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Category: Technology news
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Brammo goes street fighting with the 100mph Empulse electric motorcycle
The Empulse is a radical departure from the Enertia, indicated by the way the company is promoting the thing. When we test rode that first bike Brammo reps were a little cagey about its top speed, initially indicating it would be limited to 50mph but later saying it’d do over 60 if you pushed it.
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Apple Engineer Told Jobs IPhone Antenna Might Cut Calls
Apple Inc.’s senior antenna expert voiced concern to Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs in the early design phase of the iPhone 4 that the antenna design could lead to dropped calls, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Google App Inventor: Now Anyone Can Create an Android App
Google is launching a new tool on Monday that lets anyone create an app for Android phones.
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Internode, iiNet, VHA won’t filter for now
National broadband provider Internode this afternoon stated that – unlike Telstra, Optus and Primus – it would not voluntarily filter its customers’ Internet for websites that are known to contain child pornography and child abuse material, while iiNet said it would wait to see the detail in the proposal and VHA is awaiting a code for the mobile industry.
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YouTube adds support for 4096p (not a typo!)
For more than half a year now YouTube has supported 1080p videos but today they raised the bar even more by supporting native resolution videos up to 4096p (4096×3072).
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IBM, EU partner on open source projects
IBM and the European Union are partnering on two projects that, in the end, aim to make government run more smoothly and businesses able to collaborate on web-based services.
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Judge Slams RIAA, $675k Fine Ruled Unconstitutional
Another break happened today in the RIAA’s case against Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum, as the $675k fine was reduced by 90%. The judge in the case criticised the RIAA and held that the jury’s damages were unconstitutional. Even the reduced fine is described as “severe, even harsh” by the District Judge.
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How To: Use iPhone 4 data plan with iPad 3G
Find out how.
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Gillard stands firm on web filter
Prime Minister Julia Gillard remains determined to crack down on the ‘dark side’ of the internet.