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| HD DVD Is Buried in the Land Down Under |  | Although the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray battle has really heated up lately, we've mainly talked up until now about what's happening on the major markets, namely the North-American, European and Japanese ones. However, the two formats have, quite obviously, reached the other parts of the world as well. It seems that, at least in Australia, the HD DVD format isn't doing too good (actually, it's not doing so good at all) ... [read more >>] | | 05 December 2007, 13:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asus Eee PC Has Started Selling in Australia and Romania |  | The cute little notebook PC from Asustek sells extremely well all over the place. US is already under the siege and people keep battling for at least one unit to place under the Christmas Tree. The Eee shopping spree has taken over the Australian continent as well.
The Myer store chain is comprised of 67 stores all over Australia and they have started exclusively selling the Eee rarities. The retail price is situated at AUD$49 ... [read more >>] | | 03 December 2007, 10:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google 4 Doodle… Reversed |  | Picture a beach with soft sand and blue sky, the sun rising in the distance and you hanging around your house there, having a refreshing drink while just chilling in the shade of a big tree. Ok, I don’t know how a tree would catch roots on a beach or how the sun would just be rising with you needing a drink so early, or at the very least, why you would be there instead of being at work (ok, that I understand, but I’m just jealou ... [read more >>] | | 30 November 2007, 04:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Maps Awarded Best Web Application But Destroyed It |  | In a gala yesterday, Google Maps won the Best Web Application prize along with Facebook – rivalry at the top, that of Google and Facebook. Unfortunately, the award was almost destroyed because the forces of evil were out to get the unlucky man who went on stage and accepted it.
A black day indeed, as Raul Vera, Engineering Manager, made his way to the gala event that had imposed the "Suited and Booted" attire for me ... [read more >>] | | 28 November 2007, 04:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Maps Street Coming, Check Your Attire |  | Are you ready to be immortalized and be seen by the entire world? How about those sneakers you’re wearing at the moment, do they look memorable enough? Are you a trendsetter that needs that little boost to get things going?
Have no fear, Google’s here! Well not exactly here per se, but it’ll be coming in a town near you (or perhaps if you’re lucky in your town) and be taking pictures so be sure to practice your Colga ... [read more >>] | | 23 November 2007, 04:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 8 Amazing Facts about Kangaroos |  | 1.Scientists believe that kangaroos' and wallabies' ancestors could have looked like a Wynyardia, a 21 million years old marsupial found in Tasmania.
The largest living kangaroo, the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is also the largest living marsupial. Males are up to 1.8m (6 ft) tall and weigh up to 84 kg (187lbs). Kangaroos grow duirng all their life, which can be up to 20 years. Giant short faced kangaroos (Procoptodon), ext ... [read more >>] | | 21 November 2007, 10:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Receives Australia's Blessing |  | The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission which analyzed the Google – DoubleClick acquisition sustained the transaction should go forward because the two companies are not direct competitors in the advertising market, Reuters reported today. In case you missed the news, a few months ago, the Mountain View super giant announced that it has reached a deal with DoubleClick, a top player on the advertising market to acquire ... [read more >>] | | 31 October 2007, 04:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Australian Skiers Are a Menace for Living Fossil Marsupials |  | When you hear about hibernation, you instantly think about the northern snowed plains and marmots, ground squirrels and hedgehogs. But in the generally snowless Australia, its highest mountains are the ‘home’ of the only hibernating marsupials. The mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus) was first discovered as a fossil till the first individual of this mouse-sized species was captured in 1966 in a ski hut on Mount Hotham.
A new resear ... [read more >>] | | 30 October 2007, 06:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Wants Special Laws for Its Products |  | Today, Google rolled out a new flavor of YouTube, addressing especially the Australian users which are now capable to access and publish clips on their own version of the video sharing service. Just like the other versions of YouTube, the Australian one comes with translated interface and other elements which bring the local partners' content on the main page.
Although the release of the Australian YouTube is pretty impo ... [read more >>] | | 23 October 2007, 09:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Plasma Displays and LCDs Might Be Banned by 2011 |  | While the consumer electronics manufacturers try their best in order to come up with increasingly wider and more vivid plasma and LCD displays, it would seem that the legal future of these devices might be uncertain, due to the fact that they require quite a lot of power in order to work. And this is exactly the reason why the Australian government is seriously taking into consideration the possibility of banning said families of displays ... [read more >>] | | 15 October 2007, 12:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| YouTube Fighting Against Japanese Whaling |  | The Australian authorities which are trying to stop Japan from whaling in the Antarctic turned to YouTube in a desperate move to convince the world that such a move might kill several species of these creatures. Australia's Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull published a clip on YouTube to convince the Japanese officials that they must stop their attempts to capture the whales. Reuters reported that Japan wants to hunt 50 ... [read more >>] | | 10 October 2007, 05:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Full Wiretap Solutions for Aussies |  | In case you were wondering what has been happening around the world in cyber-security, here’s a piece of news coming straight from Australia! The Australian Crime Commission is now trying to get the best wiretapping software they can. As ComputerWorld informs, they want to acquire a fully integrated telephone and data interception, recording and monitoring system that enables the legally authorized interception, storage, analysis ... [read more >>] | | 08 October 2007, 05:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Makes New Friends in Australia |  | The Mountain View company signed new deals with several Australian companies that will use the search giant's products through their websites. Julian Persaud, Head of Business Development, said that all the new partners who joined the Google alliance will implement the best search technology on the web on their websites as well as the most popular advertising solution, AdSense. As you probably know, AdSense is an advertising ... [read more >>] | | 27 August 2007, 02:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Motorola Motorokr Z6 Duo Aria Unleashed |  | Motorola Australia has just announced the launch of the Motorokr Z6 Duo Aria edition in order to provide direct access to the Motorola ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) chart right from the handset, with no additional efforts.
The new handset will also come packed with a bonus content card and the brand new wireless MOTOROKR S9 Bluetooth stereo headphones. All these are meant to provide the most evolved ... [read more >>] | | 24 August 2007, 06:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Australian Government Goes to Wikipedia to Edit Articles |  | Wikipedia is again brought in the spotlights after the Australian government visited the official page of the Internet encyclopedia in order to edit some articles. According to the reports, the Australian Prime Minister's staff turned to Wikipedia and modified several entries such as 'Children Overboard Affair' or 'Mandatory Detention'. "Other edits included deleting the nickname of "Captain Smi ... [read more >>] | | 24 August 2007, 05:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Phishing in Australia |  | What's happening here is something very well organized. Instead of scam messages being sent to everyone around the world, the scammers have limited themselves to Australia. This is quite an efficient tactic, since the content of the scam messages is bound to concern only Australians. What they are aiming at is Westpac's clients. This is the fourth largest bank in Australia and one of the largest banks in the southern Pa ... [read more >>] | | 23 August 2007, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Maps Evolves, Appears on The Main Google Page |  | Google Maps Australia has always been a top service at the Australian Googleplex and sometimes, the users from outside this country were somehow envious that the Australians are the first to receive the latest updates. Well, we now have an explanation for the numerous updates introduced in Google Maps for Australia: the team working for the search giant wanted to improve the service in order to publish it on the main page of Goog ... [read more >>] | | 23 August 2007, 02:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| After YouTube, Google Maps Become Embeddable |  | The search giant Google updated the Australian flavor of Google Maps making the service embeddable in the search results. Basically, every time a new user searches the Internet for a certain business such as bars or restaurants, the search engine will automatically display a map above the results. Just like usual, the Australian side of Google Maps is the first one which receives the latest Google goodies so we should expect a gl ... [read more >>] | | 14 August 2007, 06:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google's Official Logo Brings You $10,000, Macbooks, Popularity |  | Google's doodles represent an interesting way created by the Mountain View company to celebrate special events or celebrities. Every once in a while, the search giant replaces the official logo of the company with a special doodle, usually placed on regional versions of the famous search engine. That's why Google started a new competition today, inviting the Australian schools to join a doodle designing contest that can ... [read more >>] | | 23 July 2007, 02:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Sent to Court By the Government |  | A new important case was announced today by the Australian Government's watchdog, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that sued Google Inc, Google Australia and Google Ireland for "misleading and deceptive conduct in relation to sponsored links that appeared on the Google website." Basically, the Mountain View company is sued because several adverts of "Kloster Ford" and "Charlestown ... [read more >>] | | 12 July 2007, 09:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| First Combined Phone and Broadband Cap in Australia at Optus |  | Optus Fusion is Australia's first combined phone and broadband cap. With this service, customers will be able to make unlimited calls only for a fixed monthly price.
By signing in for Optus Fusion Cap, the subscriber will receive unlimited local and national ... [read more >>] | | 12 July 2007, 05:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| First Business WiMAX Network in Australia |  | Australia has never had business WiMAX services until now. Great news for them, Alvarion will provide their wireless broadband solutions to Allegro from now on to further be offered to thousands of potential users.
It is quite unusual that this type of services have not been ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2007, 09:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hot Google Goodies for Your Searching Pleasure |  | The Australian part of Google Search Engine is always getting the latest goodies prepared by the Mountain View company even before the rest of the countries receive them. Think about Maps updates, blogs and now suggestions. Yes, you've read it right, the Australian search engine is now offering suggestions for most of the search queries conducted through Google. Actually, the suggestions are almost some related links provide ... [read more >>] | | 15 June 2007, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Australia Might Host The Googleplex |  | Google recently debuted a new flavor of its AdSense advertising platform, making it available for all the country's Internet users. This regional version of AdSense allows local publishers to earn money by placing adverts in their mother tongue. This new release comes after only a few weeks since the company announced that it works to expand the search giant's presence in Australia and capture the local market. It all started wit ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2007, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google: Australia, Our Favorite! |  | Google released an improved version of Analytics only for the Australian users, a country that received several new goodies powered by the search giant. The Mountain View company updated the interface of Analytics and included some new functions, releasing the new product only for Australia. In the recent period, Australia was quite lucky because it was one of the first countries that were able to use the latest Google releases. ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2007, 02:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Australia – Wealthy Land for Google |  | Australia is probably one of the largest countries that were by-passed in the Google expansion, but this land will become an important part of the company soon. Some time ago, the search giant started the Australian conquest with Google Maps and Google Earth by adding several high-quality photos with Sydney and other locations. Today, the Mountain View company makes one more step by releasing the Australian blog, a page able to k ... [read more >>] | | 01 May 2007, 03:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| YouTube Banned In Australian Schools |  | YouTube, the video service provided by Google, contains a huge number of videos from all categories including sports, movies, entertainment, fun or even homemade movies. Because the product has millions of users that are continuously uploading new videos every day, the Australian authorities decided to block the service in all the schools from the Victoria state. It seems like it all started from a video uploaded by some students that reco ... [read more >>] | | 01 March 2007, 10:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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