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Quickflix Streams To Panasonic Blu-rays

Staff Writers August 9, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge Panasonic is unleashing Quickflix streaming services to selected Blu-ray models via its VIERA Connect platform. Quickflix on-demand service streams movies from Hollywood studios including Warner Bros, Sony…

Sonos Now Playing JB HiFi Music

Staff Writers August 9, 2012 No Comments

Sonos’ approach to wireless audio is two-fold: the first involves great sounding speakers, while the second focuses on music. The company’s speakers already have access to MOG’s cloud catalogue, and…

NBN Cost Soar $4.6Bn, 13,000 ‘Active’ Users

Staff Writers August 8, 2012 No Comments

Why? Their public dissing of his pet project, the National Broadband Network, and Shadow Communication minister Turnbull’s repeated attempts to “sabotage” NBN plans were heavily criticised by Minister Stephen Conroy…

Olympics 2012 A Mobile Game

Staff Writers August 7, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge London Olympics 2012 has become a mobile event with mass audiences jumping online via their smartphone or iPad to research athletes, events and…

Yamaha’s Connected Blu-ray Player Makes TVs Smart

Staff Writers August 7, 2012 No Comments

One way it does this is by connecting to your home network. As it is DLNA certified, PCs, Macs or Networked Attached Storage (NAS) devices can stream Full HD (1080p)…

Hey Apple, Where’s YouTube Gone?

Staff Writers August 7, 2012 No Comments

First Google Maps, now YouTube has been mysteriously zapped from Apple new iOS 6. Thats what 9to5Mac uncovered when fiddling around with the beta version of iOS 6, due out…

Facebook Fakes: 83 M Dodgy Accounts

Staff Writers August 3, 2012 No Comments

Image credit: Sophos Labs Facebook has a massive 83m dodgy accounts, or 8.7% of all user accounts, according to documents filed to US Securities and Exchange Commission. So who are…

Murdoch’s Foxtel Bid Gets The Nod

Staff Writers August 2, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge The Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said today it would not oppose the proposed acquisition by News Corp of 100% of the shares in Consolidated Media Holdings …

U Digg “v1”?

Staff Writers August 1, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge After being sold for a pittance, Digg is back in the guise of Diggv1 along with a slew of new iPhone and mobile apps as it looks…

It’s Business First, As Optus Unveils 4G Network Plan

Staff Writers July 31, 2012 No Comments

Optus’s 4G service, using FDD-LTE technology, will initially be restricted to two Australian cities – Perth and Sydney – and will be available only to business customers. In contrast, Telstra’s…