Monday, August 17, 2009 - Page 2
Entertainment

Optus Zoo Now Offers The Daily Show On Your Mobile

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Optus has just announced a whole heap of new TV stations for their mobile phone OptusZoo portal. The highlight? The Daily Show and SouthPark.


Mobile

Crazy John’s Offering Pink BlackBerry Pearl 8110 On $39 Plan

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What’s notable about this offering from RIM and Crazy John’s isn’t the pink BlackBerry Pearl 8110. It’s the fact that you can sign up for a BlackBerry plan for under $40 a month. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily make it good value.


Online

Want To Call Up Internode? Check Their Wait Times First

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Waiting on hold when you need tech support, want to make a complaint or just need to pay a bill is the bane of humanity. That’s why Internode’s new beta service, that lets you check the average wait time for their support lines online is like manna from heaven for Internode customers.


The Star Trek Enterprise Record Player We Wish Was Real

This neat record player is based on the NCC-1701 from the latest Star Trek movie. Do Want! It’s just a concept, though—one in a gallery of 25 designs, including a roller-skate Enterprise. [Star Trek Movie via Gadgetvenue via SlipperyBrick]


Computing

Best Netbook + Data Bundles Analysed At Lifehacker

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If you wanted to get a better idea of which netbook plus 3G data plan combo was the best value for money, Gus over at Lifehacker has put them up against eachother in a battle royale of smallish computers, inbuilt 3G antennae and mobile data packets.


Gadgets

Why Buy A $200 USB Photo Scanner?

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First reaction after seeing the USB photo scanner from Latestbuy: It looks like a mini CRT TV! Second reaction after seeing the price of the USB photo scanner: Holy crap! I’m not buying this!


Cars

The Boeing Dreamliner 787 Could Be The Next Spruce Goose

The headline takes certain exaggerated liberties, sure, I admit that, but nevertheless today marks the second time in two months that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been delayed due to structural failures during the testing process.


Music Companies Are Still Pushing A Stupid Subscription Model

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Dear frackin’ Christ! Is it just me, or do the powers that be at the music labels enjoy failing miserably? The lead tech story on the SMH website this morning is all about how the record labels are going to change the way we consume music by offering a monthly subscription service. Why they think people want to pay a monthly fee for music they don’t get to keep is beyond me…


Software

TomTom iPhone App Now Available On iTunes

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It happened for our Kiwi cousins over the weekend, but this morning the Aussie version of the TomTom satnav app went live on iTunes for $99.99


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

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Cops Bust Guy Selling Glass Oven Door Disguised As HDTV That’s the kind of clever thinking this world really needs.

No Apple Tablet Till 2010, Say Sources Conflicting reports? So now it’s sounding more like an Apple rumour…

Leica A-La-Carte Cameras Offer 4000 Different Customisation Options Considering only 4000 people could probably afford it, that means it could be unique.

Sony PS3 Laugh Detector Patent Has Very Juvenile Sense Of Humour Really, a laugh detector? That sounds fun!

HTC Hero “Sense” UI Officially Coming To The Magic, MyTouch 3G Might Be Left In The Cold So you won’t need the hack method after all…