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Apple's new tablet - iPad launched
After months of rumours and speculation, Apple finally unveiled its latest creation – the iPad – a touchscreen computer which looks like an oversized iPod Touch.
It features a large 24.6cm (9.7-inch) colour LED-backlit touchscreen and allows users to access the web, email, music, photos, eBooks and games on the device which weighs in at just 0.7kg and is 1.3cm thick. As for Flash, well Apple have well and truely snubbed Adobe yet again, which means, according to Jobs, "You'll have the best web experience ever" but only on half the sites.
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If by chance something's got you all worked up this holiday season, poor service from a telco, bad or shoddy workmanship from a manufacturer or just something really stupid, then why not tell us about it at our new /rant website. We hope to launch it when we're back on air so a few rants from our listeners would be good. You can vent here - Medicare card not required!
NEW TECH TALK WEBSITE
You're also looking at our new look website! It hasn't changed much, it's just put on a few pixels around its width - like us all over the holiday break! You'll see the old and the new for a while as the roll out takes place on those cooler summer nights! |
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We're not what you'd call geeks or nerds, just passionate users of today's technology in our personal and professional lives. Check out all the team!
Join Andrew McColm & Dr. Ron along with our regulars Justin Dunlop, Mark Diggins and Graeme Callaghan. (Mark is currently living and working in the US building Mobile Phone networks)
Also a regular contributor Adam Turner (freelance writer for the age and SMH) has his view from the couch each week, and our US correspondent is Lidija Davis who reports regularly from Silicon Valley California
We're not too tech Our target market is consumers, who are keen to make sense of current tech news, along with mums and dads who just want to know what the kids are up to, or what to buy that tech savvy person in their life for their next gift. There's a touch of politics, mixed with a blend of consumer awareness and humor.
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March 22 2010
The dust has barely settled on the AFACT vs iiNet copyright case, when news it.co.uk reported this week that the UK Government plans to force ISPs to crackdown on copyright abuse. The ambitious plan will cost the industry between £250 million and £500 million ($830 million) according to an estimate published by the Department for Business.
A report tabled in the UK Parliament said file sharing of audio, video, data, or anything in digital format between users on a computer network "has increased significantly in the last few years which has served to reduce the incentive for the creative industries to invest in the development, production and distribution of new innovative content."
The report went on to say that the UK government’s intention, is to make it easier for rights holders to bring targeted civil actions against suspect copyright infringers and place obligations on ISPs when informed by rights holders to notify subscribers of their unlawful behaviour and to maintain records of the most frequent offenders to allow rights holders to take targeted legal action – something not that dissimilar from what AFACT were after.
It’s worth noting that what Australians can do legally when making copies of media for personal use most likely differs from what uk citizens can do, as copyright laws are legislated by the respective countries parliaments, but it’s safe to say the protection of copyright owners rights is paramount in both, the different here is that the UK parliament is opening up a path to the consumer which is what hasn’t happened here but may.
Australian Federal court judge Justice Cowdroy found that ISPs cannot be held responsible for what their customers do on their network, which is subject to appeal in the High court of Australia soon. It seems that the powers that be in the UK have skipped these phase and opened up the possibility of mandatory reporting to copyright holders of what people are downloading through British ISPs
Both the Australian and British governments head off to the polls this year, and both have internet issues to take to the voters. One thing’s for sure, both governments are putting citizen privacy to the test.
This week on TTR
Adam compares CD to downloads,
Telstra opens the door to LTE mobile communications,
Google set to leave china next month
iiNet to seek clarification in High court and
IE9 not compatible with Windows XP
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THE MAKING OF JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR
It's the most technically challenging film ever made, and probably the most expensive. Check out the 23 minute Making of Avatar doco and see how Pandora became a reality.
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