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July 13, 2011

5 of the best Alternatives to Steam

Steam is an advanced digital distribution platform which allows gamers to download games, buy and play online, create and participate in multiple unique gaming communities all with the ability to auto update itself and any Steam supported game you have. In order to become a Steam user, one only needs to install the Steam client [...]

March 18, 2011

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Nintendo 3DS and Australian Preorder details

Nintendo’s new 3DS console is set to debut in Australia on the 31st March and looks set to reinvigorate hand-held gaming by offering a completely new and unique 3D experience. What is so special about the new 3DS? Think 3D without those clunky glasses. To believe it, you just have to see it.
Nintendo 3DS allows [...]

February 2, 2011

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Tropical Cyclone Yasi webcam

The ABC has just updated their news on Tropical Cyclone Yasi which is due to hit landfall at about midnight AEST tonight. I hope everyone in the affected areas of Queensland to be safe throughout this ordeal. Queenslanders cannot take a break from these extremes in weather at the moment.
Tropical Cyclone Yasi was upgraded to category [...]

January 21, 2011

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XBMC for Apple TV, Ipad and the iPhone

This is massive news in the HTPC world, Scott Davilla, with the help of several other developers and testers, has just unveiled XBMC for the AppleTV 2, iPad and iPhone4.
This is the XBMC team’s first ARM-based release which offers the following features:

Full XBMC install, this is not a remote or thin client streamer.
No longer is [...]

January 20, 2011

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Whirlpool Down via DDOS 20-1-11

Australia’s favourite broadband, IT and media site is being targeted with some more pointless DDoS attacks. Last year, Whirlpool faced similar attacks that started in the early hours of the 29th June 2010 and took the site offline for over a week. Let’s hope the these attacks can be neutralised before something similar [...]

January 20, 2011

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Outcasts:New BBC Sci Fi

Recently, getting a healthy dose of serious Science Fiction for your viewing pleasure has taken a nose dive in recent times – No Trek at all and now with Stargate Universe Cancelled, all we are left with from the USA is light hearted scifi in the form of shows like Eureka and Wharehouse 13.
Enter the [...]

January 6, 2011

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Android 3.0, Honeycomb Preview

The Google Android team has just unveiled an Android 3.0 preview today at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Codenamed Honeycomb, this platform has been designed from the ground up for large screen devices such as tablets and media devices.
Check out the video of Honeycomb in action below.
The past few weeks have been [...]

January 5, 2011

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PS3 gets first custom firmware

Not long after famed hacker geohot released the PS3root key to the public, the PS3 has just received its first custom Firmware making USB dongles like the PS3 Break obsolete.
KaKaRoTo Creates First PS3 Custom Firmware: PSGroove
KaKaRoTo, famous for his work on the PL3 payload, has released a tool/script that converts a standard v3.55 Sony [...]

December 23, 2010

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Dick Smith Coupons and Bargains.

Dick Smith Australia has just massively increased its online presence and is now offering some excellent Australian shopping bargains and deals. If you are a tech enthusiast, look no further.
Being one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading technology retailers, Dick Smith carries computers, GPS’s, mobile phones, games, consoles, TVs, home entertainment systems and much more:

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November 24, 2010

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Boxee now available in Australia

Aussies can now celebrate because the mid-November worldwide launch of the HTPC killer, The Boxee Box, has now infiltrated Australia. You can now already order the Boxee Box directly from Dick Smith Electronics Australia for $299 with free delivery.
Update: The Boxee Box is currently on backorder.

Boxee, originally a fork of the incredibly popular XBMC HTPC [...]