New driving simulator tested by Treasurer ABC Online Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser says a new driving simulator should help reduce the road toll. Researchers in Brisbane are now able to use the $1.5 million simulator at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to study how drivers react in ... Driving simulator helps advance Australian road safety research Car simulator launched in Queensland Accidentally for a purpose |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Bargain site DealsDirect.com.au hacked by malware program Herald Sun ONLINE bargain hunters had their shopping expeditions disrupted when Google discovered malware hidden on a major Australian retail website. Visitors to DealsDirect.com.au using Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers today received ... DealsDirect blacklisted for hosting malware DealsDirect taken down by malware in ads |
![]() UberGizmo (blog) | Make Google Maps your live Android wallpaper CNET There's something to be said for instant gratification, and if you're the sort who wants to know where you are without pausing to open a map app, one of the handful of changes to Google Maps for Android (version 4.1) has your name ... Search giant set for paid ads with a twist Online maps are latest battleground for ad dollars Google ups the cool factor for Android Maps |
![]() ABC Online | Saturn Rings Surprisingly Unstable, Violent National Geographic For years scientists have seen Saturn's rings as stable and slow to evolve—beautiful but, well, a bit boring. Not anymore. The most detailed imagery of the rings yet is giving a very different and dynamic feel to the orbiting bands of ice chunks, ... Mysteries of Saturn as seen by Cassini probe Scientists find turbulence in Saturn's rings Cassini sees Saturn's rough and tumble rings |
![]() TG Daily | Dramatica owner refuses to remove 'racist' content ABC Online The American owner of a website that has been targeted by Australia's Human Rights Commission for racism says he will not remove the offensive content. In January a Northern Territory man lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission about the ... Encyclopedia Dramatica row gets dramatic Sickipedia: bid to shut offensive 'encyclopedia dramatica' Irate Aussies go after US website |
![]() BigPond News | Optus Responds To Telstra LTE Technoloy Roll Out SmartHouse As Coalition Senators and Comms and Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy were at each others throats over the NBN yesterday and Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott traded insults over health Telstra ... Give poor Huawei a break Telstra teams with Ericsson for LTE broadband trial Telstra to trial LTE in May |
![]() Technorati (blog) | Free WiFi access for Aussie Skype users this weekend iT News Skype has partnered with WiFi hotspot provider Boingo to provide free WiFi access across Australia this weekend. The local offering was part of a global promotion that involved 100000 worldwide hotspots between 8am on Saturday 20 March and 7.59am on ... Free Skype WiFi this weekend Skype Offering Free Wi-Fi this Weekend Skype Access: Free This Weekend at Your Fave Hotspot |
![]() TopNews United States | Feds arrive at $2500 to connect fibre to new homes CRN Australia Developers should expect to pay some $2500 on average to connect a new home with fibre for the National Broadband Network, and between $400000 to $700000 for backhaul connections, the Federal Government revealed today. ... New copper lines all but banned under Government legislation Conroy wants new homes to be fibre-ready Conroy moves to make new housing developments NBN-ready |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Two Aussie teachers post dingy photos of themselves on Facebook International Business Times Australia Two Australian school teachers from Warwick State High School have become the subject of controversy after posting raunchy photos of themselves in schoolgirl outfits on the popular social networking site Facebook. The images of the two teachers, ... Saucy teachers 'too old for Facebook' Teachers' racy Facebook photos spark probe Sexy teacher pics disgust students |
![]() OnEarth Magazine | The real hot topic is CSIRO's prediction on global warming Herald Sun THE CSIRO, once our top scientific institution, this week showed how shoddy and politicised it's become. It's issued State of the Climate, a pamphlet it drew up with the Bureau of Meteorology, to silence the sceptics of catastrophic man-made warming. ... Climate needs "science" focus Fingal facing watery grave Australia: Climate Hotter, Sea Levels Higher, Rainfall Weirder |