Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands but sometimes including Australia—in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The exact scope of Oceania is defined variously, with interpretations including Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and those parts of Indonesia east of the Wallace Line.

For the oceans of the Earth, see Oceans.

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The primary use of the term Oceania is to describe a macrogeographical region that lies between Asia and the Americas, with the Australian continent as the major landmass and consisting of some 10,000 islands in the Pacific. The name Oceania is used because, unlike the other regional groupings, it is the ocean and adjacent seas rather than a continent that link the lands together.

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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:14:16 -0700
It was no secret that the BlackBerry Storm was coming to Verizon, but now it is official as both Verizon Wireless and Vodafone announced the device with RIM tonight. The BlackBerry Storm is the first touch screen BlackBerry device and one of the first I have ever heard of that...
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:58:05 -0700
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:49:48 -0700
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Netrics offers vital link in automating healthcare
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:51:36 -0700
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How a Mac Mini can beat a quad-core Vista behemoth (or how Apple can't write good software for Windows)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:06:35 -0700
Here's a tale of how a humble Mac Mini system outperformed my cutting-edge quad-core system. It's also a story of how Apple can't write good software for the Windows platform. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Can two AMDs be better than one?
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:49:30 -0700
AMD will today announce that it will split into two companies - but can two AMDs be better than one? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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