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A complete history of my sexual failures tells the story of Chris Wait, a 30-something gen xer who doesn’t seem to have grown up, who wants to know what the hell is wrong with him after being dumped by every girlfriend he’s ever had.  Read more... (429 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

While the organisers of the China International Consumer Goods Fair 2009 (CICGF) recognise that the global slowdown will impact the upcoming fair, they remain optimistic about the business opportunities that the fair will generate.  Read more... (561 words, 1 image, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

Did you know that the term “spam”, as in unwanted email, comes from a Monty Python skit where a group of Vikings sing the word spam over and over in order to drown out everyone else around them. Well I didn’t know this piece of trivia until I started reading Internet for Dummies Australian Edition – though the book does contain a lot of useful information and not just trivia.  Read more... (374 words, 1 image, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

An IT manager who was trying to upgrade his Windows Vista Ultimate installation was billed seven times due to a malfunction at Windows Live Marketplace.  Read more... (256 words, 1 image, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)

Australia has been watching the OPEL and FTTN network processes with baited breathe over the last few months and the process for each network hits various roadblocks and obstacles. Now the two ideas are in real trouble. If OPEL and FTTN both fall by the wayside, Australia could be left in a vast wasteland of technological limbo.  Read more... (291 words, 1 image, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)

In a move expected to shake up the Australian markets a bit, Dell has announced it will be getting a new partner in Australian retail. Now the game is hurry up and wait as Dell prolongs the announcement of the actual name another day.  Read more... (261 words, 1 image, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

A show based out of Queensland called Dojo Monkey has become the first Australian show to go completely cross platform. The animated show is based on a character named Dojo Money. Dojo Monkey got his start as the ninja monkey in a video game, but the creator immediately saw the potential for a show and the ability to make that work on multiple platforms.  Read more... (263 words, 1 image, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

The owner of TeamTaylorMade.com web site, Timothy P Taylor, was ordered to pay back the profits he made from the venture. His web site tricked visitors into installing spyware and adware onto their machines in the guise of free videos and free screen savers. Taylor will be returning $4595.36 USD, a paltry sum compared other recent legal news, like the sentencing of two software pirates.  Read more... (263 words, 1 image, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

The UK is the first to receive prototypes of a new way to game: with your mind. How does it work? Basically, Brainwave allows you to control a game via a headset that translates your brain’s electrical activity into a language your game console can understand.  Read more... (346 words, 1 image, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

It was only a matter of time, really, until advertising hit your mobile phone. Like it or not, that day has arrived. Certain advertisers have been sending text ads to their customers already, but now the game has changed.  Read more... (329 words, 1 image, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Giving new meaning to the term “the Royal Wii“, it seems the Queen of England has developed a fondness for Prince William’s new Nintendo Wii system. It makes me happy that England’s monarchy is revealing an unexpected technological savvy. Every country needs leaders and role models who promote technology and science as well as the arts, and what better way to do so than to show technology can be both fun and useful?  Read more... (231 words, 1 image, estimated 55 secs reading time)

The Internet is a fabulous place full of both distractions and tools. Those free and low cost tools come in handy when you are trying to keep track of your life, including keeping those New Years resolutions. Much more than just a social place, the Internet can be useful in ways you never imagined.  Read more... (508 words, 1 image, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

A few claims are floating around the internet this week examining the theory that the frequency emitted by your Wii will attract cockroaches. That’s right – nasty, vile, cockroaches. And we don’t mean the cockroaches you call friends that come over to scam time on your Wii and eat you out of house and home. We mean the creepy, crawly, insect creatures that many scientists think will one day outlive every life form on Earth.  Read more... (265 words, 1 image, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)

While we’re no longer producing a print edition of FREE ACCESS, we are producing a special magazine on behalf of D-Link that focuses on networking.  Read more... (94 words, 1 image, estimated 23 secs reading time)

A Photographic & Digital Imaging Expo is to be held on Wednesday 29^th November at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, Lakeside Boulevard, Pakenham Victoria.  Read more... (582 words, 1 image, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Core 2 Duo chips are everywhere these days, winning the speed crown from AMD, available in desktop PCs, iMacs, PC based notebooks and perhaps by next week, in Apple’s ever versatile MacBooks and MacBookPros.  Read more... (312 words, 1 image, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)