New National Broadband Network. The Rudd Government today announced the establishment of a new company to build and operate a new super fast National Broadband Network which will be the single largest nation building infrastructure project in Australian history.
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Yahoo! Tech’s best and worst tech products of 2008. Hulu and Sony Xperia X1 among the best and Blu-ray in the worst category.
View Original Article.Boing Boing Gadgets’ Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart. The short answer: Get an MSI Wind or Dell Mini 9.
View Original Article.WordPress 2.6 released with approximately 194 bug fixes.
View Original Article.Optus reveals its full range of iPhone prices, both prepaid and postpaid.
View Original Article.Hamilton and Kovalainen were penalized five grid places. Following several hours of deliberation by the stewards about whether or not the McLaren pair had done anything wrong, it was eventually decided that the duo should be punished. Hamilton was penalised for blocking Heidfeld, while Kovalainen got his penalty for blocking both the German and Alonso. It means Kovalainen will now start from eighth place on the grid, with Hamilton one place behind him. A McLaren spokesman confirmed that the team would not appeal the decision.
View Original Article.PC Magazine says the Dell XPS One is the all-in-one PC to beat for now.
View Original Article.The International Court of Appeal said in a statement the case was rejected because McLaren’s appeal is inadmissable. The results of the Interlagos race will remain unchanged, confirming Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen as the 2007 world champion. Ferrari CEO Jean Todt further added:
The decision of the ICA finally brings to an end a very intense season, both on and off the track. Today, a final and desperate attempt to change the result obtained on the track was rejected. Now, all our efforts are focused on preparing for next season.#.
What else left for Mclaren to loose this season?
View Original Article.Apple sold or delivered over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Apple’s history.
View Original Article.Apple’s DRM policies are not all that restrictive. If you want to buy an MP3 through iTunes, you most certainly can – so long as the artist or label allow you to do so. That’s not Apple’s fault, is it? #.
But the last time I checked Apple offers over 2 million DRM-free tracks with AAC encoding. AmazonMP3 too offers over 2 million DRM-free tracks but in MP3 format. Its Apple who chose AAC for DRM-free music not labels or artists. Now tell me whose fault is it Chris.
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