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Microsoft Surface Pro Review: Too Much Future?

The Microsoft Surface was the biggest new tech of 2012. Its first iteration — Surface RT, a confusingly named and marketed tablet-with-a-keyboard — bombed. Pretty hard. So why believe in the full-powered Surface Pro? Simple. It’s a braver and more divergent take on the laptop-tablet convergence than anyone else has risked so far.


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Thank Giz It’s Friday: Avoiding Cat-astrophe

It’s Friday, and you’re on the Internet. The Internet loves cats, but what makes cats tick?


What Happened With The NBN This Week?

NBN Co pulled in some money, spent a whole lot more, bickered with its contractors and got rejected by the ACCC while speculation mounted that we might finally see a glimmer of an actual Coalition NBN policy. Also, Alan Jones raved and ranted, but then that’s hardly news, is it?


Government Looking Into Automating Games Rating Process

The battle for an R18+ rating for games was a long and hard road, and the number of games actually rated R18+ has really only been a trickle. That may well have been down to the speed with which the ratings board can actually classify games, but that could be about to change with proposals to fully automate game classification ratings.


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This Week In Smartphone Software Updates: Telstra, Optus, Vodafone

Wondering when the sweet new versions of Android will land on your device? You’re in luck: each week, Gizmodo Australia will take you through all of the handset updates currently being tested on Australian networks like Vodafone, Telstra and Optus, and tell you when you can expect them on your device.


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Kogan Offers Apology Vouchers To Dumped Mobile Customers

Kogan’s mobile ambitions were somewhat dampened when the telco behind Kogan Mobile, ispONE started kicking customers off its service for what it deemed to be excessive data usage. Now it seems that Kogan’s offering customers who were kicked off the service $50 sales vouchers by way of apology.


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What If Calvin And Hobbes Was… Gritty?

Part of the beauty and majesty of Bill Watterson’s classic Calvin and Hobbes is how childlike and innocent it all is. With the current penchant for “gritty” remakes of classics in Hollywood, what would happen if Calvin went that way?


iiNet’s Budii Is Now Available

We’ve known about iiNet’s Budii — a combo modem, Android handset and tablet device– for a while now. iiNet’s just announced that those keen on the combo can sign up for one from today.


Lunchtime Deal: Pioneer 625 Watt 5.1 Home Theatre Receiver $397

JB Hi-Fi’s currently selling the Pioneer 5.1 VSX527 receiver for a very wallet friendly $397.


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Telstra Plans To Stop Its 3G Ski Signal From Perishing

We want 3G everywhere, it seems. Telstra’s announced upgrade plans for its mobile communications tower in NSW ski town Perisher. The aim is to provide better service and lessen the possibility of employees being impaled by shards of falling ice.


Facebook Home: Everything You Need To Know

Overnight Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg revealed Facebook Home and the HTC First. Here’s everything you need to know about both the software and the phone.


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