New Aussie TiVo XL - an eXtra Large disappointment?

  The same old TiVo with a bigger hard drive is an insult to loyal Australian TiVo users.  
 

Twitter becomes the new oracle of the media

The well known axiom that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in the media has found a new adversary in online social blab network Twitter. Well credentialed supposedly unbiased but all too human journalists and media commentators are freely venting their very biased spleens in tweets and creating much vexation amongst their media bosses.
 

Apple's fake iPad video makes a mockery of onscreen keyboard

The fake iPad demo video on Apple's website reveals netbook makers have little to fear from the iPad.
 

Hands on: Skype on the iPhone. Verdict: Disappointing.

Skype is finally available for the iPhone, but it may not be all that you hoped for.
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Leak reveals Internet filtering blacklist open to abuse

The Telstra-owned Yellow Pages online directory is just one of more than 40 sites which faces fines of up to $11,000 per day for linking to the website of Maroochy Boarding Kennels - wrongly included on Australia's secret list of banned websites .
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Earthquake felt across Melbourne

Only weeks after Victoria's horrific bushfires claimed hundreds of lives, houses shook across Melbourne on Friday night after an earthquake measuring 4.7 struck Gippsland - the second in two months.
 

Windows 7 - no Blu-ray for you!

Hopes for native Blu-ray support in Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system have been dashed with confirmation the new OS won't play Blu-ray movies out of the box.
 

Conroy the Barbarian - sinner or saint?

I've got mixed feelings about a man who is trying to save the internet with one hand and destroy it with the other.
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mBox brings visual voicemail to Aussie iPhones

Australian iPhone owners can now have an inbox-like view of their voicemail thanks to mBox's handy iPhone app.
 

Australian TiVo online scheduling delayed

TiVo officially hits the Australian shelves today without online scheduling, but my list of frustrations goes on.