politics
Computers
4:47PM Nick Broughall | Brad Howarth at ITNews reckons that the NSW government is seriously considering how they can implement the Microsoft Surface into their future plans after Minister for Commerce Jodi McKay visited Microsoft last week for a demo. God I hope not. More »
Shouldn’t The NSW Government Spend Your Money On Something Useful?
4:47PM Nick Broughall | Brad Howarth at ITNews reckons that the NSW government is seriously considering how they can implement the Microsoft Surface into their future plans after Minister for Commerce Jodi McKay visited Microsoft last week for a demo. God I hope not. More » 
Games
10:30AM Nick Broughall | David over at Kotaku has a nice little story about Gamers 4 Croydon, a hopeful political party hoping to dethrone South Australian Attorney-General at the next election. More »
Gamers 4 Croydon To Take On Atkinson At Next Election
10:30AM Nick Broughall | David over at Kotaku has a nice little story about Gamers 4 Croydon, a hopeful political party hoping to dethrone South Australian Attorney-General at the next election. More »
Software
Obama Administration Gets Their Own Cloud Computing App Store
3:00PM Adrian Covert | Vivek Kundra, the Obama Administration CIO, just opened up a new app store for federal agencies so that they can get up on these wacky, government-approved cloud computing programs. Looks like he’s following through on his promises. More »
Random Stuff
Medicare Buys $US8000 Computer Over $US150 iPhone App
2:20AM Mark Wilson | Say that, all things equal, you could fix a problem for $US8000 or fix the same problem for $US150. Which would you choose? Clearly, you are not Medicare. More »
Online
President Obama Isn’t Actually Trying To Hijack The Entire Internet
12:20AM John Herrman | It was pretty much the perfect story: The Senate introduced a bill that would let the President take over the entire internet during a crisis. Our online Weimar Republic is crumbling beneath our digital Führer! Minor catch: It wasn’t true. More »
Robots
BumBot Creator Running For Atlanta Mayor, BumBot To Be Deputy
11:50PM Adam Frucci | Remember Rufus Terrill and his BumBot? Well, the crazy bastard is running for mayor of Atlanta now on an anti-bum platform. And yes, he still has that robot. [The Awl]
Business
Sony’s Interior Walls Are Slowly Coming Down
11:00AM Jason Chen | Sony’s problem wasn’t just that its right hand didn’t know what its left hand was doing, it was that its right index finger didn’t even know that its right thumb belonged on the same hand. But they’re changing. Slowly. More »
Gadgets
This Is Where Each Of Your 1421 Trillion Dollars Is Going In 2010
12:30PM Jesus Diaz | Want to know where your tax money is going next year? Here’s more than you can handle in the new 2010 edition of the Death and Taxes poster. Zoom in to see how much those F-35 fighters and lasers cost. More »
Phones
FCC Now Looking Into Exclusive Handset Deals With Mobile Carriers
8:20AM Adrian Covert | After some prodding from John Kerry earlier in the week, the FCC is going to investigate exclusive deals struck between phone makers and mobile carriers, to see whether or not they stifle consumer choices and the development of new technology. More »
Business
