Oz cinema chain to stream new releases If you can’t beat them, stream them

Australian cinema chain Hoyts will launch its own video-on-demand streaming service in the first quarter of the New Year. Hoyts Stream, as the new venture will be called, will support multi-device access and offer consumers a pay-as-you-go model for new release as well as classic movies and TV content.…

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Why is the iPhone so successful? ‘Cause people love ‘em Sorry, haters: iPhone tops J.D. Power user satisfaction poll – again

Apple’s iPhone may have its detractors, but they don’t appear to include many folks who actually own one – yet another survey has shown that Apple’s überpopular handset is beloved by a strong percentage of its users.…

Listen up, Nokia: Get Lumia show-offs in pubs or it’s game over Lumia verdict: People, not pundits, will make or break this mobe

Analysis  Nokia has a couple of mountains to climb. There’s the real mountain: in the marketplace it’s starting from scratch, a newcomer that just happens to have a large distribution business in place, and a couple of billion euros in capital. Then there’s the metaphorical …

Google’s stats show few Android tablets in use Just don’t tell Amazon

Analysis  Android may have topped Apple’s iOS in terms of overall global smartphone sales, but if the latest figures from Google are to be believed, it certainly isn’t winning many converts among tablet users – that is, if you ignore Amazon’s customers, as the Chocolate Factory’s numbers do.…

Photos of ‘iPad mini’ body stir rumor pot Is Steve Jobs’ bête noire ready for launch?

Photos have surfaced of what’s said to be the metal back of Apple’s oft-rumored “iPad mini” – and, yes, despite what the late Steve Jobs said about the deficiencies of small-sized fondleslabs, it’s of the about-seven-inch variety.…

Amazon unveils new hi-def Kindle iPad-killers Want cheap 4G wireless …

Intel’s ‘Mobile Etiquette’ survey uncovers global peevishness And presents it in a slick interactive presentation you’ve gotta check out

Intel has published its annual “Mobile Etiquette” study, an effort that makes two things abundantly clear: first, that worldwide online information sharing is ubiquitous; and second, that Intel and its survey partner Ipsos Observer certainly know how to compress a shedload of data into a whiz-bang interactive presentation.…

French satellite operator gets Aussie carrier licence New bird will beam bits to Bondi and beyond by end of 2012

French owned satellite operator EutelSat is poised to beam into the Australian market after securing a carrier licence and announcing that it will launch a new satellite covering Australia by year’s end.…

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Apple hoards LTE patents to deflect Samsung attack Possible defensive move to stop Samsung marching iPhone 5 to court

Apple has been hoarding LTE patents in a bid to head off a possible legal attack from fierce rival Samsung on its forthcoming iPhone 5, according to reports from Korea.…

Greens promise free WiFi for Sydney Dutch leaves touted as ad-supported solar solution

New South Wales’ local government elections aren’t the forum for massive IT&T debates, but the Greens have at least given technologists something to sway their votes with a promise to introduce free WiFi in the City of Sydney and adjoining Marrickville local government area.…

Another trans-Pac fibre mooted South Pacific Island Networks redux

With wannabe pacific Pacific Fibre out of …

Acer to launch Windows Phone 8 smartphone in 2013 Six devices planned, based on Qualcomm and MediaTek chips

Acer has confirmed to The Reg that it plans to launch six new handsets next year including a Windows Phone 8 device.…

Optus turns on 4G, but has no phones until Sept 20 Sydney, Newcastle and Perth have wireless broadband today, Galaxy S III 4G soon

Optus has decided its 4G network is ready for action, flicking the switch to turn it on in Sydney, Perth and Newcastle as of today. Melbourne’s turn comes on September 15th.…

Vodafone inks deal with Zain to fly its flag across Middle East Going to Iraq on hols? Now you can roam with Voda

Roaming in the Middle East should …

The dead reanimates as HP ships Open webOS beta Meg’s boys are also hiring webOS developers. Curious…

As promised, HP has shipped the beta release of Open webOS, the open source version of the web standards–based webOS mobile platform that was the last hurrah of the former Palm before HP absorbed it in 2010. More surprisingly, however, HP actually seems to be staffing up its webOS development team – an odd reversal of recent trends.…

Sharp’s slim screen factory ‘flogged to death’ by Apple Plant can’t build enough working parts for Cupertino idiot-tax giant

Sharp’s production line of screens – purportedly for Apple’s next-generation iPhone – is reportedly running behind schedule.…

Cheer up, Samsung: Tokyo judge bins Apple’s sync patent claim South Koreans didn’t nick music …

Huawei picks Android for new tablets and smartphones Asks users to second its Emotion

Huawei is betting on Android with its launch of four new smartphones and two tablets all running Google’s OS, albeit with a customizable interface dubbed “Emotion” that the Chinese networking giant is opening up for customer’s suggestions.…

Obama Q&A on Reddit briefly knackers entire site You nerds like space stuff, right?

US President Obama has his fingers crossed for another four years in the White House – and to bolster support for a second term, the Democrat took to Reddit.com for a cosy chat with left-leaning cat-worshipping netizens.…

Sony unwraps James Bond’s new Droidphone Also splashproof, wipe clean ‘slab. Ideal for, er, media

IFA 2012  Sony ushered in a fresh …