Entries Tagged as 'Australia'

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Apple rolls out TV shows on iTunes Australia..without fanfair…

A few hours ago, Apple has added television shows for sale on iTunes Australia, be it only TV shows and not movies. The five networks it seems are MTV, ABC (1, 2 & 3), Disney, and ATN Channel 9 (national). Individual episodes are priced at $2.99. At the moment, there are 22 shows, including a [...]

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Apple Announces 3G iPhone - Australian Release Details!

After months of anticipation, the heavily rumored 3G iPhone was announced today during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference
Features
- 3G - Great for our Australian networks
- GPS built-in
- Better battery life than previous iPhones
- 300 hours of standby
- 2G talk-time 10 hours (as opposed to 5)
- 5 hours of 3G talk-time (competition is 3 hour 3G talk [...]

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

G9 relaunches as TERRiA and prepairs for Australian Broadband rollout

The “G9″ group of telecommunications companies has renamed itself and is calling for structural separation of Telstra as it prepares its plan for the new national broadband network.
“TERRiA is now the unifying name for our consortium”, said chairman of the group, Michael Egan. “Its mission is to provide an independent and competitive communication network for [...]

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Brains connect with games of future

AN Australian company has plans to deliver the next-generation in computer gaming, where players will use their thoughts rather than handheld controllers.

Nam Do with the EPOC headset designed to detect brain patterns that will help control computer games

Emotiv Systems has developed the EPOC headset that uses 16 sensors and non-invasive EEG technology to “listen” to [...]

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

iPhone set for June release in Australia!

Rumours have been rampant for months since the launch of the iPhone in the USA back mid-2007 regarding Australia’s chance to taste the iPhone. There have been many dates and leaks of false info, so much so that some people even think Australia is never going to get it. Today however, Apple have been informing [...]