Month: October 2012
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Greg Ritter replaces Alexandre Premat for Gold Coast
Greg Ritter will replace Alexandre Premat in the #33 Fujitsu Racing Commodore at the Armor All Gold Coast 600. read more
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iPhone Production Slows As Apple Improves Aluminium Quality
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple’s iPhone 5 production is slowing down in an attempt to reduce the number of devices shipping with nicks and scratches. And its apparently doing so by improving aluminium quality control at Foxconn. read more
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Bill shock: customer charged $14,766,481,895,641,556.00
A Frenchwoman who received a telephone bill for an amount equivalent to nearly 6000 times the country’s annual economic output has had the real amount she owed waived – after finally convincing the company they must have made a mistake. read more
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Australia’s Wi-Fi future
Wi-Fi is perhaps Australia’s most underappreciated technology. It’s installed in every device. It declutters our homes and offices from cables. And it ultimately makes it much easier to access the internet. read more
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German ace to race SLS AMG GT3 at Gold Coast
FIA GT1 World Team Champion Thomas Jäger will race in one of Erebus Motorsport’s SLS AMG GT3s in the penultimate round of the Australian GT Championship protected by Sargent Security at the Armor All Gold Coast 600. read more
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NBN Co says sign-up for fibre early
NBN Co wants early adopters in the 15 locations across Australia that will switch to fibre optic broadband over the next 18 months. read more
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NBN Co: Countdown for copper switch-off for 25,000 homes
Residents and businesses at around 25,000 premises in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania will be forced onto the National Broadband Network (NBN) in around 19 months, after copper and cable internet in their suburbs is switched off.
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Injections of animal cells may rid dieters of their double chins
Injections of heat-producing cells that can burn off body fat could help dieters lose their double chins and spare tyres, following research by scientists. read more
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50th Anniversary of the Bathurst 1000
Channel Sevens tribute to all the legendary drivers from the legendary race, Bathurst, celebrating 50 years. Some cars were blurred by Channel Seven by to laws about cigarette advertising.
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Dog fighting with Garth ‘Top Gun’ Tander and Shane ‘Maverick’ Van Gisbergen