Archive for July, 2010
Facebook Testing Permanent Account Deletion
Reports have recently spread around the web that Facebook is showing a select group of accounts a different kind of account deletion — one that doesn’t make you wait 14 days, instantly re-activates on any log-in and promises to “permanently delete all your account information including anything you have shared”… Read more
iPhone 4 On Sale Around Australia
After months of speculation, the iPhone 4 went on sale this morning, with Optus, Telstra and Vodafone/3 stores around the country holding midnight openings to mark the event… Read more
Microsoft’s ‘Street Slide’ takes aim at StreetView
A new mapping technology from Microsoft’s Research team takes the idea of a panoramic street view and stitches it together into one long stream of map tiles… Read more
Meet the internet’s Magnificent Seven
NEXT time the office geek says he broke the internet, tell him not to panic Read more
Forget Google – ask your Facebook friends
FACEBOOK launched a trial version today of a new service which allows membe Read more
Illegal Nintendo games are illegal – court
London’s High Court rules the R4 cartridge and other similar devices for th Read more
Forget 2010, who’ll win the next election?
GOOGLE asks schools around Australia to take part in "virtual" el Read more
YouTube ups video limit to 15 minutes
VIDEO sharing site responds to overwhelming demand and gives users an ext Read more
iPhones, iPads to be used in Ashes blitz
FOOTAGE of unruly spectators will be beamed straight to security staff in h Read more
iPhone 4 – the first Aussie verdict is in
APPLE'S latest has taken a pounding over its antenna but the death gr Read more
NBN inspires big boost for fibre link to US
AUSTRALIA’S undersea cable market is set to become more competitive with th Read more
iiNet CEO spells death sentence for AAPT unlimited
Unlimited ramifications if iiNet buys AAPT. Read more
Tap into Facebook members’ knowledge
FACEBOOK has launched a trial version of a new service which allows members Read more
Hack makes ATM vomit cash: Black Hat
Barnaby Jack, director of security testing at Seattle-based IOActive, haule Read more
Election 2010: Technology portfolio consolidation?
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has delivered the broad Read more
Telstra, Optus announce iPhone 4 deals
TELSTRA and Optus announced pricing plans for the iPhone 4 today and said a Read more
Telstra call centres jammed by speech recognition outage
Customers advised to use live chat. Read more
Less than a year until internet addresses run dry
In less than a year, the world will run out of internet addresses and inact Read more
iiNet, Internode bemoan Telstra cuts
National broadband providers Internode and iiNet have cried foul after Tels Read more
Optus digital-TV deals out of this world
OPTUS has secured four multi-million-dollar deals to deliver digital free-t Read more
Union joins net copyright battle
PERTH internet provider iiNet says the Media Alliance’s to enter its copyri Read more
BigPond price cuts anger Internode, iiNet
National broadband providers Internode and iiNet have cried foul with regards to a massive price cut unveiled yesterday by Telstra’s BigPond internet service provider division on its broadband plans… Read more
ISPs take note: if you filter you lose customers!
Internet service providers who implement the Federal Government’s voluntary filter stand to lose Australian broadband customers in droves according to a new survey… Read more
BigPond broadband is cheap as chips
I stumbled upon a shocking and unbelievable truth when casually browsi Read more
Telstra finally drops BigPond prices – but is it enough?!
Telstra, Australia’s dominant telecommunications company and admitted serial overcharger has finally brought to life CEO David Thodey’s promise of months ago to lower prices with pricing that’s closer to competitors, with more generous download limits in some cases – but as you’d expect from Telstra, bundling “conditions” are still in place to access its very lowest prices… Read more
