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Submission + - China has just blocked Google,Australia to follow? (itwire.com)

Submitted by gadgetopia on Tuesday March 30, 2010 @08:19AM

gadgetopia writes: A news report in Forbes says that China has blocked Google with its great firewall, now the world waits to see if Australia’s Minister for Censorship, Senator Stephen Conroy, will do the same following his outrageous attacks on Google.

Submission + - 2009: Year of the Linux Delusion (itwire.com)

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gadgetopia

on Thursday December 18, 2008 @06:05AM

gadgetopia writes: "An article has come out claiming (yet again) that 2009 will be the year of Linux, and bases this prediction on the fact that low power ARM processors will be in netbooks which won't have enough power to run Windows, but then says these new netbooks will be geared to "web only" applications which suits Linux perfectly. And, oh yeah, Palm might save Linux, too. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22386/1103/"

Submission + - World's first 21Mbps eHSPA/HSPA+ data "call (itwire.com)

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gadgetopia

on Sunday December 07, 2008 @10:52PM

gadgetopia writes: "Although data "calls" on 21Mbps networks and equipment have been made in the labs and in demonstrations, Australia is the first place in the world where such a call has been made on a commercial, deployed 21Mbps eHSPA network, with a full commercial launch due early 2009. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22150/127/"

Submission + - Microsoft offers US $20 billion for Yahoo: report (itwire.com)

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gadgetopia

on Sunday November 30, 2008 @09:19AM

gadgetopia writes: "Did anyone really believe Ballmer when he said that he wasn't still interested in buying Yahoo? Well, truth be told, Ballmer always said he'd be interested in doing a deal for Yahoo's search business. Looks like the money dancer is firing his latest shot! http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21992/53/"

Submission + - Did Quanta just confirm a second-gen iPhone?

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gadgetopia

on Tuesday May 29, 2007 @08:48AM

gadgetopia writes: "Rumors, reports and now a seeming confirmation that Quanta will also be building the Apple iPhone sees Quanta's statement point to a second generation model which another report suggests could come with a different case design. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12499/1103"

Submission + - Gates to join Simonyi in space?

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gadgetopia

on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @06:37AM

gadgetopia writes: "On Russian state television, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin tells journalists in a live video interview from the ISS that "Charles said that Bill Gates is also preparing to visit space". http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/11258/1066/"

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