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Mac The Magazine Officially Launches

1:00PM Nick Broughall | It’s not like there’s a shortage of Apple-specific publications around the world and on the Internet, but the latest one is actually worth a bit of your time. Mac The Mag is an online magazine, edited by former Australian Macworld editor Mathew JC. Powell, and it has officially launched its first issue. More »
Entertainment

Check Out How Blu-ray Discs Are Made

1:02PM Nick Broughall | The guys over at News.com.au have a great photo gallery detailing the process of a Blu-ray disc being made at the new Sony BD factory in Huntingwood, NSW. Definitely worth a gander if you’re looking to kill five minutes today… [News.com.au; Image: Charlie Brewer]
Robots

Terminators Are Real, Weak Against Tasers

12:14PM Nick Broughall | In quite possibly the funniest story I’ve heard all year, 19 year old Sean Stanley Smith was arrested for indecent exposure and resisting a police officer after he entered a casino buck naked claiming to be a Terminator sent from the future. More »
Random Stuff

Smelly Refrigerator Strikes Down AT&T Office

12:19AM Mark Wilson | AT&T may be worried about the Palm Pre, but they should be much more worried about refrigerators that smell so bad they force the evacuation of over 300 office employees. More »
Entertainment

Fans Really Do Bash New Star Trek for Being ‘Fun, Watchable’

12:00AM Mark Wilson | Remember when The Onion published that parody piece in which “Star Trek fans” complained that the new Star Trek was too entertaining? Well NPR just ran pretty much the same piece…but with complete earnestness. More »
Entertainment

Auto-Tune the News

9:20AM Jason Chen | We all know that Auto-Tune has been making singers sound better for years, but what happens when you put it to the news? Magic. More »
Software

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 »
Random Stuff

Breaking John Mayer News – John Mayer Very Slightly Injures Himself

8:45AM Jason Chen | John Mayer may not have shown up at the Apple iPhone keynote yesterday, but that doesn’t mean we’re not the best place to keep up on John Mayer news. And this one, my friends, is one juicy piece of John Mayer news. [John Mayer's Twitter] More »
Business

TiVo Gets Its First Full Year of Profitability

7:59AM Jason Chen | TiVo’s fiscal year that ended Jan 31, 2009 was its first full year of profitability EVER, which is good news if you own a TiVo, or like TiVo, or invest in TiVo. (AU: Wonder how much of that profit came from the Australian launch…) More »