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Month: April 2008

  • Transparent contradiction

    OPTUS boss Paul O’Sullivan is clearly positioning himself for a potential withdrawal from the national broadband network tender by slamming the tender process the minute details were released last week. read more | digg story

  • All eyes on broadband bids

    AN emerging Indian telecommunications company, two huge private equity funds and a major local investment bank are all considering making bids through consortiums for the Rudd Government’s $9 billion-plus national broadband network project. read more | digg story

  • Pipe Networks presents: the saga of a submarine cable

    Pipe Networks has launched a blog site on its project to build its PPC-1 submarine cable link from Sydney to Guam, promising to be “as honest and as open as we can during the project and [to] keep you updated with the highs and lows of the project.” read more | digg story

  • Australia-Japan cable upgrade complete

    Australia-Japan Cable has completed its capacity upgrade announced in May 2007, taking total capacity on its system to 240Gbps. read more | digg story

  • Cluttered desktop folders become art [PICS]

    Storing tons of files on your desktop is never a good idea, and Teknograd Mac Support from Norway has come up with an ad campaign that visualizes the feeling of helplessness that a cluttered desktop can cause. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader John Hawkins for the pics! read more | digg story

  • Terms of tender skewed: Optus

    OPTUS fears its arch rival Telstra will retain its near-monopoly for the next decade amid mounting speculation that the dominant telecom will win the right to build an $8 billion-plus broadband network. read more | digg story

  • Labor wields $4.7bn gag

    AUSTRALIANS face at least six months in the dark about the planned national broadband network because of a Federal Government gag. read more | digg story

  • Wraps come off Murphy’s new beast

    Greg Murphy will hit Hamilton in New Zealand this weekend with an all-new racing machine. read more | digg story

  • Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Officially Getting Car Damage

    It has just been confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 (and GT5 Prologue) will feature car deformation. read more | digg story

  • NASCAR Stars Say They’ve Never Been Drug Tested

    “In the 10 years that I’ve raced, I’ve never been drug-tested,” Kevin Harvick said. “To me, that’s not a proper drug policy for a professional sport. We haven’t made any headway whatsoever on the drug-testing policy.” This was in reaction to a story this week in which former driver Aaron Fike said he competed in…