Ah, bless late night infomercials and horny inventors. Because without them, we would not have this list of craptacular fitness paraphernalia. More »
Rugby jerseys have come a long way from their humble potato-sack beginnings. Now, synthetic and high-tech, they are arguably as important to a successful side as a strong tackler or golden boot. And 2007 marked the pinnacle of that evolution. More »
GPS and football sounds like an odd combo. I mean, you have to ask; do players really need directions on which way to run? Yes they do. But surprisingly, the use of GPS in football—whether it be AFL, league, rugby or soccer—isn’t exactly a new concept. More »
Exciting news, Gizmodeans. Our hapless editor and his lovely wife welcomed a bouncing baby boy this morning. No word on a name yet, but both mum and Baby Broughall are doing well. As for our ed…
A heads up for all you IT gurus; the Citrix NetScaler VPX conference will take place this Wednesday and Thursday in Sydney and Melbourne. Starting at 8am, the three-hour seminars will cover web app acceleration, dynamic layer 4-7 load balancing, ensuring availability of business-critical applications and application level firewalling.
For more details, click through to the seminar web page and register.
Did we mention it includes breakfast?
[Citrix]
Giz has given in to peer pressure like the geeks-to-the-cores we are. You’ve been asking for it and now, thanks to the folks over at BlackBerry, the new and improved Gizmodo Australia mobile site has finally arrived. More »
If you’re a fan of the recently launched Popular Science magazine, then this one’s for you. The science, tech and gadget mag, famous for blowing up buses, freezing phones and all those things we love, is giving away an issue of your choice to every person who completes a reader survey. Of course the offer is only until stock runs out, and is strictly one per person. But in these economic times, who’s going to turn down a free read of a quality magazine? [Pop Sci] More »
We watched our US counterparts weep with joy as the NERF Vulcan EBF-25 and Recon CS-6 were released Stateside. We lamented for many long NERF-less months when we couldn’t buy either blaster here. And now, finally, it’s your chance to score the ultimate in foam and dart weapon technology. To win your very own awesome NERF Vulcan or Recon, simply click through to our sister site Kotaku, and test your trigger finger on the NERF shooter game. There are 8 blasters up for grabs and just five weeks to win one of them. [NERF on Kotaku]
Last week’s Star Wars Vehicle comp has now closed. So which 5 clever readers landed a SVW pack; including SWV magazine and featured die-cast model? Props to Timo, Nekro, Mitch Scott and Vicden. Your prizes are on the way.
Last chance to enter our Star Wars Vehicle comp. So if you fancy scoring one of the first five issues of the SWV magazine and featured die-cast model, head over to the original post. Good luck!
