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australia ’
This is really adorable.
You may have experienced the phenomenon of the accidental CC- I was inadvertently included on a really boring email book club list, and they wouldn't unsubscribe me no matter how hard I asked. Australian ...
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It is a staple of all space type science fiction employed to capture those nasty little spaceships or shuttles that are in trouble. Yes I am talking about the venerable tractor beam and as much as we ...
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Even if most gaming companies couldn't give a toss about poor old Australia, kindly Uncle Microsoft hasn't forgotten our upside down cousins.
IGN reports from a Microsoft Open House event in Sydney that Microsoft Kinect will launch in ...
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The following applies to our many Australian readers. If you're not Australian, you're welcome to read, and apologies for the indulgence.
Australia goes to the polls this Saturday for its 43rd election since Federation in 1901, and never ...
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It would be hard for a cynical person to not question the sudden announcement of a major speed improvement of a national broadband initiative, even before it has started to be built, just 10 days before a national ...
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Holy crap, is there anything Nintendo's mighty little handheld can't do? If it's not saving some kid's damn eyesight, it's rescuing people from vehicle wrecks. Whadda guy.
Here's how the story goes: at roughly 10pm on Sunday, just ...
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The Australian Government has continued on its merry "lets regulate more of the internet" way with a new proposal to impose new restrictions on internet gambling in Australia.
Responding to a Productivity Commission report recommending the introduction of ...
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An Australian Government committee has recommended the introduction of compulsory virus scanners on computers or users won't be allowed on the internet as part of an alleged crackdown on "cyber crime."
The Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the ...
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The Australian Government is moving closer to a full blown police state with a proposal to force ISP's to retain the data of all internet users, including browsing history and all emails.
Currently under Australian privacy laws, ...
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Now one might think that the picture above is nothing more than a bunch of used up useless USB cables just lying around on some-one carpet that needs a bad cleaning.
Well, it turns out that would be ...
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Australian independent media site New Matilda has announced that it will close June 25, after six years of operating without ever once making a profit.
Founded in 2004, New Matilda pitched itself as a fiercely independent Australian provider ...
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After she was tasked with writing a letter to a company as a homework assignment, 11-year-old Helen from Australia opted to write to Nintendo and ask for a Nintendo DS, because her parents wouldn't get her one.
Anyway, ...
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I am not sure what is going on in Australia but I'm seriously beginning to think that the politicians in that country have been spending too long hanging upside down. After all how else do you explain ...
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The concept of auctioning off one's virginity is not unheard of- in fact, this time I'm positive there was an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit devoted entirely to the concept. (The one with Martin ...
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A ten-year-old Australian schoolgirl has stunned doctors by surviving a "horrific" box jellyfish sting sustained in Queensland in December.
Rachel Shardlow was pulled from a river after the sting, with the toxic tentacles still clinging to her limbs. ...
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George Michael has been cruising down under according to Gawker, using an iPhone app designed to connect gay men on a local level, ostensibly so they can meet up for tea and scones.
Rumors have circulated previously that the ...
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The United State Government has today announced that it will introduce sanctions against Australia over the latter's introduction of internet censorship.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the decision to impose sanctions on Australia was a difficult ...
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Zombies shambled and lurched through Sydney's Hyde Park yesterday in a desperate bid for BRAAAAAAAAAINS to protest against Australia's ludicrous lack of an adults-only rating for videogames.
This demonstration, featuring 500 protesters in zombie outfits and make-up, was ...
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The spate of bizarre sesmic activity hasn't left the Great Southern Land tonight with news that Melbourne has experienced yet another earthquake.
The latest quake struck at around 7:10pm local time (AEDT) and follows another small quake centered ...
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In a stunning blow to the growingly theocratic Australian Government, the United States Government has officially raised concerns about Australia's proposed internet filter.
According to Australian media reports, the U.S. State Department has "raised...concerns on this matter with ...
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The censorship craziness that has beset the Australian Government continues to know no bounds with news that a Government body has set its sites on Encyclopedia Dramatica (ED.)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is threatening legal action ...
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If you live in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane, a big reminder that if you can spare an hour or two tomorrow (Saturday March 6) there are Stop The Filter rallies in each city.
Each rally is being ...
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![[Video] Accidental CCing gets Australian journalist Thanksgiving invite from strangers after years of “eavesdropping”](http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/11/Screen-shot-2010-11-24-at-2.17.02-PM-100x100.png)
