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Collecting is now verging on a national epidemic, even among schoolchildren, and the ABC's Collectors show is largely to blame. It has taken collecting out of the exclusive domain of expensive antiques and introduced it to a new generation, those more likely to collect vintage video games than 17th-century clocks...read more

Noisy mobiles, nosy co-workers - it's all too much for Conrad Walters.

Have you noticed ads recently in this newspaper and elsewhere containing large blackand- white blocks? They are an initial promotion for a concept that has the potential to change the whole relationship between traditional media, mobile media, and the internet.

The telcos are fighting for your business on the small screen, writes Lia Timson.