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Victorian electric car trial: free cars for 200 households

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Almost 200 Victorian households will be invited to take part in the state’s first electric car trial as part of a plan to slash the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.

YouTube ups video limit to 15 minutes

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Increasing the upload limit had been the “number one requested feature” by contributors to the YouTube site.

MP hit with $10,000 mobile bill

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Smartphone popularity is leading to hip-pocket pain with some users receiving huge bills from internet downloads.

Rudd eyes online ombudsman

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will look into the idea of appointing an online ombudsman after Facebook tribute pages were defaced with pornography.

Mobile phone hoarders create e-waste glut

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Australians are hoarding old mobile phones up to 12 years old. Recycling could be a better answer.

Police to use national warning system

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

A national telephone warning system designed to send emergency bushfire alerts could be expanded to warn of mass shootings and major police incidents.

Qantas to deploy faster check-in technology

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Qantas says it is aiming to halve check-in times for customers at CityFlyer ports with new technology to be rolled out across Australia.

Aussie ebook access opens up

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Australians will be able to buy digital books over the counter at bookstores from next year using new technology designed for Australian book publishers.

Augmented reality: Another use for your phone

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Applications that take advantage of phones’ GPS and compass features and access to high-speed wireless networks to mash up super-local web content will become increasingly common.

Toyota begins pre-production of Camry hybrid

Monday, August 31st, 2009

The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car began yesterday with the push of an oversized Power button in Altona, Melbourne.

YouTube to show clips from Time Warner TV shows, movies

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

The agreement does not allow YouTube to show complete episodes of television shows or movies, only excerpts, what a statement from Time Warner and YouTube described as “high-quality, short-form content”.

Adelaide youth arrested for virus attack

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

A 20-year-old Adelaide man has been charged with infecting 3,000 computers worldwide with viruses designed to capture banking details.

Optus launches new satellite

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Optus today said it would launch a new satellite from French Guiana on August 22 and that its customer base was being boosted by iPhone and other smartphone subscriptions.

Facebook gets Twitter-like search; buys FriendFeed

Monday, August 10th, 2009

The giant social platform gets two key features: Real-time search and the Everyone filter. The company also announced plans to buy social media aggregator FriendFeed.

Facebook spawns new vocabulary

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

With Facebook’s popularity comes a whole new language of mangled words that hard-core fans and critics alike use to describe, honour and frankly mock their latest addiction.

Woolworths becomes a mobile telco

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Australia’s largest supermarket chain Woolworths has announced plans to enter the telecommunications market, offering a no-frills mobile phone service.

Telstra wants to keep Foxtel

Monday, July 13th, 2009

New Telstra boss David Thodey has stressed how much the telco prizes Foxtel amid rumours the Seven Network may launch a full takeover bid for Consolidated Media Group.

Tech-savvy Aussies working longer, but better

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Australians are finding it harder to escape work thanks to BlackBerrys, mobile phones and laptops, but it has made us more efficient, a study has shown.

SmartGate hits Sydney Airport

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

SmartGate, the self-processing option for travellers, is now available at Sydney International Airport.

CBA may be facing denial of service

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Problems with Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s internet banking website are due to a high level of traffic, some of which may be malicious, the bank said today.