Trials

Science

Cannabis Mouth Spray Being Trialled In Sydney

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10:45AM January 10, 2012 | Nick Broughall

If you’re addicted to pot and looking for a way to give it up, a new trial into a cannabis mouth spray could have you drug free shortly, even if you do end up with Mary-Jane breath. More »


Online

Twitter Debate: Is The Service A Soap Box Or A Direct Line Of Communication?

2:00AM August 29, 2011 | Jack Loftus

An insecure loser who was rejected by a Buddhist society and then used Twitter to stalk and harass its leader with more than 8,000 tweets has inadvertently started one of the more interesting social media debates in recent memory. More »


Online

Some Residents Will Get Free NBN… Trials

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10:45AM April 21, 2011 | Nick Broughall

The NBN mainland rollout is underway, but there’s some good news for any body who happens to live in one of the five mainland launch sites – there’s a chance you may get to trial the NBN for free. More »


LTE Trials In Melbourne Hit 149.4Mbps Download Speeds

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1:15PM December 14, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Huawei and Telstra have been trialling LTE mobile technology in Melbourne over the past six months and have today announced that in a controlled environment, they were able to get download speeds of 149.4Mbps and upload speeds of 59Mbps. That’s insanely fast! More »


Mobile

Your Smartphone Might Replace Your Wallet Soon

10:27PM August 2, 2010 | Brian Barrett

AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are going to war with the plastic in your wallet. According to Bloomberg, the three companies are pushing to make mobile payments – where a wave of your phone replaces a credit-card swipe – the new standard. More »


Entertainment

Panasonic Shouts ‘First!’ For Australian 3D Broadcast Nobody Saw

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12:01PM May 19, 2010 | Nick Broughall

If you were playing around with your shiny new 3DTV at midnight last night, you may have discovered that the new trial 3D channel went live. And according to a press release from Panasonic today, the channel went live showing footage filmed on Panny’s AG-3DA1 Full HD 3D camcorder. More »


Will Conroy Jump Into Bed With AFACT?

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10:30AM February 5, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Now that the iiNet vs AFACT court case has ended with a win for common sense, the discussion has moved to what’s going to happen next. And the consensus seems to be that one of three things will happen: Either AFACT will appeal, they’ll start suing individual pirates or they’ll lobby the government to change the law so that ISPs will be held accountable for their customers actions. I have a feeling that this isn’t going to end well… More »


Entertainment

ABC iView Turns One, Celebrates By Trialling Unmetered Access With Smaller ISPs

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9:30AM August 5, 2009 | Nick Broughall

A couple of weeks ago, ABC’s iView VOD service celebrated its first birthday – they grow up so fast! David Knox at TV Tonight is reporting that to celebrate, the national broadcaster’s online video portal has begun a 3 month trial with Pipe Networks to allow smaller ISPs to offer unmetered access to the service. More »


Software

RealNetworks Stumbles Into Court, This Box Hangs in the Balance

7:40PM April 29, 2009 | John Herrman

RealNetworks’ courtroom feud with the MPAA is now under way, and as predicted, the company doesn’t really give a mouse’s arse about RealDVD. It’s Facet, RealNetworks’ archiving DVD player, that everyone’s all worked up about.

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Online

Pirate Bay Trial Update: Verdict Comes Friday

4:20AM April 16, 2009 | Jason Chen

The Pirate Bay finally hears back the verdict on Friday, and will deliver a live, online press conference at 13:00 Swedish Time (GMT+1). They invite you to listen. [Pirate Bay]

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