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Buying a Kindle in Australia

July 14, 2011

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Buying a Kindle in Australia

Probably the cheapest and easiest way to start your ebook collection in Australia is by buying a Kindle directly from the online powerhouse Amazon.
Unlike tablet devices like the Ipad and various android tablets which use LCD displays, the Kindle sports a  e-ink display that for a lot of people,  is much easier on the eyes [...]

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5 of the best Alternatives to Steam

July 13, 2011

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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 [...]

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Acer Iconia Tab A500 now in Australia

April 4, 2011

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Acer Iconia Tab A500 now in Australia

Forget the Xoom, The first Google Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” Tablet device is now officially available to pre-order in Australia featuring a dual-core NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 CPU, NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU with Flash 10.1 support, Wi-Fi, 3G and Bluetooth® 2.1 support.
City Software  currently has this device for just AU$599 if you preorder by 12 Noon [...]

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Nintendo 3DS and Australian Preorder details

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 [...]

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Portal 2 Australian Pre-order available

February 15, 2011

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Portal 2 Australian Pre-order available

Portal 2 is now available for worldwide pre-order on the PC platform via Steam, and via retailers for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.  Buying the PS3 version gives you the ability of Steam play which means Steam keys for both the PC and Mac versions as well.
Portal 2 offers cross platform [...]

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Tropical Cyclone Yasi webcam

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 [...]

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XBMC for Apple TV, Ipad and the iPhone

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 [...]

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Whirlpool Down via DDOS 20-1-11

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 [...]

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Outcasts:New BBC Sci Fi

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 [...]

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Android 3.0, Honeycomb Preview

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 [...]

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