The ads are popping up all over (even here) with the news that iiNet has really, truly, rooly launched naked ADSL services. Starting from $49.95, you can now get ADSL2+ from iiNet and you don’t have to pay the line rental tax to do so. The intro plan gives 2GB+2GB,…
It’s expensive, but it’s not built for those who worry about price tag when they’re buying their workstation monitors. The new Samsung XL20 is a designer LCD with LED backlighting that pushes colour gamut up to 114% of the NTSC spectrum. Sadly, this is the figure they’ve shared with the…
Welcome to a spanking new week of Movember Gizmodobro goodness! Windows XP edition. Kite sailing katana yacht catches steady winds from on highSexy like a Bond film vehicle. US control over core Internet systems called into questionDid you know the US government holds veto power over ICANN?
I’m paranoid, extremely vain and hence under the impression that everyone is out to stalk me, so my Facebook profile is highly privatised. FBChicks is a site that may appeal to those who are more into the ‘social’ aspects of ‘social networking’ and follows in the grand tradition of class…
Okay, for the younger folk, Communication Breakdown is the name of a Zeppelin track. Yeah, the jokes are never as good when you have to explain them… Anyway, Zeppelin will be rocking up the 3 Mobile network, with full-length audio downloads available over the air from Saturday. They’ll even be…
Want naked DSL now, now, NOW? Okay, you can’t order it today, but you can apply to Internode to be a part of their trial. You’ll have to wear your own costs to disconnect, etc, from any current services, but Internode has put their trial participant price at $40 per…
Tough couple of days around these parts, with a mix of personal and technical issues holding up the AU end of postage. Thanks for not getting too rowdy in your complaints — here’s the best of last night as a reward! Fastest Windows Vista notebook? A MacBook ProFanboys, time for…
Nokia has partnered with Azure Wireless, a Wi-Fi hotspot provider, to deliver free Wi-Fi access for their Nseries handsets until end of January 2008. There is coverage in all state and territory capitals, as well as other major centres in NSW, Queensland and Victoria. I was dubious at first but…
A big, big kudos to Apple on their adjustment of local Leopard pricing in line with the new strength of the Aussie dollar. Earlier reports had put the price at A$229, with the US price of $129 (pre-tax, of course) looking an awful lot cheaper. At current exchange rates US…
ASIMO landed in Melbourne yesterday to begin his national tour, hitting Melbourne, Bendigo, Adelaide, Newcastle, Sydney, and Brisbane between now and early December. First appearances will be at Chadstone Shopping Mall from 17th to the 21st, with shows at 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm and 5.30pm. If you own a Honda car…
The possible Australian ban of plasmas and LCDs for poor power consumption has caused quite the stir (sidenote: there was quite the heated discussion of this story, and the fallacies of this report, on an Aussie IT journalist email list yesterday). The mothership mentioned things overnight, and this story from…
FastMac, a specialist in third-party Mac upgrades, has announced slot-loading Blu-ray drives suitable for upgrading your Mac laptops. This includes machines all the way back to PowerBook G3 and iBook G4! And, of course, up to current MacBook Pros, iMacs and Mac minis. They are 2x BD-R and 8x DVD±R,…
Back to the grind, folks. Unless you’re a school kid who’s still on holidays! Either way, here’s some good stuff from the weekend. Sorry about the fajitas, but I’m already hankering for some tasty lunch. Pioneer SE-CLX9 is Batman’s earphone of choice. Seriously, wait until you see the utility pack…
There’s a cool feature on the Popular Mechanics website on the science of everyone’s favourite Aboriginal hunting stick. There is a lot of talk with Eric Darnell, maestro of the boomerang and inventor of the Tri-Fly form. He’s also designed this LED version, which might look cool in flight but…
This is hilarious. I just hope they didn’t do any permanent hearing damage. I get the feeling you could get yourself arrested for doing this to the wrong person, or in the wrong place. Actually, the ‘wrong place’ could get you shot for doing this.
Scientists hack CD drive, now a lab bio scanner. Scientists putting general geek hackery to shame. Transparent pinball machine is awesome, beautiful. The beauty of old school complex wiring. Paintball panzer converts you into backyard Rommel wannabe.
With finals season reaching their climax, wouldn’t you like to really know if you could pull on the strip and kick goals from range to beat the siren and win it for [insert fave team here] ? This ball from Discovery may be far from regulation, but its built-in distance…
Last week a Bill was introduced to the Senate that aims to give Federal Police sweeping powers to ban access to Internet content. The Communications Legislation Ammendment (Crime or Terrorism Related Content) Bill 2007 [PDF doc] might sound like it has good intentions by invoking the word ‘terrorism’ in the…
Hope you had a good one. Maybe you knocked over some work in prep for a big week of Halo 3? Whatever you did, here’s what went down on Giz. Software guru rips Apple for cashing in on closed systems. Profiteering when you’re already in the money rarely goes down…
