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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.






















