Stop Press: Customer Buys Phone

Avatar Posted by Ben 82 days ago (http://www.gizmodo.com.au)
Category: tech | Tags: apple consumer craziness iphone
Brett Howell has been presented with a rosette for the monumental achievement of buying an iPhone. Now if he’d successfully used it to send an MMS, THAT would have warranted an award... Stop Press: Customer Buys Phone
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Windows that generate electricity

Avatar Posted by Ben 82 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: tech | Tags: innovations science solar energy
A new window-tinting process directs sunlight to the glass’s edges, where it can be channelled to solar cells. The inexpensive process could see skyscrapers converted to power plants. Windows that generate electricity
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Aussie innovation gives us light-speed computing

Avatar Posted by Ben 89 days ago (http://www.smh.com.au)
Category: tech | Tags: electronics innovations
An optical chip developed by University of Sydney scientists offers the prospect of photonic computing and bottleneck-free fibre-optic networks for blistering internet speeds. Aussie innovation gives us light-speed computing
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XP support ending June – Hobson’s choice for users

Avatar Posted by Ben 165 days ago (http://blogs.smh.com.au)
Category: tech | Tags: microsoft
With Microsoft due to stop supporting XP at the end of June, users consider whether to upgrade to the buggy bloatware that is Vista. As the comments on this SMH blog attest, hatred for MS is set to mushroom. XP support ending June – Hobson’s choice for users
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Official Australian iPhone Release - end of June

Avatar Posted by god 180 days ago (http://forums.mactalk.com.au)
Category: tech
Resellers have been informed of the following things: Last week of June release; More than 1 carrier; No contract lock in; Current resellers will be able to sell iPhones. Official Australian iPhone Release - end of June
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Why we need an R18+ rating

Avatar Posted by Ben 184 days ago (http://blogs.theage.com.au)
Category: tech | Tags: censorship classification gaming
Age blogger Jason Hill presents a strong case for an R18+ category for games. The poll currently shows 62% pro, and the anti vote seems skewed by multiple ‘no’s – as many as 3000 from a single IP address. Why we need an R18+ rating
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GTA IV censored in Australia

Avatar Posted by god 185 days ago (http://blogs.theage.com.au)
Category: tech
Apparently all you'll get here is an edited version! GTA IV censored in Australia
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Australia's first computer - the CSIRAC

Avatar Posted by god 201 days ago (http://museumvictoria.com.au)
Category: tech
Built in 1936, last switched off in 1964. It's on display at museum victoria. Australia's first computer - the CSIRAC
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