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ACCC clears Optus to scrap HFC network and use NBN instead

The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read more

Home computer circa 1954?

IT Industry - Development

Well no actually, although some would have us believe this snow job. This picture apparently fooled some very eminent figures within the IT industry. It was presented as a look at how computer scientists of 50 years ago envisioned a PC would look like today (purportedly from Popular Mechanics 1954). In fact, it is a full scale mock-up of the maneuvering room of a nuclear submarine. See http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_rand_home_computer.htm.

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