Asia Pacific received its final IPv4 address block today, as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) issued the world's last unallocated addresses to regional internet registries.Click here to read more
Thursday, February 10, 2011
FamilyVoice call to expand ISP filters
Christian lobby FamilyVoice Australia has called for the Government's delayed internet filter proposal to be introduced as soon as possible with even more restrictions than first planned.
At a Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety hearing in Adelaide yesterday, FamilyVoice argued that mandatory filtering was essential to assisting parents and kids cope with harmful content on the net.
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Christian lobby FamilyVoice Australia has called for the Government's delayed internet filter proposal to be introduced as soon as possible with even more restrictions than first planned.At a Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety hearing in Adelaide yesterday, FamilyVoice argued that mandatory filtering was essential to assisting parents and kids cope with harmful content on the net.
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NBN Co mulls user-pays upgrade to fiber
NBN Co has flagged the potential for the “last 7 percent” of Australian premises slated to receive wireless or satellite services under the National Broadband Network plan an opportunity to “pay the difference” to upgrade to a fibre connection.
Chief executive Mike Quigley said today the network builder faced some “pressures in first release sites from people who are outside that fibre release boundary who want to get the fibre.”
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NBN Co has flagged the potential for the “last 7 percent” of Australian premises slated to receive wireless or satellite services under the National Broadband Network plan an opportunity to “pay the difference” to upgrade to a fibre connection.Chief executive Mike Quigley said today the network builder faced some “pressures in first release sites from people who are outside that fibre release boundary who want to get the fibre.”
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No Townsville NBN delays from Yasi
Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has rejected suggestions that Cyclone Yasi will have a major impact on the NBN testbed project in Townsville, saying that the nature of the project meant it would not suffer major delays.
Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has rejected suggestions that Cyclone Yasi will have a major impact on the NBN testbed project in Townsville, saying that the nature of the project meant it would not suffer major delays.
Townsville is one of five mainland centres which is serving as an early testbed site for the National Broadband Network.
Google turns your Android Phone into an On-the-Fly Conversation Interpreter
The latest version of Google Translate for Android comes with a few updates to celebrate the one-year anniversary. Most of these are to the user interface. But there’s also one new feature they’re previewing in alpha mode. And it’s awesome: Conversation Mode.
The latest version of Google Translate for Android comes with a few updates to celebrate the one-year anniversary. Most of these are to the user interface. But there’s also one new feature they’re previewing in alpha mode. And it’s awesome: Conversation Mode.
Essentially, this allows you to speak in one language into your phone and the app will read it out loud translated into the language of the person you’re speaking with. That person can then respond and it will translate it back into your language. Yes, amazing.
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Amnesia Razorfish Connect lets your smartphone share your surface
It's practicality may be a bit questionable until folks actually start using Surfaces in their homes, but Amnesia Razorfish has now produced a rather unique way to share content between your smartphone and Microsoft's would be household device.
The basic idea is fairly simple: just place your smartphone (or tablet) on the Surface, and then simply drag photos and other documents directly onto the device (where you can also, incidentally, preview them instantly).
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It's practicality may be a bit questionable until folks actually start using Surfaces in their homes, but Amnesia Razorfish has now produced a rather unique way to share content between your smartphone and Microsoft's would be household device. The basic idea is fairly simple: just place your smartphone (or tablet) on the Surface, and then simply drag photos and other documents directly onto the device (where you can also, incidentally, preview them instantly).
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Nobody Predicted The iPad's Growth
Apple sold almost 15 million iPads last year. It is outselling Macs in units, and closing in on revenues.
The 7.3 million iPads sold just in the December quarter represented a 75 percent increase from the September quarter, and the $4.6 billion in revenue represented a 65 percent sequential jump. (The iPad launched in April). By any measure, this is an incredible ramp for an entirely new computing product. It is so startling that nobody predicted it—not bullish Wall Street analysts, or even wild-eyed bloggers
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Apple sold almost 15 million iPads last year. It is outselling Macs in units, and closing in on revenues. The 7.3 million iPads sold just in the December quarter represented a 75 percent increase from the September quarter, and the $4.6 billion in revenue represented a 65 percent sequential jump. (The iPad launched in April). By any measure, this is an incredible ramp for an entirely new computing product. It is so startling that nobody predicted it—not bullish Wall Street analysts, or even wild-eyed bloggers
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