Tech news stories that caught our attention or imagination.
May 10
For over a year we have been harping on about The Australian Internet Censorship Filter, and finally there is light at the end of the tunnel. The Australian newspaper reported last week that The Rudd Government is sitting on the policy for the moment and would not introduce the policy in this month’s or June’s …
May 10
Zynga games, the social gaming company that makes Mafia Wars, Farmville, Cafe World, YoVille, Pirates and many other Flash based games on Facebook could be gearing up to create it’s own social gaming network, Zynga Live. One could argue that Zynga and Facebook have a kind of symbiotic relationship, Zynga needed Facebook to get millions …
May 08
The marketing for ‘Tron Legacy’ is starting to kick into high gear and the film is still months away. If you are at all familiar with the first ‘Tron’ film you will love this new free online game of ‘Space Paranoids’ at spaceparanoidsonline.com. It is a really cool version of the game that is played …
May 08
Apple was suppose to release the iPad prices for Australia on the 10th of May, but for some reason (only known to Apple) the prices came out today. Okay so what are we looking at? The prices are almost exactly what Josh, Shane and I predicted on Geek Actually Tech several weeks ago. Below I …
May 07
Everyone cross your fingers and hope for the best, the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General meeting starts today. This is the gathering of all the state’s Attorneys-General in Australia where the work out policies etc., it is also the meeting that decides on the R18+ rating for games. We are off to a roaring start however with …
May 05
In my time spent rummaging around the internet .. oh and believe me I do spend a lot of time doing that. I realised I’ve seen a lot of “top ten bad guys” lists… which are usually all the same, showing the persons love and admiration for Sephiroth and Bowser..not so much a measure of ability but …
