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11:46AM Nick Broughall | It’s all well and good for us consumers to bitch about the lack of an R18+ rating in video games, but it’s another thing altogether when politicians start doing it for us. The Hon Kate Jones MP has sponsored a government petition up in Queensland to bring change to the current classifications scheme. More »
Queensland MP Taking The Fight To Atkinson’s R18+ Games Ratings Refusal
11:46AM Nick Broughall | It’s all well and good for us consumers to bitch about the lack of an R18+ rating in video games, but it’s another thing altogether when politicians start doing it for us. The Hon Kate Jones MP has sponsored a government petition up in Queensland to bring change to the current classifications scheme. More »
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iPhone And Android Are Taking Over The (Mobile) Internet
8:31AM John Herrman | So, what does it take to snatch a combined 75 per cent of US mobile internet traffic? Two operating systems, a handful of phones and one great browser core. More »
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The Definition Of Evil: Microsoft’s Search Wars Hurt Us All
5:32AM Brian Lam | Microsoft may pay Murdoch to de-list from Google. If it happens, it sets a bad precedent. Imagine if all the world’s content is exclusive to some engines and we have to search them all to find what we want? Hell! More »
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Wikipedia’s Brain Drain
3:40AM Matt Buchanan | The decay of time, bitter infighting, and the increasing scope and strength of regulations slowly strangle the life out of Wikipedia, with editors – its braintrust – fleeing in droves, even as traffic at the world’s fifth most-popular website keeps growing. More »
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Microsoft Might Pay Murdoch To De-List From Google
12:21AM Danny Allen | Last week I joked that Microsoft paying big sites to de-list from Google would never fly – but it just might happen. We know Rupert Murdoch is thinking about de-listing News Corp content, and now Microsoft may provide an incentive. More »
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5:00PM Rosa Golijan | Wired writer Evan Ratliff spent 27 days in constant fear of getting caught as a small army of amateur and professional investigators hunted him. He had a bounty on his head and the internet nipping at his heels. More »
How Do You Hide From The Internet?
5:00PM Rosa Golijan | Wired writer Evan Ratliff spent 27 days in constant fear of getting caught as a small army of amateur and professional investigators hunted him. He had a bounty on his head and the internet nipping at his heels. More »
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Google Adding Automatic Captions To YouTube Videos
3:15AM Adam Frucci | Google is bringing its Google Voice speech recognition tech to YouTube, creating automatic captions for deaf and hearing-impaired users. Get ready for hilariously incorrect captions! More »
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Second Gen Pogoplug Lets You Share Multiple USB Drives Online
12:29AM Rosa Golijan | Like the prior generation, the new Pogoplug allows for USB drive sharing over the internet. It’ll run for $US129, still have no service fees, take up to four USB drives, and have Twitter and Facebook integration. More »
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3:41PM Nick Broughall | So I’ve been playing around with Google Wave for a while, and despite being on a few waves, have yet to find a really practical use for it. Until now – I want to use Wave as a way of chatting with you guys in real time – in particular as a way of getting feedback on the site. More »
Join The Giz AU Wave
3:41PM Nick Broughall | So I’ve been playing around with Google Wave for a while, and despite being on a few waves, have yet to find a really practical use for it. Until now – I want to use Wave as a way of chatting with you guys in real time – in particular as a way of getting feedback on the site. More »
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