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Bowers & Wilkins Rejig 600 Series

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Bowers & Wilkins has just unveiled the 600 Series hi-fi and home cinema speakers. And you guessed it there are six new speakers from HTM62 and is priced from $699 to $2,499…

Fined $3M For Misleading Consumers Now HP Is At It Again

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HP has admitted that staff at call centres told customers they were bound by the company’s own warranty and guarantee policy rather than broader consumer law guarantees. The policy change…

LG’s Ultra PC “Opportunity”, As Sony Exits

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LG has gone head first into the IT market, releasing its first ever notebook called UltraPC last year, despite several majors including Sony and Samsung legging it out of a…

Panasonic Reshuffle CE, Appoints “Natural Choice” As Director

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Panasonic Australia has appointed its GM, Marketing for Consumer Electronics, Richard Tassone as Director, of CE group and a group restructure, to “deliver greater efficiencies.” The reshuffle comes as Steve Rust announced…

Poisoned Chalice? THIRD NBN Construction Head Departs

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Richard Thorpe construction executive general manager of NBN Co is to depart the role, according to an internal email seen by the Australian Financial Review. The email was sent by…

LG Chop OLED TV RRP

Staff Writers February 11, 2014 No Comments

Yes folks, LG has made Curved OLED within the (wealthier) masses reach, chopping the RRP of its 55″ OLED TV from $11999, to $7999. The price cut, announced by LG…

LG Chromebase Hits April $599

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Korean giant invades PC market with ChromeBase PC, 21:9 UltraWide Quad High Definition (QHD) 34″ monitor and the skinny UltraPC, as shown at CES 2014. LG, a new player in…

Westan Bring Atlas Cables Down Under

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The award winning cables are an exciting addition to Hi Fi of products including Q Acoustics and Usher Audio. Atlas cables are hand made in Scotland and ranges from entry level…

HTC Predicts Larger Losses

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The mobile giant, HTC, posted revenue of NT$42.9 billion (A$1.57bn) and net profit of NT$0.31 bn, for final quarter Oct-Dec (Q4 2013). Gross margin was 17.8 percent, the company said.…

Listen Up, Pandora: iTunes Radio Turns On OZ

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iTunes Radio, Apple’s free Internet radio featuring over 100 stations and an “incredible” catalogue of music from iTunes Store, is now available in Australia. Apple joins services like Pandora, Spotify,…