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Thursday, 28 February 2008 |
Panasonic's DMP-BD30 might have the Blu-ray 1.1 ‘Final Profile’ – but it will be
superseded by future Blu-ray 2.0 spec players in the future. That said,
it’s still packed with features – but wouldn’t you just buy a PS3
instead?
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Thursday, 28 February 2008 |
A new report suggests the South Australian Attorney-General will
scuttle the long-awaited R18+ rating for games, much to the horror and
disgust of many commenters.
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 |
Seeking to entrench its hold on the mobile search market, Google has
launched a new, ‘more powerful’ version of its existing mobile search
tool better customised for the Australian market.
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
Where do you want to surf today? No, that’s not the question behind the
upcoming public beta of IE 8, which will start life in limited beta
testing first, before moving on to general beta availability for all,
probably in ‘beta 2’ before mid 2008.
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
Sony Ericsson’s feature packed W910i smartphone has beaten all others
in winning the ‘Best Handset’ award at the GSM Association’s 13th
Global Mobile Awards for 2008 – but does it deserve the accolade?
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
Telstra’s plans to switch off the nationwide CDMA network still depend
on the Australian Federal Minister for Communications “receiving a
report that comprehensively addresses [his] concerns”, with Telstra’s
rectification plan bringing them a step closer to closure.
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
ACMA, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, has ruled that
Australia’s SBS television has breached SBS’s own ‘Codes of Practice
2006’ by not complying with MA 15+ classification guidelines for a TV
program showing sexual gratification by artificial means.
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
The predicted action by Telstra’s competitors seeking wholesale access
to their ADSL2+ infrastructure has begun in earnest, with Internode and
nine other ISPs filling a nine page letter with Australia’s Competition
and Consumer Commission.
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
Yet another competitor to the iPod has emerged from Creative called the
MuVO T200 with a range of features to tempt you away from Apple’s
offerings – but are they enough?
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
While movies have long been able to be sold under an R rating
classification should they have deserved it, games that would have
gained such a classification have either had to be toned down, or not
sold thanks to being banned – but this could soon change.
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
Has the fallout already begun from Microsoft’s serious snafu of
releasing Vista SP1 early to users of 64-bit Vista? We’ve just received
a report that shows two new problems we haven’t heard of before, as we
unofficially rename SP1 to ‘Snafu Pack 1’.
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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
Malware threats aren’t using the scattergun approach any longer, with
criminals targeting users in their own languages in ever increasingly
sophisticated attempts to become more successful at ripping us all
off.
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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
With Firefox 3 nearly ready for primetime, and as Netscape is formally
no more, Mozilla celebrates over half a billion Firefox downloads with
a program to donate free rice to the poor.
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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
In a move that is of no surprise to anyone, Microsoft has finally
decided it will no longer manufacture the HD DVD add-on drive for the
Xbox 360, although they will naturally continue to support customers
who purchased the drive.
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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
An article at APC magazine shows you how virtually anyone, anywhere
around the world, can bypass the iTunes and licensing limitations that
mean only US citizens get the best content, and get it first – but why
do we put up with this?
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
Users of the 64-bit version of Vista may have noticed something strange
over the last couple of days – a notification that Vista SP1 has
downloaded to their computers and is ready for installation, despite
availability still set for March 18. Has Microsoft gone mad?
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
A new Australian chip small enough to be embedded into home and office
equipment promises wireless audio and video transfer at up to 5
gigabits per second, ten times faster than today’s solutions at only
one-tenth the cost!
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
What’s going on at the world’s second most popular search engine,
Yahoo? First they delist the Pirate Bay, but then they put it back. Did
Jack Sparrow call them and have a chat?
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