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Suna Traffic Now Live In Canberra

Nick Broughall — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:07:06 +0000

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…

Apparently the addition of Canberra brings Suna’s nationwide coverage to over 12,500km of Australian roads, and covers all main Australian cities. Considering that getting traffic on your satnav is a one-time expense when you buy your satnav, it’s a pretty solid reason for a standalone GPS device…

Suna Traffic Updates Hitting Canberra, Perth and Adelaide This Month

Nick Broughall — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:30:41 +0000

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.

This will bring coverage to most of the major metropolitan regions in Australia, considering it already covers Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast. Gus has interviewed the CEO of Intelematics, Adam Game to score the news, and we’ll see the interview a bit later this week on Lifehacker.

[Lifehacker]

Dell plays undertaker to Canberra’s dead computers

Seamus Byrne — Tue, 29 May 2007 23:54:13 +0000

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.

Another thing: Canberra being Canberra, how many federal secrets were left on the hard drives of these ‘dead’ computers? Hmmm? It’d be ace if Dell now used these systems as a bargaining chip to score some awesome government contracts. Unless they already have such contracts. In which case, “well played, Dell… well played!”

Hit the Dell recycling site to stay on top of the when/where of future recycling events, and Dell owners can organise recycling for free through here too. -Seamus Byrne

Dell Recycling [Dell Australia]