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Gadgets
9:25AM Nick Broughall | If it wasn’t for the fact that I need a home phone line for ADSL (I can’t get Naked at my exchange), I would have dumped my home landline years ago. The T-Hub, which was shown off at the Telstra Investor Day yesterday and also popped up on their intranet, doesn’t really make me want to hang on to the legacy landline option… More »
Telstra Unveils The T-Hub… Does Anybody Want One?
9:25AM Nick Broughall | If it wasn’t for the fact that I need a home phone line for ADSL (I can’t get Naked at my exchange), I would have dumped my home landline years ago. The T-Hub, which was shown off at the Telstra Investor Day yesterday and also popped up on their intranet, doesn’t really make me want to hang on to the legacy landline option… More » 
Business
3:27PM Nick Broughall | It must be cold down in Hell at the moment, because Telstra CEO David Thodey has just admitted that their broadband pricing is “out of line”. Even better, they’re planning aggressive price cuts. More »
Telstra Admits They Charge Too Much
3:27PM Nick Broughall | It must be cold down in Hell at the moment, because Telstra CEO David Thodey has just admitted that their broadband pricing is “out of line”. Even better, they’re planning aggressive price cuts. More »
Entertainment
9:30AM Nick Broughall | Telstra customers have been able to watch a mobile version of Foxtel on pretty much every NextG handset except the iPhone for a few years now. But as Gus at Lifehacker points out, that’s all changed now, with the Big T bringing the service to their iPhone customers. More »
Mobile Foxtel Now Available On Telstra iPhones
9:30AM Nick Broughall | Telstra customers have been able to watch a mobile version of Foxtel on pretty much every NextG handset except the iPhone for a few years now. But as Gus at Lifehacker points out, that’s all changed now, with the Big T bringing the service to their iPhone customers. More »
Business
11:46AM Nick Broughall | Somebody get me some popcorn: This could get very messy. Today Senator Conroy announced that the Rudd government has made some pretty major changes to telecommunications laws that will require Telstra to structurally separate its wholesale and retail businesses. And if they don’t do it voluntarily, the government’s going to bring the pain… More »
Government To Force Telstra To Structurally Separate Wholesale And Retail
11:46AM Nick Broughall | Somebody get me some popcorn: This could get very messy. Today Senator Conroy announced that the Rudd government has made some pretty major changes to telecommunications laws that will require Telstra to structurally separate its wholesale and retail businesses. And if they don’t do it voluntarily, the government’s going to bring the pain… More »
Software
3:15PM Nick Broughall | Just in time for finals season, Telstra has released the AFL Finals iPhone app. It’s not just for Telstra customers though, and it actually looks fairly swish. More »
Telstra Launches An AFL Finals iPhone App
3:15PM Nick Broughall | Just in time for finals season, Telstra has released the AFL Finals iPhone app. It’s not just for Telstra customers though, and it actually looks fairly swish. More »
Software
1:23PM Nick Broughall | I actually reckon that having a news ticker scrolling across the bottom of my computer screen would be incredibly useful way of getting the latest news. Especially if I could customise the types of headlines and add RSS feeds to it like you can with the BigPond ticker. Unfortunately, I can’t because BigPond has made their Ticker Windows-only, meaning Mac users like me miss out, at least for the time being. More »
BigPond Launches News Ticker App For Windows Users
1:23PM Nick Broughall | I actually reckon that having a news ticker scrolling across the bottom of my computer screen would be incredibly useful way of getting the latest news. Especially if I could customise the types of headlines and add RSS feeds to it like you can with the BigPond ticker. Unfortunately, I can’t because BigPond has made their Ticker Windows-only, meaning Mac users like me miss out, at least for the time being. More »
Hardware
9:26AM Nick Broughall | You regular consumers can now buy the Telstra BigPond 21Mbps USB modem from your local T[life] or Telstra store. Of course, it’s going to cost you though. More »
Telstra 21Mbps USB Modem Now In Store
9:26AM Nick Broughall | You regular consumers can now buy the Telstra BigPond 21Mbps USB modem from your local T[life] or Telstra store. Of course, it’s going to cost you though. More »
Networks
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Melbourne residents with access to Telstra’s cable broadband are set for a big boost in speed this year, with Uncle Sol announcing that the Telco is boosting the service’s speeds to 100Mbps by Christmas. More »
Telstra Boosting Melbourne Cable Broadband To 100Mbps
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Melbourne residents with access to Telstra’s cable broadband are set for a big boost in speed this year, with Uncle Sol announcing that the Telco is boosting the service’s speeds to 100Mbps by Christmas. More »
Phones
11:43AM Nick Broughall | It’s been a big week for Telstra. Aside from boosting their NextG network to 8Mbps 21Mbps, launching their own skin for Windows Mobile 6.1 and losing a HTC phone with Windows Mobile 6.5 loaded on it, they also found time to tell David Flynn over at APC that they’ll be launching an Android handset in the second half of this year. More »
Telstra Set To Launch An Android Handset This Year?
11:43AM Nick Broughall | It’s been a big week for Telstra. Aside from boosting their NextG network to 8Mbps 21Mbps, launching their own skin for Windows Mobile 6.1 and losing a HTC phone with Windows Mobile 6.5 loaded on it, they also found time to tell David Flynn over at APC that they’ll be launching an Android handset in the second half of this year. More »
Deals
11:13AM Nick Broughall | Everyone likes free stuff. That’s probably why BigPond are giving away free movies and TV shows every week to download via their BigPond movies portal. There’ll be new movies and episodes every week, starting with Hellboy and The Tudors season 1 episode 1.
Naturally, the downloads are DRM’d to the hilt, and will only work on Windows Media Player 11 (the same as all video downloads from BigPond). You’ll need to sign up to BigPond Movies to access the films, and the offer ends on May 11. But there will be new movies and TV episodes every week, so it’s not all bad.
And if you’re not a BigPond broadband customer, remember that the download will count towards your data usage (it’s unmetered for BigPond). At about 1.1GB per film, it can quickly add up, so best to keep an eye on your monthly usage if you take this offer up.
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Get Free Movies And TV Shows On BigPond
11:13AM Nick Broughall | Everyone likes free stuff. That’s probably why BigPond are giving away free movies and TV shows every week to download via their BigPond movies portal. There’ll be new movies and episodes every week, starting with Hellboy and The Tudors season 1 episode 1.
Naturally, the downloads are DRM’d to the hilt, and will only work on Windows Media Player 11 (the same as all video downloads from BigPond). You’ll need to sign up to BigPond Movies to access the films, and the offer ends on May 11. But there will be new movies and TV episodes every week, so it’s not all bad.
And if you’re not a BigPond broadband customer, remember that the download will count towards your data usage (it’s unmetered for BigPond). At about 1.1GB per film, it can quickly add up, so best to keep an eye on your monthly usage if you take this offer up.
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