WA-based Internet Service Provider iiNet has announced plans to launch it’s naked DSL service later this month. After testing it with 60 iiNet users over two months ago, it said that it was satisfied with the results. “We’re hoping to unite broadband access and VoIP capabilities within one service, while eliminating the need to rent a phone line to use them,” said Mark White, iiNet’s chief operating officer, to ZDNet Australia.
gPhone OS Codenamed Android, Is Full OS With SDK?
Cnet is reporting that as part of Monday’s big press conference, Google will unveil their iPhone killer gPhone OS, tentatively codenamed Android. Sources are calling the OS a “a complete mobile-phone software stack” that will be followed shortly after by a SDK (Translation: this isn’t just an ad system and will have more than a bunch of lame web apps).As we mentioned before, CNET affirms that the OS should be open-source and Linux based, but we shouldn’t expect to see it in stores soon. The number of companies involved (over 30) will make it difficult to move quickly on this. I’m just glad that this thing is moving out from the shadowy depths of rumorville. [Cnet via Gadget Lab]
EFTel to bring in VDSL2 in Australia
EFTel has announced that it will bring VDSL2 (Very High Speed DSL Line 2) to Australia, with more than 70 exchanges being upgraded to support it.
VDSL2 is to be the offer faster speeds than ADSL2, with 100mb/s. However, according to Whirlpool, that it becomes the same as ADSL2 when the connection is 1.6km away from their exchange.
The Latest Zune’s pitch
Microsoft has just released it’s new marketing advertising push to sell it’s iPod Competitor. What do you think about this ad… does it really want you to get the Zune?
Resurrecting Us
We are back from the dead…
As you can see, we have a new design… there are also some flaws. Our design team over at antinomie are working hard to get some of these flaws fixed, and you can expect a full version by Melbourne Cup day.
Schools told not to sign with Microsoft
UK’s computer agency Becta has advised schools not to sign a licensing deal with Microsoft over anti-competitiveness practices. The agency has also filed a complaint with the Office of Fair Trading; saying that Microsoft has not resolved any “fundamental concerns” over academic licensing of Windows Vista and Office 2007.
Apple place restrictions on iPhone
Apple is set to enforce restrictions to customers who want to get the iPhone, limiting them to 2 per customer and by card (most likely a SIM Card).
An Apple spokesman quoted by the AP news agency said that to “ensure that there are enough iPhones for people who are shopping for themselves or buying a gift.” Kind of lame, but this move is mostly linked to the iPhone being unlocked.
Top Gear to go to the PS3…
NEWS IN BRIEF: BBC Worldwide (the commercial subsidiary for the BBC) and the creators of Gran Turismo; with 40 episodes from the entire series to be put in a dedicated channel for Gran Turismo TV.
CONFIRMED : Leopard coming in less than a fortnight
Apple has finally launched details about the new operating system called Leopard. It will be launched on October 26 at 6pm. If you want it now, you can pre-order it from the Apple Store.
AOL to cut more than 20 percent of jobs
NEWS IN BRIEF: AOL, as expected by many, have decided to let 20 percent of the workforce (or 10,000) to be let go. “Put simply, my vision for AOL is to build the largest and most sophisticated global advertising network while we grow the size and engagement of our worldwide audience,” CEO Randy Falco wrote in a letter to those who are to be redundant.
iPod sets pants on fire
A Douglasville man has now found out how hot the iPod can be, and we are not making this up…
His old iPod nano caught on fire, leaving a burn hole from “his 15 seconds of flame”. “So I look down and I see flames coming up to my chest,” said Danny Williams to WSBTV, “I’m still kind of freaked out that after only a year and a half my iPod caught fire in my pocket.”
IE needs the Pirates
Microsoft has removed that annoying so-called protection program Windows Geniune Advantage on the Internet Explorer 7 version for XP.
Kind of embarrassing when Microsoft has to give up on it’s ‘protection’ pride and give in to increase IE7′s market share. According to our statistics, more than 50% use Firefox.
.info unblocked on MSN
OOO looks like .info domains are blocked from MSN 
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XP not finished until June…
Microsoft has bowed down to pressure after several PC makers were upset that they could not sell XP anymore, even though the consumers demanded it beforehand, after the 30th of January 2008. Now, they have pushed it 5 months later, to the 30th June 2008.
OMG MySpace Change!!!!
OMG OMG OMG OMG MySpace change!! NOT
Whats so good about myspace anyway? LOL. MySpace have had a design change, looks really good, sorta web 2.0ish. I’ve posted a screenshot below. Why don’t you take a look for yourself. There is a yellow bar at the top of the old homepage asking you to switch designs.