Attention shoppers! What’s your take on Costco’s new warehouses in Sydney and Canberra? I hear it’s chaotic out there — so let me (and other Giz readers) know if the tech bargains are worth the fuss. Likewise for Apple’s new store in Penrith — did you test drive the new MacBook Airs? Email or tweet @giz_au your pics/video, and comment within.
Being a Giz reader, you’re sure to have at least one, and probably two backups of your important documents. But a story in The Canberra Times is a timely reminder that having all your backups next to eachother is no backup solution at all. More »
I always knew there was something a little weird about Canberra. Now I know for certain – It’s actually a portal to some other weird dimension, as evidenced by a stroll down Commonwealth Avenue in Streetview. [Streetview – Thanks Dan!]
One thing the iPhone’s multitude of proper satnav apps don’t offer is live traffic updating from the SUNA traffic channel. If you have a dedicated satnav with traffic support, you can now avoid traffic in Canberra comfortably. And not just by getting the hell out of Canberra… More »
Gus over at Lifehacker scored this exclusive bit of info yesterday – The Suna traffic channel will launch mapping of Perth, Canberra and Adelaide sometime later this month. More »
Kudos to Dell, who over the weekend gathered up 35 tonnes of old computers in a free recycling day – their most successful to date.
Looking at some of the shots, you wonder how much of this stuff actually has some life left. Could some have been donated to charities for distribution to the other side of the digital divide? In the past, I have tried to donate machines to charity, but it doesn’t seem like there is anyone happy to take them — a lot of hoops to jump through, which makes recycling the easy (easier… it still isn’t easy) option…
Hit the jump for more pictures, and my conspiracy theory on ‘recycled’ computers out of Canberra.
