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Australia's Attorney-General has published the transcript of a speech to the recent Australian Smart Card Summit. It covers a few topics including identity crime and terrorism. From October, Australia will start using ePassports. These will incorporate a contactless chip containing biometric information. More info in the 79KB PDF here.
The AG also announced that dishonestly accessing pay TV services will be criminalised soon. Seems strange that it isn't already illegal. The proposed laws will criminalise some unauthorised activities that are not currently criminal offences, including dishonestly accessing a pay TV service in a private home. More info in a 42KB DOC here.
Antec announced their Sonata II case. Sonata II combines the classic style and silent performance of the original Sonata quiet computing case with upgraded features and an innovative cooling design for handling the latest and fastest technologies. More info here, product page here. I quite like the look of their new P180 too.
Asetek introduced their new WaterChill 12V pump for watercooling. This not only has an integrated reservoir, but features USB/software control. Save user profile settings for different set-ups (e.g. gaming, working & overclocking etc.) for easy configuration. More info here.
Compro announced two new TV tuner boxes. The VideoMate U900 (TV Tiny) is apparently "the smallest USB 2.0 full functions analog TV tuner and Video/Audio Capture Box", while the VideoMate U880 (TV Stick) is the "smallest USB 2.0 analog TV tuner box", they claim. These things really are tiny, not much bigger than flash drives. More info in a couple of DOC files: VideoMate U880 and VideoMate U900.
Cooler Master have a quick contest where you can Win a Musketeer3 in-bay device by telling them what you think should be added to future panels. Got no creative ideas? No Problem!! Even your bright ideas are not chosen, you still have a chance to own a Musketeer 3 through our random drawing.
Creative Labs (Australia) announced their Zen Neeon MP3 player. With an elegant, reflective black piano finish, this lightweight, pint-sized wonder packs a surprising large 5GB-storage capacity, built-in FM tuner, voice recorder and even line-in recording capabilities. More info here.
Gallery Serpentine, my wife's business, is sponsoring an Under the Blue Moon festival in Newtown in Sydney's inner west in September. A whole Day and Night of Gothic Entertainment. See you there. :)
Shadow Entertainment anounced that EVGA's 7800 GTX video card is now available in Australia. There's a card pic here and a 355KB PDF product info sheet here.
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