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iinet vs AFACT: Final Decision

4. February 2010

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iinet vs AFACT: Final Decision

Justice Cowdroy’s final decision has been revealed today in the iiNet vs AFACT (Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) case and has found that “”It is impossible to conclude that iiNet has authorised copyright infringement” and “iiNet did not have relevant power to prevent infringements occurring,”
Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, [...]

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The Great Australian Internet Blackout

25. January 2010

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The Great Australian Internet Blackout

The Great Australian Internet Blackout is a combined online and offline demonstration against imposed online censorship otherwise known as CleanFeed.  This Filter will impose blanket filtering for all web connections at the Internet Service Provider (ISP) level and has officially been given the go ahead after completely ridiculous trials with minor ISP’s.
What does cleanfeed mean [...]

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The ABC backtracks statement over Junglist, Hole gets deeper.

2. November 2009

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The ABC backtracks statement over Junglist, Hole gets deeper.

Thanks to this Whirlpool post, the ABC has been found out once again to be lying directly to the community.  Good Game production co-ordinator, TheGog changes his tune by editing this statement here:
The original quote:
TheGog (Production Co-Ordinator)
“You’re all smart enough and have heard enough to know that it wasn’t Jung’s choice and I can [...]

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The ABC in damage control over Junglist GG sacking

30. October 2009

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The ABC in damage control over Junglist GG sacking

What a torrid few days it has been for the ABC with a massive community backlash in regards to the original silent axing of Good Game TV favorite, The Junglist.  The mainstream Media has also caught wind of the events unfoldng at the ABC with The Age announcing “Good Game presenter claims ABC gender bias [...]

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Junglist Axed from Good Game

28. October 2009

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Junglist Axed from Good Game

I Just saw the latest episode of ABC 2’s Good Game and was a bit surprised at the apparent axing of one the shows hosts, Junglist replaced by a female presenter going by the name of Hex. No mention of Who, what or why either,  just a dodgy Character Generation Stunt with Margaret Pomeranz ironically [...]

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Cheapest Australian online Store for CD’s DVD’s and Games.

2. October 2009

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Cheapest Australian online Store for CD’s DVD’s and Games.

I have always been on the lookout for a decent yet cheap Australian based online store for Music and Movies and at long last I have found my new favourite.  CDWOW.com.au offers CDs, DVDs, Games and even cosmetics at significantly discounted prices. You can find a great range of products sourced from the major media [...]

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Stargate Universe Spotlight

24. September 2009

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Stargate Universe Spotlight

Unlike previous Stargate episodes, SG:U looks to to draw heavily from the extremely successful Battlestar Galatica in terms of style, gritty visuals and mood.  The trailer is very reminiscent of BSG and is devoid of the camp factor previous Stargate’s are infamous for.
Not a bad thing at all, hopefully it fills the void left by [...]

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V 2009 remake

9. September 2009

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V 2009 remake

I have been thinking about this for a while, do we need a remake of the 80’s Science fiction TV show V?
Hell yes, the more scifi the better. If you are like me and dislike the constant barrage of Cop and Medical drama’s force fed down your throat on free to air TV,  a science [...]

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Boxee Update: Mac, Pandora, Hulu and Radiotime.

7. April 2009

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The Open Source XBMC fork; Boxee, has been going from strength to strength adding some new “most requested” features and also managing to get Hulu into the front end thanks to a unique legal workaround.  The new version is currently only for Mac platforms at this stage with Windows and Linux soon to follow.
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PS3 Media Server

16. March 2009

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PS3 Media Server

Until recently, using the PS3 as a HTPC device was a tedious and almost pointless affair.  Installing Linux was a possibility though restricting direct access to the PS3’s RSX GPU pretty much reduced the benefit of using a PS3 in this way.
Using software like TVersity was the closest you could get in turning the Playstation [...]

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