Month: August 2011
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Valenti’s Second Chance?
Very few footballers get second chances. Sport can certainly be cruel and unrelenting. Shane Valenti’s prolific rise as one of the VFL’s top players has not gone unnoticed, as he has been an integral part of Port Melbourne’s midfield and stellar undefeated season this year. Only time will tell, but as history shows, he may…
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Telstra still a major headache for iiNet
National broadband provider iiNet this week opened fire on Telstra on a range of fronts, accusing the telco of causing trouble with its new fibre rollout in South Brisbane, jacking up the price of accessing its wholesale ADSL broadband service and biting off more than it deserved in the first draft of its NBN structural…
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NBN the answer to disability and disadvantaged: Conroy
Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has sought to position the National Broadband Network (NBN) as a means to connect those who are digitally isolated as a result of age, illness or disability. read more
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V8 Supercars family member passes away
A popular member of the V8 Supercars Championship has tragically passed away overnight. Read more
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F1 team grants teenager Matthew James’s wish for bionic hand
Mercedes GP Petronas says a British teen who asked the Formula One team to sponsor his bionic hand has received a new prosthetic limb. read more
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Google’s Buying Out Motorola For 12.5 Billion USD
Google has made a particularly interesting announcement that affects their mobile Linux operating system as well as hardware. Google has just announced they will be acquiring Motorola Mobility at a price of around 12.5 billion USD. read more
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NBN Co CIO: The IT leadership strategy of Australia’s new telco
NBN Co has a head start that would leave many telcos green with envy. Armed with $27 billion in government funding, and at least $9 billion from debt markets, the two-year old National Broadband Network wholesaler has the resources and backing that could catapult it ahead many of its decadesold equivalents. read more
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Acqusitions lead iiNet to 48% revenue hike
The Perth-based ISP has posted an increase in revenue from $474 million to $699 million for the year ending 30 June 2011. read more
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Australian karting set for TV return
Top line Australian karting will return to television screens for the first time in a number years when the final round of the 2011 CIK Stars of Karting Series presented by Castrol EDGE will be shown on SPEED TV Australia later this year. read more
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Power slams IndyCar’s top official
Australia’s Will Power has blasted IndyCar’s top official for re-starting the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 at Loudon in New Hampshire during a late rain period which saw him crash. read more