Lead article
Sep 1st, 2010 |
By Dave Parrack |
Category: Internet, Lead article, Technology news
While most of the country has been discussing the two possibilities for improving broadband coverage in Australia, a third way has emerged. And it’s being proposed and backed by a host of telecommunications entrepreneurs.
Tags: 4G Broadband, 4G Broadband Network, 4G Network, Alliance for Affordable Broadband, Coalition, Labor, NBN, NBN 3.0
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Aug 31st, 2010 |
By Dave Parrack |
Category: Lead article, Technology news
If you’re one of the few people to have bought a 3DTV and were planning to watch the NRL Grand Final on it in October then you may want to look away now.
Tags: 3DTV, ACMA, AFL Grand Final, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, NRL, NRL Grand Final, State Of Origin
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Aug 27th, 2010 |
By Dave Parrack |
Category: Lead article, Technology news
Technology aids and adds to our lives in many different ways. But saving lives has to be the best use of technology there is. And that’s the aim of a new bushfire prediction and warning system being rolled out in Victoria.
Tags: Australia, Black Saturday, Bushfire, Bushfires, FireWeb, John Brumby, Melbourne, NBN, PhoenixWeb, Victoria
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Aug 24th, 2010 |
By Dave Parrack |
Category: Internet, Lead article, Technology news
The future of the NBN, and Australia’s telecommunications network as a whole, is firmly in the balance thanks to the result of the federal election.
Tags: Australia, Australian Election, Labor, Liberal, National Broadband Network, NBN
Posted in Internet, Lead article, Technology news |
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Aug 21st, 2010 |
By Dave Parrack |
Category: Internet, Lead article, Technology news
With Australia heading for the polls to decide who represents the country in the federal election, technology, more specifically Broadband, could play a key part in deciding who wins.
Tags: 2010 Election, Australia, Australian Election, Broadband, Julia Gillard, NBN, Tony Abbott
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Jul 13th, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Imaging, Internet, Lead article
If you own a website or blog, then chances are at some point you’ve needed to hit the interwebs to search for an image to use on it. If you’re using an image for commercial purposes, then you need to have the rights to use it from the original creator. Previously Google Image Search would pull all the images on the web up in a search, now its added a filter to help you see only pictures you can actually use.
Tags: Google, google image
Posted in Imaging, Internet, Lead article |
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Jun 25th, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Announcements, Lead article, New products
If you’ve been holding out on purchasing a netbook, now may be the time. HP has just announced a new HP Mini 5105, that takes the term netbook to the next level, and provides a lot specs that make it stand out from the competition.
Tags: hp, laptop, Netbook, notebook
Posted in Announcements, Lead article, New products |
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Jun 21st, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Internet, Lead article, Open source, Technology news
It looks like Wikipedia, is going to start to allow users to add video clips to Wikipedia pages in addition to text. The new video option will allow users to find video of things they might be looking for an edit and embed clips on the site for others to view later on.
Tags: wikipedia
Posted in Internet, Lead article, Open source, Technology news |
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Jun 21st, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Internet, Lead article
It looks like Activision may stop making games for the Sony Playstation unless prices start to drop for the console. With the high price of consoles consumers are picking up versions of games for the cheaper Xbox and Wii instead of springing for the high-priced Playstation and games.
Tags: activision, playstation, wii, xbox
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Jun 11th, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Internet, Lead article, New products
Amazon’s Kindle is getting bigger. Amazon released a new larger version of the popular e-reader this morning, the Kindle DX, just four short months after the release of the Kindle 2.
Tags: Amazon Kindle, e-books, e-reader, Kindle DX
Posted in Internet, Lead article, New products |
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Jun 8th, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Internet, Lead article, Technology news
If you like to watch YouTube on your television then a new version of the popular video sharing site YouTube XL is bound to be just what you’ve been waiting for. As you can imagine, the new XL site is extra large and has a new television-friendly interface to make browsing videos on your television a snap.
Tags: online video, youtube, YouTube XL
Posted in Internet, Lead article, Technology news |
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Jun 4th, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Lead article, Microsoft
Netbooks have rapidly gained in popularity over the past few years, finding their way into the hands of business professionals who want a small notebook for travel purposes, and budget consumers who only have a few hundred dollars to spend on a new computer. Now that we’ve all become accustomed to calling them netbooks, Microsoft has suggested that our tine new friends need a new name all together.
Tags: Microsoft, Netbook
Posted in Lead article, Microsoft |
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May 31st, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Lead article, Mac
A Hong Kong blog has posted what may be the first images of the new iPhone 3G interface. While the images are a bit on the blurry side, they all look to be very authentic in design and are being regarded by many to be the real deal.
Tags: iphone 2009, iphone 3.0, iphone 3g, iphone pictures
Posted in Lead article, Mac |
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May 31st, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Lead article, New products, Products - gaming
Video game fitness programs have in a way taken the world by storm, allowing users to turn working out into a game. One popular video game fitness program by Nintendo: Wii Fit is expected to release a new version of the game this fall that turns working out not only into a game, but also into a competition.
Tags: fitness, nintendo, wii fit
Posted in Lead article, New products, Products - gaming |
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May 30th, 2009 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Free apps, Lead article
The iPhone is probably the one gadget that has changed my life. It allows me to access email and web when I’m out an about; I can listen to my music library wherever I am; and if I’m lost, there’s that very handy Maps app that has already saved me a number of times. And then there are those free apps you can download from the App Store.
Tags: 20 Of The Best, App Store, Best iPhone Apps, iphone, iPhone Apps, Top 20
Posted in Free apps, Lead article |
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May 24th, 2009 |
By Emily Price |
Category: Internet, Internet applications, Lead article
Don’t like the route Google Maps has given you to get somewhere? Now the map program will not only give you what it considers the “best” route, it will also let you drag and drop the suggested route to create your own customized alternate route as well.
Tags: alternate routes, google maps, suggested routes
Posted in Internet, Internet applications, Lead article |
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May 13th, 2009 |
By Sean P. Aune |
Category: Internet, Internet applications, Lead article

There seems to be more news each day of how user generated videos, the former darlings of the media, are becoming a little less welcome on the Internet.
Tags: crackle, metacafe, partner producers, ugc, youtube
Posted in Internet, Internet applications, Lead article |
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May 6th, 2009 |
By Sean P. Aune |
Category: Apple, Internet applications, Lead article, Mac, Technology news

In what could possibly be one of the oddest matchups in technology history, Apple may be sniffing around a purchase of Twitter.
Tags: Apple, Apple buying Twitter, Twitter
Posted in Apple, Internet applications, Lead article, Mac, Technology news |
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Apr 29th, 2009 |
By Sean P. Aune |
Category: Lead article, Microsoft, Products - software, Vista, Windows, Windows Vista
Windows XP may be dead to some, but Microsoft is quickly realizing it won’t soon be forgotten.
Tags: Microsoft, Virtual PC, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Me, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Posted in Lead article, Microsoft, Products - software, Vista, Windows, Windows Vista |
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Apr 22nd, 2009 |
By Sean P. Aune |
Category: Lead article, Products - media players, Technology news

Rumors are popping up everywhere of a Mac-based netbook coming from Apple sometime this year, but are the rumors to be believed?
Tags: 10" touchscreen, Apple, Foxconn, iphone, iPod, iPod Touch
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