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Aussies Taking Up IPTV In Increasing Numbers
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 12:00 pm
We may not all have NBN-level access speeds, but increasingly we’re adopting IPTV for our television watching, with a recent study concluding that one in ten subscription TV services are being delivered over broadband. The Telsyte study concludes that some 300,000 households — bearing in mind that, give or take there’s somewhere in the region of 7.8 million households in Austral …
Read More >>LimeWire Sued By Labels Even After Shut Down
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 11:45 am
LimeWire has been kaput as a file-sharing service since October, but that hasn’t stopped its legal woes. Now, after settling with the RIAA to the tune of $US105 million, the MPAA and a host of indie music labels have filed lawsuits against the company as well. Talk about beating a dead horse. Six studios — Twentieth Century Fox, Viacom, Comedy Partners, Disney, Paramount Pictures and W …
Read More >>Apple’s New Cursors May Signal Retina Display Macs
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 9:45 am
Cheerful Apple spokesman aficionado John Gruber talks about four tweets that, according to him, “may” indicate an incoming Apple hardware upgrade, perhaps the introduction of new Retina Display-level Macs or displays. Given his intimately wet relationship with Apple, you better listen up to his “wishful thinking” . The latest update — which was pulled …
Read More >>Scammers Use Impostor Apps To Flood Android Market With Malware
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 9:30 am
Android apps such as Jetpack Joyride , Madden NFL 12 , Pinterest and Batman Arkham City Lockdown are rife with malware. But these aren’t the official apps. No, they’re merely impostor apps that have snuck past the security gates of the Android Market. According to Android Police, a scam outfit calling itself Rovio Mobile Ltd. (yes, it’s even ripping off t …
Read More >>Lunchtime Deal: Nikon S5100 12MP Camera $127
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 9:00 am
There’s many that think that the compact point and shoot camera’s days are numbered, thanks to the improvements in sensors in smartphones and the encroachment of entry level DLSRs and mirrorless cameras. The one way that compacts could survive is by being cheap; today’s deal is from JB HiFi, where you can score the bright red Nikon S5100 for a relatively modest $127. [JB HiFi] …
Read More >>Designing Windows 8, Or How To Redesign A Religion
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 8:00 am
There are lot of hard jobs at Microsoft. Like the guy who collects Steve Ballmer’s dry cleaning. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest gig in Redmond. Or at least the most harrowing. Over the past five years, he’s taken on the tiny task of redesigning the operating system used by like a billion people all over the world. You know, NBD. Sam’s the Director of User Experience …
Read More >>How Careful Are You About What You Say Online?
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 7:30 am
Threats of legal action against Australian tech site zGeek highlight the problems of defamation in the information age. What do you do to keep yourself safe online, and who should shoulder the blame? Australian tech commentary site zGeek is currently in the middle of legal action relating to comments posted by its users on the site. While it’s (understandably) a little quiet on deta …
Read More >>This Is China’s New Attack Helicopter
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 7:15 am
The Chinese continue to upgrade their military to new levels. This is their new attack helicopter, the Z-19, a two-seater painted in badass black that looks a lot like the Eurocopter Dauphin. That’s because it’s based on the Eurocopter Dauphin. Like with previous designs, the Chinese licensed the designs from the manufacturer — for their previous helicopter, the Z-9 — and t …
Read More >>Press-To-Open Keyring Just Blew My Mind
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 6:30 am
I’m really sorry dress pant sweatpants, but there’s only room in my heart for one amazing invention at a time, and you’ve just been replaced by these brilliant Free Key rings that open with a simple press. I consider myself a fairly dexterous individual, but I’d rather be tasked with finding Atlantis than putting a new key onto a keyring. At least I know I’d be more s …
Read More >>How Much Abuse Can A Blackberry Take?
By yanko at 7 February, 2012, 5:00 am
RIM just put out a series of videos showcasing the durability tests a Blackberry has to withstand prior to its release. Pretty cool! The featured victim is a Blackberry Curve, which is dunked in water, bent to excess and dropped. Details are slim regarding the specifics of the tests and their outcomes, but it’s still nice to have a window into the process. And now, let the Blackberry jokes c …
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