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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
When is an unlimited plan NOT an unlimited plan? When it’s timed, has
limits and exclusions which are listed in the fine print for you to
discover, probably when it’s time to pay the bill. Should the use of
the words ‘unlimited’ and ‘timeless’ be banned when it comes to
telecommunications companies? NOTE: NEW STORY UPDATE FOLLOWS
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 |
With any Australian fibre-based broadband network still up to 5 years
away, the date of completion just got extended by at least 6 months as
the Australian Federal Government extends the time for “robust
proposals” to be submitted for consideration. As usual, the Federal
Opposition is outraged!
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
If you've been waiting for an Asus Eee PC with a larger screen, larger
storage and larger keyboard, the Eee PC 1000H could well be the model
you've been waiting for. How much will it cost, and what are the specs?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
For all the talk of new wireless motion controllers from Sony and
Microsoft, the company that brought out a new motion controller was...
Nintendo! That aside, it looks like there were plenty of new games
launched, new online content, upgrades and a push towards more
co-operative gameplay.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
If you were one of the many individuals or businesses affected by the
recent Optus cable snafu caused by a backhoe driver working for the
Gold Coast City Council, it’s time to think about a Plan B in case it
ever happens again. What can you do?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
Woe is Yahoo and MSN search in Australia: Google has claimed an 87.81%
share of Australian searches according to web measurement company
Hitwise, and dominates the 44 other search engines Hitwise measures,
achieving top figures in the US and UK, too. What hope is there for
Google’s competitors?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 |
Following on from a letter to Australian banks asking whether Direct
Deposit is a safe transaction method, an aggrieved group of eBay
sellers and buyers unhappy at eBay’s attempts to force and promote
PayPal to all users have a simple question for Australia Post: just how
safe is the decades-old money order?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 |
In the market for a new notebook? Your timing couldn’t be better –
Centrino 2 is promising more performance, stutter-free HD playback,
better power conservation, faster wireless and more. But is the
performance increase real, or just clever marketing?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
Fancy a 1.5 terabyte 3.5-inch hard drive in your desktop, or a super
speedy 7200RPM 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive in your notebook? Seagate says
they’ve done it and they’re coming this year.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
Google has made massive strides in working to dominate search from
mobile phones as much as it does search from desktop computers, but
they’re not the only ones. In Australia, Telstra’s assets BigPond,
Sensis, Yellow Pages and other sites it owns are being promoted to
users as a “convenient” way to find what you’re looking for from your
mobile phone – but will Google still win anyway?
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Sunday, 13 July 2008 |
Launching an all out rebel assault against the dark side of the eBay
and PayPal empire, the latest action from the eBay rebels sees them
seeking recourse through the Australian court system. No longer relying
on “using the force”, the rebels have decided to “use the courts”,
instead!
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