Posts tagged Australia
Opposition to can Aus $1.3bn school laptops program
Jul 29th
Opposition to can Aus $1.3bn school laptops programElection fun and games
By Drew Cullen • Get more from this author
Posted in Government, 29th July 2010 10:08 GMT
Australia’s general election is in full swing and disputes over tech funding and tech policy continue to intrude on today centre stage.
In today’s spat, shadow treasurer Joe Hockey said he would scrap the government’s “wasteful” computers for schools initiative if the centre right Coalition wins.
Last year, the government agreed a second round of funding worth $91m (£52.5m, More >
Surely SMH.com.au could have got a better picture
Jun 24th
What is wrong with David Jones
Nov 8th
Today I tried to buy an umbrella, not an onerous task I grant you, but have you tried shopping in David Jones on a Sunday lately? They have removed all the staff that had a clue and replaced them with young droids with no personality or ability to think for themselves. I browsed the umbrellas for a few minutes finally settling on an umbrella I liked that would fit in my satchel. I then noticed the umbrella didn’t have a price tag so I waited patiently at the checkout whilst the nearest droid did his best to ignore me. He finally gave More >
News Limited confirm Foxtel plans
Aug 25th
As I reported on 28th June, Foxtel will be launching 30 new channels later this year and News Limited publication The Australian has provided confirmation of some of them.
They list the following new and expanded offerings: Showtime Greats will be dropped in favour of Showtime genre channels covering action, premiere, comedy and drama. With action and comedy appearing in High Definition. The Movie Network will add Starpics, and the Family Movie Channel (FMC) with Starpics and Movie One going HD.
On the sports front Fox Sports 1 and 2 will be HD, no word on the previously mentioned Eurosport just yet.
Fox8 and W will More >
Reuters says linking to news is good
Aug 9th
Reuters Media President, Chris Ahearn has invited bloggers to link to Reuters content at will, while News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch says he wants all News Corp content monetized in the next 12 months. And today we hear that Fairfax is looking at ways to monetize their news sites here in Australia.
Chris Ahearn says :“I don’t believe you could or should charge others for simply linking to your content. Appropriate excerpting and referencing are not only acceptable, but encouraged.”
Whilst I can’t disagree that advertising in newspapers does prop it up, The Daily Telegraph in Sydney is mostly ads with very little “journalism”, More >
New Foxtel Channels revealed
Jun 28th
Foxtel have revealed some of the new channels they plan to offer later in the year when the new satellite becomes available, presently slated for launch by Ariane Space on 18th August. The channels were revealed in a survey presently being sent to selected Foxtel customers.
Microsoft unveils Windows 7 prices
Jun 27th
Microsoft on Thursday announced prices for Windows 7 and offered free upgrades to buyers of personal computers before the new operating system hits the stores in October.
Brad Brooks, corporate vice president for Windows consumer marketing, said Microsoft will offer free upgrades to Window 7 to people who buy Vista-equipped PCs between Friday and the October 22 release date of Windows 7.
Vista is Microsoft’s much-criticised previous operating system and the Redmond, Washington-based software giant is hoping that Windows 7 will help erase bad memories of Vista in the minds of consumers.
Brooks said in a video released by Microsoft that the free More >
