Monthly Archives: September 2011

Pay less, Talk more, but don’t try to use the Internet in Sydney CBD (with Vodafone)

Photo taken while standing outside Wynyard station trying to access the Internet on my iPhone and getting lots of nothing.

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links for 2011-09-15

Before CGI: Rare Photos From the Set of 'Return of the Jedi' Take a journey with us thirty years into the past. Before the world wide web, before internet forums and blogs. Hell, before Usenet groups and Compuserve. This was … Continue reading

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links for 2011-09-11

Wikileaked cable: AFACT was MPAA’s cat’s-paw • The Register the cable confirms what iiNet and others have long suspected: Hollywood’s choice of target reflected iiNet’s Goldilocks status. iiNet was just right: Telstra is large, loud, litigious, and possessed of significant … Continue reading

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links for 2011-09-10

The day Apple won the Flash fight — Apple News, Tips and Reviews Adobe announced its new Flash Media Server 4.5 late Thursday afternoon, and it’s an iteration Apple device owners should be very happy about. For the first time, … Continue reading

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What would you fork out for this clock?

Looking for something in the electronics section of Kmart I found this clock surrounded by forks and spoons. Can I get an Asian version surrounded by chop sticks?

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links for 2011-09-09

Telcos told to get real on cost of phone calls Mobile phone advertising should also clearly show the costs of sending a standard domestic SMS and downloading one megabyte of data in Australia, as well as the number of two-minute … Continue reading

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links for 2011-09-08

DigiNotar Removal Follow Up at Mozilla Security Blog Earlier this week we revoked our trust in the DigiNotar certificate authority from all Mozilla software. This is not a temporary suspension, it is a complete removal from our trusted root program. … Continue reading

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links for 2011-09-03

iPhone hacker golden boy hired by Apple What do you do when you have $76 billion cash in the bank and a 19-year-old hacker repeatedly thwarts your army of engineers' attempts to lock down your smartphone and tablet platform? Bring … Continue reading

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