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Tech News November 16, 2012

Saucy MINX in a THONG makes our hy-PHWOAR-visors go – GoDaddy How dare they put gratuitous sexy pics on IT content?

Pics  Web host biz GoDaddy illustrates its “What is Go Daddy’s Virtual Data Center” web page with a photo of a bootilicious young thing in a thong gazing thoughtfully at a tan-coloured bed spread.…

Broken Hill to sprout more satellite dishes NBN Co to land up the road from IPStar

IPStar’s satellite earth station in Broken Hill will be a little less lonely, with NBN Co confirming plans to drop some dishes near the outback city.…

Phone users favour Wi-Fi for dataslurp Only 22 per cent of info sucked into phones over cellular

Don’t think mobile data is too expensive and …

Tech News November 15, 2012

Race for new top level domains now officially a lottery Applicants for .adult and .sexy will meet in airport hotel

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has set December 17 as the date on which it will conduct the “prioritization draw” for new generic top level domains (gTLDs) and has announced the process will officially be a lottery.…

Zeebox lands down under Social media and Aussie TV set to converge in one app

UK developed social TV platform zeebox has hit Australian screens following its US launch last September.…

Android and Apple OS shares show mountain MS must climb Windows Phone outshipped even by Bada in Q3

Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system was loaded on 2.4 per cent of the …

Tech News November 14, 2012

Brits admit to using mobile phones during sex – and not in a good way Hang on, I’m just in the middle of someone

One in 20 Brits admit using a mobile phone during sex – and not in a good way – while almost half check mail while pretending to listen to their significant other talking.…

Google starts rolling out Android 4.2 to select devices But if it’s not a Nexus, you’re out of luck

Even though the entire worldwide stock of Google’s latest Nexus 4 smartphone reportedly sold out in minutes, Android fans may not have to wait for a resupply from LG’s factory to get their hands on the newest version of the Chocolate Factory’s mobile OS.…

HTC share zoom …

Tech News November 13, 2012

CSIRO scales 50 Mbps wireless broadband to 16 nodes Top wireless boffin too diplomatic to recommend for NBN

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has revealed that new trials of its Ngara wireless broadband system have scaled a single base station from six to 16 users.…

Kim Dotcom’s Mega pops up AGAIN, now in New Zealand Kiwi-hosted site to be ‘powered by legality’

Embattled internet tycoon Kim Dotcom has emerged with yet another a new domain for the promised revival of his Megaupload file-sharing site, this time located in his adopted home nation of New Zealand.…

Microsoft rolls out always-on Skype for Windows Phone 8 Yet another way to let people contact you ALL THE TIME

Microsoft has dropped Skype for Windows …

Tech News November 12, 2012

Quarter of Brits don’t believe that cell towers improve phone reception Potty idea. My radio doesn’t need towers everywhere

Just over three-quarters of UK residents recognise that being near a base station improves one’s mobile reception, which makes one wonder how the rest think cellular phones work.…

TXT war hits India in time for Diwali holiday Airtel bans rivals’ messages from its network after Spam attacks

Indians preparing to celebrate the nation’s most important holiday, Diwali, may have to do so without being able to text friends and family after an ugly TXT war erupted among Indian telcos.…

Apple, HTC kiss and make up A ten-year marriage of convenience

A small island of good sense has popped up in the tumultuous ocean of smartphone …

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