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Comment Re:Senator Conroy's handiwork (Score 5, Interesting) 158

by mister_tim on Monday December 15, 2008 @02:47AM (#26117111) Attached to: Telstra Kicked Out of $15bn Broadband Project

Or rather:

3) Telstra submitted a non-conforming tender and the Government had no choice but to reject it.

Being a Government employee myself, when it comes to tendering you have to apply the same rules to everyone. If the Government had accepted Telstra's tender, even though it did not comply with the requirements in the RFT (and this was well publicised, they would have left themselves open for all sorts of problems, e.g. being sued by other applicants.

Optus was right to say that Telstra's submission was a joke: a 12 page letter to the Minister in lieu of a serious tender for a $4.7bn project is brinkmanship of the worst sort and the Government was right to call their bluff.

Submission + - Second Google Android phone revealed (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

KrispyDroid

on Wednesday December 03, 2008 @06:25PM

KrispyDroid writes: "The world's second Google Android phone has been unveiled — by an Australian-based electronics company called Kogan. It will ship worldwide on Jan 29. It looks like a surprisingly nice form factor, not unlike a Blackberry Bold. The phones will be sold without a contract at low prices — $A299 ($US192)."

Submission + - Why iiNet will probably lose the piracy lawsuit (apcmag.com)

Submitted by on Friday November 21, 2008 @11:58AM

An anonymous reader writes: apcmag.com — "As you probably know by now, iiNet has been sued by a number of movie studios and Channel 7 for allowing piracy to occur on its network — specifically BitTorrent piracy of movies and TV shows. A look at the Copyright Act suggests the movie and TV industry have an unfortunately strong case against iiNet.
PLUS: Read the court documents yourself."

Submission + - World first review of Dell's 12.1in netbook (apcmag.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27, 2008 @01:00AM

An anonymous reader writes: Australian Personal Computer Magazine has the world first look at Dell's 12.1in netbook.

Comment LOL!!! Truth stranger than scammers. (Score 2, Funny) 272

by danwarne on Friday October 10, 2008 @07:07AM (#25324009) Attached to: US Financial Quagmire Bringing Out the Scammers

"I run a merchant bank that went bankrupt and have recently come into possession of $900 billion in US treasury funds......"

Submission + - GASP! Wireless iPod headphones cause Qantas plunge (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

danwarne

on Thursday October 09, 2008 @11:20PM

danwarne writes: "EXCLUSIVE!! GASP!! Noise cancelling iPod headphones reportedly forced Qantas jet into terrifying plunge, leaving passengers with spinal injuries. Or not. The reporting around what may have caused a Qantas jet en route from Singpore to Australia to suddenly ascend 300 feet then drop 100 has been nothing short of irresponsible, with publications worldwide suggesting passenger use of a laptop was to blame. APC Magazine has looked at some these ridiculous reports and thoroughly debunked them — in a story designed to suck in the same clickers who've read the fabricated reports from other outlets: "Speculation Qantas plunge caused by wireless iPod headphones"

Submission + - Has Google Redirector been Hacked? (furious-citizen.org) 1

Submitted by

Lane

on Friday August 01, 2008 @02:28AM

Lane writes: "As of 07/31/08 a search on Google is redirecting to a poisoned link, check out the video to see exactly how its being redirected."

Submission + - Palm details "2.0" operating system platfo (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

KrispyChickenDrumsticks

on Wednesday May 28, 2008 @09:28AM

KrispyChickenDrumsticks writes: "You remember Palm. The company reinvented the PDA with the original Pilot (later PalmPilot, and then just Palm) in 1996, rescuing it from the ridicule of the Newton, and five years later — through the work of offshoot Handspring — helped light the touchpaper on the smartphone revolution. Now, CEO Ed Colligan has revealed details of the company's new Palm 2.0 platform that fully embraces the Internet, and importantly, ISN'T an interface tacked on top of Windows Mobile, but rather, a whole new OS."

Submission + - XP cheaper than Linux on new Eee PC (apcmag.com) 3

Submitted by

KrispyDollars

on Wednesday May 07, 2008 @03:53AM

KrispyDollars writes: "It sounds crazy to say this, but the XP-based version of the Eee PC 900 (the new version with the 8.9" screen) will actually be considerably cheaper than the Linux based version. At the official launch today, the company told journalists that "Microsoft has been a longstanding supporter of Asus" to explain the price discrepancy. And — get this — only the XP-based machine will be sold at mass-market retailers, while the Linux-based model will be consigned to computer stores."

Submission + - Vodafone announces iPhone in 10 countries (apcmag.com) 1

Submitted by

KrispyCroissant

on Tuesday May 06, 2008 @03:27AM

KrispyCroissant writes: "Australians will be buying the 3G iPhone through Vodafone — along with residents of Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. It's interesting to note that the Vodafone announcement says nothing about exclusivity, meaning that the iPhone in these countries might be available on more than one carrier. Full story at APC."

Submission + - Non-PayPal users are like heroin junkies: eBay (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

KrispyFees

on Monday May 05, 2008 @10:36AM

KrispyFees writes: "Allowing eBay users to pay with any method other than PayPal would be like allowing them to buy heroin, said eBay's Australian chief in a disastrous public meeting today. The meeting was held in Melbourne, Australia (the first of several around the country) to explain why eBay must ban all payment methods except PayPal. Members of the public hurled abuse at the eBay management team during the meeting, with the crowd unanimously opposed to eBay's new restrictions. eBay has denied that the move is designed to raise more revenue through PayPal fees, arguing it is to provide better safety in online transactions, however, the global company has admitted it is looking at introducing the same restrictions around the world."

Submission + - Prepare for your laptop to be searched (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

Nothing to Declare

on Tuesday April 22, 2008 @08:37AM

Nothing to Declare writes: "If your notebook is filled with porn, P2P or even just too many iTunes downloads, you might want to think twice before taking it on your next holiday — especially to the US. An appeals court in California this week unanimously upheld a ruling that border security officers at international airports can search personal computers without requiring any specific evidence of criminal activity. The appeal was made by a US resident, Michael Timothy Arnold, charged with child pornography offences after an airport search of his notebook PC in 2005."

Submission + - ASUS to use special XP build on Eee PC (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

KrispyChips

on Sunday April 13, 2008 @11:53PM

KrispyChips writes: "This could be a first: Microsoft creating a special build of Windows just because Windows doesn't run very well on a certain computer. ASUS' runaway success Eee PC is now "officially" available with Windows XP, but it is not exactly a great experience, says APC magazine which has reviewed the unit. There are none of the nice pre-loaded apps that come with the Linux version, for example. And XP has some real problems coping with the screen size and limited system specs of the unit. As a result, ASUS says it is going back to Microsoft and working on a special XP build that will be lighterweight and more suited to UMPCs."

Submission + - eBay AU bans all payment methods except PayPal (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

KrispyBits

on Thursday April 10, 2008 @01:51AM

KrispyBits writes: "In what might be a sign of things to come for the rest of the world, eBay Australia has banned all payment methods except its wholly-owned PayPal subsidiary — including cash, cheque, direct deposit and Google Checkout. The ecommerce giant, which has an effective monopoly on online auctions, said the move was all about providing better payment security for shoppers, and nothing to do with the fact that it gets a larger cut of the sale (and postage) if people pay through PayPal. Users have already drawn the very obvious likeness to Microsoft's efforts as a monopoly in the 90s to force people to use only its Internet Explorer browser, which ended up very badly for the company, with ongoing ramifications today."

Submission + - Finally -- a real alternative to Outlook? (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

KrispyKnipshenshits

on Wednesday April 09, 2008 @02:33AM

KrispyKnipshenshits writes: "Microsoft's release of protocol documentation for Exchange brings the possibility of a true alternative to Outlook for businesses using Linux and Macs one step closer, APC is reporting today. Among the 14,000 pages of protocol info Microsoft turned over is the key to interfacing with a Microsoft Exchange server in its proprietary encrypted MAPI mode — which has so far defied the decryption efforts of the open source community."

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