Games

More Grand Theft Auto IV Machinima

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

Two new movies from the upcoming Windows edition of Grand Theft Auto IV are now available with more machinima using the open-world action sequel and the movie editor that will accompany the release...

All Aspect Warfare Movie

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

The All Aspect Warfare Website  offer the first in a series of "making of" movies from All Aspect Warfare, 3000AD's upcoming science fiction combat game. Word is: "This first movie, 'The Gank,' shows...

Op Ed

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

An open letter to the gaming industry. On digital rights management. A Tree Falling in the Forest- Midway's Problems Are Not Unreal: The Press Creates Another Story Edition. I plead mostly not...

Evening Previews

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

Battlefield Heroes on the Official Website. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor on 1Up and Eurogamer. StarCraft II - Wings of Liberty on GamesRadar.

Evening Screenshots

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

ArmA 2 on FileFront.

Evening Consolidation

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

Play Left 4 Dead with Valve. Tomorrow on Xbox LIVE. New BioShock Challenges Finally Available on PS3. Thanks Mike Martinez. First Episode of Downloadable Content for Grand Theft Auto IV- The Lost...

Evening Tech Bits

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant. Upcoming dual-processor Nehalem EP machine benchmarked -- yeah, it's fast. The Most Influential 3D Graphics Cards in History. Interesting read. Thanks Voodoo Extreme....

Sins of a Solar Empire Hotfix

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

The Sins of a Solar Empire Website has word that a version 1.11 hotfix for the space strategy game is now available via Impulse: "A version 1.11 hotfix is now available for registered Sins of a Solar...

Tomb Raider: Underworld Review Anarchy in the UK

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

Videogaming247 reports that Eidos UK's PR firm has been asking British websites to hold off posting their Tomb Raider: Underworld reviews until Monday if they are giving the game lower than an 80...

Gabe Newell and Chet Faliszek on Left 4 Dead

Blue's News - 1 hour ago

There's a post by Gabe Newell on Edge Online offering the Valve Managing Director's pleased reaction to this week's release of Left 4 Dead. He offers some fascinating insights into the process they've...

Australian Broadband

R.I.P. iBurst

Whirlpool.net.au - 38 minutes ago

The iBurst wireless broadband network will be shut down by its operator in December, according to an ASX announcement today by BigAir.

BigPond brings Liberty to wireless

Whirlpool.net.au - 2 days ago

BigPond has brought its Liberty branding to wireless, offering shaped plans with no excees fees.

Internode customers suffering email outage

Whirlpool.net.au - 2 days ago

Internode has suffered a "major hardware failure affecting multiple servers", which brought down its email and web hosting services.

AFACT sues iiNet over piracy

Whirlpool.net.au - 2 days ago

Industry group AFACT has launched legal action against iiNet, claiming it infringed copyright by not preventing pirated material from being downloaded by its customers.

Internode bundles it all together

Whirlpool.net.au - 4 days ago

Internode has introduced a number of changes over the last month, the latest being a new Ultra service that combines broadband, land line and VoIP service into one monthly price.

EFTel partners with NEXTEP

Whirlpool.net.au - 5 days ago

EFTel has announced a partnership with NEXTEP to gain access to a further 55 exchanges for its ADSL2+ footprint.

aaNet and TPG update ADSL plans

Whirlpool.net.au - 6 days ago

aaNet and TPG have both tweaked their ADSL plans, driving prices down and quotas up.

Internet censorship pilot to go ahead

Whirlpool.net.au - 11 days ago

ACMA has formally begun seeking "expressions of interest" from Australian ISPs wishing to be the first to pilot the government's Internet censorship plan.

Exetel prepares for tough times

Whirlpool.net.au - 13 days ago

Budget broadband provider Exetel has introduced a number of changes to its plans recently, declaring that due its low prices, it has no "'reserves' to deal with adversely changing circumstances in the Australian economy".

Exetel bumps ADSL2+ quotas

Whirlpool.net.au - 24 days ago

Exetel continues to chip away at its plans, increasing the quota on its low and medium level ADSL2+ plans.

Real World

Malouf wins top prize

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 1 hour ago

Author David Malouf has won the Australia-Asia Literary Award.

Clean-up underway as Ipswich flood waters recede

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 2 hours ago

Floodwaters are finally receding around parts of the Ipswich region, west of Brisbane, which were inundated on Thursday morning.

Thai protesters wounded in bomb attack

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 2 hours ago

Eight Thai anti-government protesters were wounded, one critically, in a pre-dawn bomb attack in Bangkok, emergency services said.

Cheap fuel may be short lived: MTA

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 2 hours ago

The Motor Trade Association (MTA) believes the drop in fuel prices could be short lived.

Rebels allow rangers back into DR Congo gorilla park

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 2 hours ago

Rangers have been allowed to return to a reserve which is home to almost a third of the world's remaining mountain gorillas, over a year after fighting forced them out of the area in eastern Democratic Republic Congo, the park's director said on Friday.

Bligh calls for calm before storms

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 3 hours ago

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has warned residents not to panic ahead of storms expected later today.

Boy killed by deodorant fumes: coroner

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 3 hours ago

A coroner in Britain has blamed the death of a 12-year-old boy on his excessive use of spray-on deodorant.

'Smarties' rorting LPG conversion rebate

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 3 hours ago

The Motor Traders Association says it is concerned the $2,000 LPG conversion rebate is being rorted.

Don gets dropped from citizenship test

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 4 hours ago

The Federal Government says becoming an Australian citizen will no longer involving knowing about Australian sporting greats like Sir Donald Bradman.

Failed toilet bomber 'least cunning person ever'

ABC News: Breaking Stories - 4 hours ago

A Muslim convert who admitted trying to blow up a restaurant in the English town of Exeter had his sentencing delayed till the new year on Friday to allow for psychiatric reports.

Technology

Google Analytics - Yes, it is a security risk

The Register - 3 hours ago

Obama's website, Mountain View's javascript Analysis Judging from some of the comments responding to our story about security sloppiness on Barack Obama's website, it's clear a discussion about the risks of third-party javascript is in order. Contrary to

GeoCities 2.0 auctions self on eBay

The Register - 3 hours ago

88 domain names, admin tools, provisional patent, and more! In the summer of 2006, at the height of the digerati's Web 2.0 frenzy, social networking startup Kiko.com sold itself on eBay. The share-your-appointments-with-the-world online calendar extravaga

Nissan-Renault signs more states for electric vehicle schemes

The Register - 3 hours ago

Out to take over 'leccy car world? 'Leccy Tech Renault-Nissan has announced electric vehicle and infrastructure deals with the State of Oregon and the Principality of Monaco.?

NASA celebrates return of the Zeppelin

The Register - 4 hours ago

Eureka! We'll call it... NASA got a great big balloon for the 75th anniversary of its iconic Moffett airfield in the heart of Silicon Valley.?

Virtualization and HPC - Will they ever marry?

The Register - 7 hours ago

Imaginary-server overhead SC08 Server virtualization has spent the past several decades moving out from the mainframe to Unix boxes and then out into the wild racks of x64 servers running Windows, Linux, and a smattering of other operating systems in the

Brand new Star Trek prequel pics and trailer

The Register - 8 hours ago

What on Praxis were Paramount thinking The eagerly anticipated new Star Trek film is set to enthrall some and enrage others with a young, spunky cast, vicious fights and sex scenes.?

Terror in orbit: ISS piss recycler in fire alarm mishap

The Register - 8 hours ago

Golden-Pond? drinks module moistens space pants brows A quarter-billion-dollar recycler unit - shipped into orbit aboard the space shuttle so as to slake the thirst of hardworking astronauts with a revitalising crystal flow of their own reprocessed urine

iSuppli cuts 2009 PC growth forecast by two-thirds

The Register - 8 hours ago

The economy's stupid Next up in November's cavalcade of plummeting confidence in the IT industry is the data tracking firm iSuppli, which is lopping off its growth forecast for PC shipments by nearly two-thirds.?Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage an

iSuppli cuts 2009 PC growth forecast by two-thirds

The Register - 8 hours ago

The economy's stupid Next up in November's cavalcade of plummeting confidence in the IT industry is the data tracking firm iSuppli, which is lopping off its growth forecast for PC shipments by nearly two-thirds.?Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage an

Anderson downgrades Long Tail to Chocolate Teapot status

The Register - 8 hours ago

Metaphor swallows Man