Four GoPro Cameras And Aerobatics Over Sydney 
Vivid Wireless 4G vs Telstra 4G: 4G Networks Head To Head 
Telstra Starts Selling 4G (LTE), But Won't Reveal Speeds 
Meeting The Greatest Readers In The World (Or The Diary Of A Giz Editor) 
Waking Up On Mars: Australia's Bizarre Dust Storm 
Optus' Sydney iPhone Tent Smells Like Lemons 
Moonwalking. While it raises connotations of Michael Jackson blowing minds by moving backwards while seemingly walking forwards, it also has a newer, geekier meaning. Walking in the moonlight. Sydney tour company Understand Down Under has launched a nighttime walk through the Royal National Park, using moonlight and glowsticks to guide you through the bush.
Ruh-roh! This Hills Bus driver is in hot water after video of him texting while ferrying passengers down the M2 motorway hit national TV bulletins. According to the reports, his eyes are only the road about 25 per cent of the time throughout the two minute video. Take a look.
Many Sydney-siders believe that the only good thing about the city’s monorail system is the fact it offers a small column of shade while crossing Pyrmont Bridge. The state government isn’t too fussed on it either, telling developers to not let the monorail constrain their thinking when it comes to redeveloping the Convention Centre side of Darling Harbour.
You probably don’t even know what Lightswitch is. Neither do I, really, but that doesn’t matter when Microsoft turns Sydney’s cityscape into such an awesome light show.
After 18 months of anticipation, the iPhone 4S launched today, and buyers in Australia were the first in the world to get their hands on Apple’s latest smartphone. Giz gave you the chance to jump the queue last night, and early this morning I set off to photograph the launch as it happened.
Want 4G data right now? Two networks are vying for your mobile broadband dollar. But how fast are they? I hit the streets of Sydney to find out.
Together, Bill Day and Ryan Whare are Electrocado – local electronic musicians who produce beautiful, skittery, melodic glitch music. They’ve also studied at SAE Sydney, where they built this crazy little robot percussionist you’ll see in action after the jump. I’m a sucker for minor scales and xylophones, so yeah, nice job guys!
After further trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in May, Telstra will start selling its USB 4G modem (pictured) on August 29. It will operate across the LTE 1800MHz spectrum and NextG’s 850MHz band. But before you get too excited: The initial commercial pilot targets business types in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane only — ahead of a wider national rollout later this year. Oh, and Telstra won’t actually say what speeds you’ll get…
A superfast train with a top speed of 350km/h (200km/h in residential areas)? Colour me interested. We’ve been hearing about a potential east coast high speed rail service for years now, but today, the federal Transport Minister released the first phase of a $20 million study that examines the up to $100 billion project. Yes, that’s billion.
A “very, very elaborate hoax”, said NSW Police, “we had to treat it seriously until we could prove otherwise.” They don’t believe Madeleine Pulver was complicit, and reports suggest she may have been victim to an extortion attempt on her father William, CEO of Appen Butler Hill — the company working with Microsoft to give the Xbox Kinect Aussie voice controls.
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