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Mayday! eBay raises white flag over forced PayPal in US
The public outcry over eBay Australia's intentions to introduce mandatory use of its PayPal online payment system has forced the US office of eBay onto the back foot. eBay, through a spokesperson on the company's official blog has stated publicly that the world's dominant online auction site will not try to introduce PayPal-only transactions on the site in the US.

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Federal Budget: Hopefully Still the “Lucky Country”

by David Heath
There’s nothing useful in the 2008 Australian Federal Government Budget to promote Australia as the Clever Country. Unfortunately Governments past and present remain trapped in the past they hold so dear.
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$129m to keep Australian children safe from cyberporn

by Stuart Corner
The Federal Budget has allocated $128.9 million over four years "to create a safer online environment for Australian children." Law enforcement alone will get $49m and the government will press ahead with its controversial ISP filtering plans, but has stopped not confirmed earlier suggestions that this would be mandatory.
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HP challenges IBM for service supremacy with $13.9 billion EDS buyout

by Stan Beer
In a move that pits Hewlett-Packard against IBM in a struggle for leadership of the massive IT services market, HP has acquired EDS for US$13.9 billion. The acquisition will more than double HP's services revenue of $16.6 billion in 2007, with the combined revenues of both companies for that period totalling $38 billion. The acquisition deal will be closed in the second half of 2008.
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Budget allocates $207m to subsidise rural broadband

by Stuart Corner
The Australian Broadband Guarantee program has received additional funding in the 2008–09 Budget which will bring the total program funding up to $270.7 million and extend the programme for a further four years from 1 July 2008
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Google aims to make web sites more social and connect friends

by Stan Beer
All web publishers want more traffic to their site and Google aims to make that happen by giving them a tool that enable them to easily add social networking features without complicated coding and development. The new tool, called Google Friend Connect, is now in limited beta release and queues are starting to build from interested web site owners looking to get on the waiting list.
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G9 and T4 team up to target Telstra UPDATED

by Stuart Corner
A group representing most of the main carrier competitors to Telstra has launched a new lobbying campaign and web site to counter what it says is a threatened "return to a Telstra monopoly and sky high broadband prices."
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iPhones hard to find

by Stephen Withers
Tried ordering an iPhone lately? They're "Currently Unavailable" at the US and UK online Apple Stores. What's going on?
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Wii-Fit Balance Board Skate game – Skate It

by Mike Bantick
Electronic Arts are bringing the popular Flickit Controls from Skate to the Nintendo Wii, in doing so they have gone out of their way and added an ‘it’ to the title. And yes, you will be able to use the Wii-Fit Balance Board.
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ZoneAlarm virtualises browsing

by Stephen Withers
We're repeatedly warned of the danger of drive-by downloads and other net nasties. But what if you could browse with factory-fresh software every time?
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Telstra network information "useless" says G9

by Stuart Corner
The Optus-led consortium that is expected to bid for the Australian Government's national broadband network has dismissed the network information provided by Telstra as next to useless.
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OpenOffice.org readies Mac-native release

by Stephen Withers
One of the main barriers to the wider adoption of the OpenOffice.org (OOo) suite by Mac users is its dependence on X11, as few of them are comfortable working in that environment. If that requirement vanished and OOo took on the familiar Aqua look and feel, would you give the open source office suite a try?
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One of 3 women drink alcohol while pregnant in Australia

by William Atkins
According to a new study on the behavior of pregnant women in Australia, 34% of pregnant women drink alcoholic beverages even though most of them know it harms their unborn children.
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed hands on impressions

by Mike Bantick
Recently I got a look at the much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, both the Xbox 360/PS3 version and the light sabre wielding Wii version.
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Telstra hands over network info for broadband network RFP

by Stuart Corner
Telstra has provided to the government network information crucial to any other potential bidders for the $4.7b of government funding for a national broadband network, but there are few not-insignificant hurdles to be surmounted before they can get their hands on it.
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Mayday! eBay raises white flag over forced PayPal in US

by Stan Beer
The public outcry over eBay Australia's intentions to introduce mandatory use of its PayPal online payment system has forced the US office of eBay onto the back foot. eBay, through a spokesperson on the company's official blog has stated publicly that the world's dominant online auction site will not try to introduce PayPal-only transactions on the site in the US.
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Asus Eee PC 900 set to square off against HP Mini-Note PC

by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Not yet available but due in stores by the end of May, the new Asus Eee PC 900 series is the most anticipated computer of the year, with more storage, more memory and a bigger screen in both Windows XP and Linux models. Clearly destined to be another major hit for Asus, the Eee PC 900 faces real competition this time in the new HP Mini-Note – will both be winners?
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BlackBerries get juicier with Windows Live and QuickOffice

by Stuart Corner
The usefulness of Research in Motion hugely popular BlackBerry handhelds has been further enhanced with support for Microsoft Windows Live services, and for QuickOffice.
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25 years to fix an open source bug

by Stephen Withers
The open source community often claims to be able to find and fix bugs more quickly than closed development teams can, partly due to the number of pairs of eyes that can scrutinise the code. But that doesn't mean every fault is fixed quickly: how does a quarter-century old bug grab you?
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