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Harvey Norman Is Doing Xbox One Pre-Orders The Right Way

You may have had to read that headline a few times to make sense of it, because the idea that Harvey Norman is doing right by gamers and their “leisure computers” is pretty insane, but it’s true: Harvey Norman is letting people pre-order the latest Xbox One in the best possible way.


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Wednesday Night

Amazon Plans To Build Massive Biodome HQ, So No One Has To Leave It looks like fused testicles from one angle.

Twitter Finally Adds Two-Factor Authentication And it’s available right now. We’ll show you how to set it up.

Wow, A Guy Plummeted 60km/h Off A 300m Cliff And Survived It probably won’t stop him from doing it again though.

The Tiny, Cool Details Of The New Xbox One Controller Smaller, clickier, new buttons and so much v-v-v-v-ibration.

Yes, An Old Mac G5 Does Make A Great BBQ Upcycling at its best.


Whitenoise Gizmodo Community

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After Hours: Best Cinema and Entertainment Apps

Never spend a night alone again with these apps: they’re great for going out on the town and getting great entertainment! What were you thinking?


This New Trailer For The Wolverine Makes It Seems Very Watchable

Bad prequels and sequels seem so easy to make. Look at X-Men Origins: Wolverine for example. Now there’s a new Wolverine movie coming and the trailer actually makes it look incredibly watchable. Check it out here.


IBM’s Watson Supercomputer Got A Job At An Australian Bank

The world’s most advanced thinking supercomputer has wiped the floor with the world’s greatest Jeopardy! champions, IBM’s Watson wanted a new challenge, so now it will be advising people how to invest their money over at ANZ Bank.


Kassem G Is Coming To Australia

The host of one of YouTube’s weirdest shows California On is coming Down Under. That’s right: Kassem G will be hitting Australia as part of a new online video convention…thing.


App Deals Of The Day: Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone

AccuWeather Platinum for 99c on Android, ComicBook! now free on iOS, Flickr Studio now free on iPad, Camera Roll Sync HD now free on Windows Phone, plus lots more. Deals end without warning, so be quick or miss out!


Nokia Keeps Calling Out Apple And Samsung Over Their ‘Crappy’ Cameras

Nobody who owns a Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 or an iPhone 5 would really look at their camera in disgust and throw it away after a 30-second television commercial, would they? That’s what Nokia’s banking on with its new Lumia 928 ads, directly calling out Apple and Samsung for their rubbish low-light photography abilities.


John McCain Really Asked Tim Cook This Dumb Question

You know how your granddad will often ask you to fix his tech? This is just like that, only much more official. Apple CEO, Tim Cook, fronted a US Senate Inquiry this week to answer tax dodging claims, and Republican Senator and former Presidential candidate, John McCain, said something dumb about updating his apps.


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