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Australian wireless carrier Telstra has made available for pre-order on its website the HTC Velocity 4G, its first 4G LTE-capable smartphone.
The company is set to release the new mobile phone on its airwaves as soon as this week on the Telstra’s $79 Freedom Connect Plan.
Users interested in acquiring the ... |
23 January 2012
03:29 GMT |
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The Game of Thrones, a role-playing game that French studio Cyanide is developing, has received an MA 15+ rating from the Australian Classification Board, with the organization saying that it contains “strong violence, sexual violence and coarse language.”
The fact that the game has been rated on at leas... |
19 January 2012
02:21 GMT |
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About 130 kilometers (80 miles) inland from the coastal city of Esperance lies Lake Dundas, one of the largest in southwestern Australia. It is part of a system of lakes of various sizes, and its unique appearance can only be appreciated to its fullest when the landscape feature is seen from above.
This image was ... |
17 January 2012
09:16 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita is set to release in Europe and North America on February 22 and a lot of industry watchers will anxiously watch launch day for clues about the long term prospects of the new gaming handheld from Sony.But another big gaming market, Australia, is set to get access to the Vita during next day and u... |
17 January 2012
02:49 GMT |
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An Australian online investment website, Funds Focus, part of Wealth Focus owned by Sulieman Ravell, was temporarily shut down after being hit by a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The Russian masterminds that were behind the attack demanded the owner ransom money to stop the malicious operation... |
16 January 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone, the latest Google phone out there, is expected to start appearing in various marketing materials in Australia in the coming weeks. A recent article on Ausdroid claims that this will happen starting with mid-January 2012. Basically, we should be seeing the Galaxy Nexus featur... |
11 January 2012
03:58 GMT |
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In a paper published in the January issue of the journal Geology, experts describe the discovery of a mineral that was thought to exist only on the Moon. The rock sample in which the material was discovered is more than a billion years old, and was found in Australia.
Astronauts with NASA's Apollo 11 mission t... |
6 January 2012
06:34 GMT |
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One of Australia’s largest online broking companies, E*Trade, was shut down during the holidays after being targeted by a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Mostly customers from overseas were affected, but Australians also had trouble accessing the websites on December 19 and 20 as a result of the thousands of s... |
4 January 2012
10:44 GMT |
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After a few hundred thousand of their customers were left exposed due to an error on an unsecure and openly accessible webpage in early December, Telstra goofed up again, publishing a spreadsheet containing details on around 1,500 of their customers.
According to MusicFeeds, emails and ticket details of Bigpond clie... |
3 January 2012
03:42 GMT |
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The Australian government is the latest to be threatened by the infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous, the group demanding that Australian authorities adopt a bill of rights to protect their citizens.
A video release explains the main reasons why such a bill is necessary, even quoting what Amnesty International h... |
30 December 2011
04:21 GMT |
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If diamonds are truly a girl's best friends, then so should be a species of bug, called diamond weevil, living in Australia. Even those who do not like insects will be tempted to take a look at the diamond weevil and admire its gorgeous wings covered with a one-of-a-kind natural opal-like coating that sparkl... |
23 December 2011
07:29 GMT |
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While making a movie about the hard rock band called The Angels, a filmmaker from Sydney was shocked after he discovered that his newly purchased Seagate 1.5 terabyte hard drive contained pieces of malware and tons of pirated movies. According to The Sidney Morning Herald, Darryl Manson purchased an allegedly new ha... |
23 December 2011
06:49 GMT |
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The Southern Continent is currently the domain of penguins and never ending ice fields, but things were not always like that. In the distant past, researchers uncovered, the forests of Antarctica were roamed by a multitude of dinosaur species. At the time, the continent beneath the South Pole was connected to Austral... |
22 December 2011
11:02 GMT |
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The Syndicate remake has been confirmed as being effectively banned from sale in Australia because the Classification Board refused to award the game a classification and it seems that the game publisher is not ready to fight that decision and will not make any move to modify the title in order to conform to the MA 1... |
22 December 2011
04:53 GMT |
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The Classification Board in Australia has announced that the Syndicate remake from developer Starbreeeze and publisher Electronic Arts has been refused classification in the country, which means that no stores will carry it and players will have a very hard time getting a copy.The rating agency does not say exactly w... |
20 December 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, the latest Google phone out there and the first device in the world to run under Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform, won’t offer LTE connectivity to Optus users in Australia, at least not initially. The wireless carrier already confirmed plans to have the mobile... |
19 December 2011
03:13 GMT |
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Victoria Police raided the headquarters of The Age newspaper, seizing computers and documents with the purpose of finding evidence to prove that journalists illegally hacked into the computers belonging to the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Last year in November, after being alerted by a whistleblower, The Age journa... |
16 December 2011
08:54 GMT |
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A number of 15 collection letters, sent by the Bank of Melbourne to some of their customers, were found to contain sensitive information on other clients. Names, addresses, account numbers and amounts owed may have been included.
According to The Australian, due to a technical error, the financial institution insert... |
16 December 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Australia’s largest telecoms company, Telstra, recently suffered a data breach which may have left its Bigpond customers exposed. Cybercriminals who want to profit from the unfortunate situation have started sending phishing emails to customers, advising them to update their billing information.
As in many sim... |
16 December 2011
05:16 GMT |
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Images collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard the NASA Terra satellite reveals the extent of the floods that affected New South Wales, Australia, this November. The area imaged is usually a rather solid green. Shades of blue represent flood waters and their depth, wh... |
16 December 2011
03:52 GMT |
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Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone in the world to run under the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, will become available in Australia as soon as tomorrow, on the airwaves of wireless carrier Telstra.
The operator has just announced plans to carry the new mobile phone starting with December 14th, and... |
13 December 2011
02:54 GMT |
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Australian mobile phone carrier Optus has just announced the pre-order availability of Galaxy Nexus from Samsung, after confirming not too long ago that it would carry the device on its airwaves.
Last week, the new Google phone, the first handset in the world to arrive on shelves with the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream... |
12 December 2011
03:34 GMT |
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Telstra, one of the largest telecommunications companies in Australia, will have some explaining to do after a simple search on their website revealed that their customers’ information was inadvertently shared online.
The company has a few million account holders which means that the impact of such an inciden... |
9 December 2011
07:18 GMT |
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Australian mobile phone carrier Vodafone has just announced the pre-order availability of Samsung’s new Galaxy Nexus on its airwaves. Users interested in the purchase of this mobile phone with a service agreement on this carrier can now reserve one from the company’s website. The new Google phone wil... |
9 December 2011
04:06 GMT |
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Next week, we should learn all the specific info on the release date, availability and pricing of Galaxy Nexus on the market in Australia, but a glimpse at what is to come is already available today. Apparently, the smartphone should hit shelves in the country on December 20th, and will be released via various wir... |
8 December 2011
19:41 GMT |
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Microsoft Australia has found a new, fun way to promote the Internet Explorer 9 browser among Windows users: a contest called “Edge of the Internet”.
Featuring a $20,000 AUD reward, the contest will get users all the way to the “edge of the Internet” to find Dave.
Basically, users will be ... |
8 December 2011
09:22 GMT |
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Next week should mark the official release of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone on the airwaves of wireless carriers in Australia; yet, it seems that pricing war for it has already started.
Optus was already said to bring the mobile phone to its shelves for $0 upfront on the $79 Cap and Vodafone and Telstra ar... |
8 December 2011
06:14 GMT |
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Australian mobile phone carrier Vodafone has just announced the availability of a new software update for the BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphone available on its airwaves.
The mobile phone was made available for purchase only recently with the new BlackBerry 7 OS on board, and the new update is only a maintenance fi... |
7 December 2011
20:01 GMT |
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David Noel Cecil, also known as Evil, pleaded guilty to unauthorized modification of restricted data, the authorities believing him to be the one behind the Platform Networks hack.
When he was arrested, the police believed the suspect to be a threat to the National Broadband Network (NBN), reports the Central Wester... |
7 December 2011
08:29 GMT |
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Australia is eager to fully embrace clean green solar power and money shouldn't represent a bump in the road, even if this ambitious project requires a lot more than pocket change. In order to exploit the entire potential of renewables, Canberra would have to come up with $100 billion.
This amount is necessary ... |
6 December 2011
05:55 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung and Internet giant Google will reportedly announce the availability of Galaxy Nexus on the Australian market on December 14th. Samsung has already sent out invites to a press event set for December 14th, during which the company will offer a first look at the new Ice Cream Sa... |
6 December 2011
04:41 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Optus is reportedly gearing up to make the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone available for purchase in Australia as soon as December 20th.
Nothing was officially announced on this, but the guys over at Ausdroid note that things have been confirmed internally at the wireless carrier.
When made a... |
5 December 2011
02:29 GMT |
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An electronics expert in Sydney, Australia has managed to implement a hack in Apple’s voice-activated assistant, Siri, to perform remote tasks like switching on a lamp, or opening a web page on his computer without even touching the keyboard.Marcus Schappi, 28, said he spent just over $120 on a bunch of hardwar... |
2 December 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Galaxy S II is one of the most appealing handsets that arrived on shelves during the ongoing year, and it is now part of a special deal at wireless carrier Vodafone in Australia.
Online shoppers will be able to get the device for $0 up front when signing for a 24-month contract on the $49 Vodafone Cap plan. Mor... |
1 December 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Australia has another good reason for being proud. Its government has given the green light to an innovative eco-friendly project, meant to safeguard the biodiversity of the Coral Sea waters.
Australian authorities have decided to transform this surface into a marine reserve larger than any previous attempts of thi... |
30 November 2011
05:38 GMT |
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Operation Antisec made another victim, this time the website of the Australian Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority (CLGCA) being defaced by Anonymous to prove their point, reports Cyberwarnews. “This domain has been seized by Exphin1ty and #AntiSec For Australia’s decision to censor the internet... |
28 November 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Scientists carrying out digs inside an Australian cave were able to discover a series of bones belonging to tuna and sharks, which were taken into this shelter by human hands. The finding indicates that the practice of fishing is at least 42,000 years old.
Archaeologists are convinced that the bones did not get to ... |
25 November 2011
10:10 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility has just announced the release of an OS upgrade for its Motorola XOOM devices on the Australian market, none other than the Android 3.2 Honeycomb platform.
The software update has started to arrive on XOOM devices earlier this week, and should be delivered to all of them in abo... |
25 November 2011
06:01 GMT |
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Before this week is over, mobile phone users in Australia will be able to purchase the latest Google phone out there, none other than the Galaxy Nexus smartphone from Samsung.
Nothing has been officially announced on the matter, but mobicity.com.au has the device on its website and claims that November 24th is the ... |
21 November 2011
09:03 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Vodafone Australia has just made available for purchase on its airwaves two new devices from HTC Corporation, both of which include Beats Audio technology, namely the HTC Sensation XE and the HTC Sensation XL.
The two mobile phones are powered by Google's Android operating system and featu... |
11 November 2011
18:51 GMT |
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A number of retailers in Australia are reported to have broken the launch date for the role playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, prompting major chains that are also associated with video games to also begin selling the Bethesda made and published title.At the moment reports on forums and on Twitter from individ... |
10 November 2011
03:55 GMT |
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The carbon price managed to pass through the Australian Senate. It represents an important environmental regulation which pleases most of the eco-groups while also disturbing the activity of 400 enterprises, considered major polluters, that operate in the industry of energy, mining and transportation.
This measure,... |
9 November 2011
07:06 GMT |
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Australian low-cost airline Jetstar is rolling out iPads on board, becoming the world’s first to offer tailored technology for the device, with the purpose of enhancing in-flight entertainment.The tailored software, as Jetstar puts it, allows passengers to watch the latest release movies, TV shows and mus... |
8 November 2011
10:46 GMT |
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Google is keen on expanding its eBookstore to as many places as possible, at least English-speaking places, and has now opened up shop in Australia, following a similar move in Canada and the UK. Of course, Google has gotten together with local players and authors, but the bulk of the content will be common to all."T... |
8 November 2011
04:20 GMT |
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A few weeks ago, Sony Ericsson announced that it started the global roll-out of a new software update for its Xperia handsets launched in 2011, and the company has just made the update available for some of the Australian phone users.
The company posted on Facebook details on the rolling-out of Android 2.3.4 for s... |
7 November 2011
03:44 GMT |
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Australian wireless services provider Telstra has just made a new smartphone available for purchase in its pre-paid offering, namely the LG Optimus Spirit.
Running under the Android 2.3 operating system, the new device can easily prove a great option for all users looking for an affordable new handset. At Telstra, ... |
3 November 2011
19:21 GMT |
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Australian news outlets are reporting that Samsung is not backing off in its legal spat with Apple and, in fact, is pushing forward with plans to have the Cupertino company’s iPhone 4S banned down under.Specifically, Samsung counsel Cynthia Cochrane is asking Judge Annabel Bennett to force Apple to hand over th... |
1 November 2011
09:42 GMT |
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Galaxy Nexus is the latest Android-based mobile phone that Samsung has made official, and also the first such device to arrive on shelves with the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system flavor, and it seems that it will soon make an appearance in Australia, in addition to arriving in other markets.
Th... |
1 November 2011
06:28 GMT |
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Australian owners of a Nokia N8, C7 or E7 smartphone can now download and install a new OS flavor on their devices, none other than the Symbian Anna platform that was made official a few months ago.
The new OS version is available for all unlocked models in Australia, as well as for those devices on the airwaves of... |
31 October 2011
18:01 GMT |
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HTC Rhyme, one of the latest handsets that Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation brought to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, is expected to become available for purchase in Australia on the airwaves of Optus starting with November 1st.
The handset will be launched exclusively ... |
21 October 2011
05:15 GMT |
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