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Rumour: NextG to get faster very soon?
This is one of those ‘friend of a friend’ rumours, but it’s harmless enough so we thought we’d share. An inquisitive reader was shooting the breeze with a Telstra techie recently, and was told that new HSUPA data rates are less than a month off from release. He mentions 7.2Mbit down / 3Mbit up. Virtual…
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Software Freedom Day tomorrow, AU events
If you like software that’s free ” and who doesn’t ” then you might like to know that this Saturday is world Software Freedom Day. If you want to take part, there are events happening in a number of cities around the country over the weekend. If you’re near Adelaide, Albury Wodonga, Bathurst, Brisbane, Canberra,…
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Aussie iPhone Unlock crisis averted, now ‘delivering’ pre-ordered IPSF
Things got pretty messy there at Aussie iPhone Unlock, and probably many other resellers who set up pre-orders for the iPhone SIM Free pay-for-play unlock software. IPSF got a few licenses out before the free unlock appeared, and suddenly their model of selling licenses to third-party resellers made sense. They were protected from a direct…
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Whirlpool founder sued by 2Clix over forum comments
Simon Wright, founder of broadband news website Whirlpool, has been sued by 2Clix Australia for “injurious falsehood”, for allowing statements about their software product to be published in the Whirlpool forums. They’re after $150,000 (plus costs) and the removal of two forum threads. Simon has requested the community keeps a cool head and doesn’t make…