feel the benefit of the World Wide Web.

SOUL has become the latest consortium member to pull out of Terria after AAPT's recent withdrawal.

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Oprah gives the thumbs-up to Kindle on her show but does she still have the audience to make a difference on sales?