general news
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Terminators Are Real, Weak Against Tasers
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.
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Check Out Shay’s New Podcast, Midnight Update
Those of you who have been part of the Giz family for a while will remember our good friend Seamus — he launched Giz AU, helped us cover the Aussie iPhone launch and even took the mantle over at Kotaku while it was without an editor. Well, he’s just launched a brand new podcast called…
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Telstra Launches Australia’s First Online and Mobile 24 Hour News Channel
It’s really surprising that this hasn’t been done by an Australian company sooner, but Telstra has launched the country’s first online 24/7 news channel, both on their BigPond portal online and on NextG mobile phones. The channel streams live video of the latest news, finance, politics, sports and weather directly to your browser or mobile…
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FreeTV Australia EPG from Jan 1, wants to block ad skip / fast forward
Our latest instalment in the long running “they just don’t get it” series, the electronic program guide that has been coming together (slowly) from the free-to-air networks via FreeTV Australia is now looking to lock out any players that allow 30-second jumps or fast forward speeds of 60x or more. If you don’t agree to…