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Sunday, 14-February-2010 01:53:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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AusGamers have opened the voting for their 2009 Game of the Year. You have one week to vote and get behind your game, and tell your friends to sign up and help support your viewpoint, or even throw down their own. We waited this long to put this together because we didn't want to present this amidst everyone else's GOTY features, or have them steal our voting idea.
The ABC report that some Melbourne businesses have been hacked in response to violence against Indian students. It is believed computers belonging to at least five Melbourne businesses have been stripped of their data by a hacker who threatens to attack more companies if the violence continues. One Melbourne construction company says it lost all its data and had to pay $120,000 to repair its computer network. Discussion here.
Google are entering the world of ultra-fast broadband, thanks enigma. The company promised competitive pricing. Google already has a fibre network which connects its data centres, speeds up search and lowers the cost of streaming video on YouTube. The company believes that faster internet connections will benefit everybody. It will also get more people using the internet, swelling the number of potential customers for Google's search advertising business.
Check out this cool iPhone game which displays your enemies against the real world filmed through the camera. "Sky Siege" is a brand new dimension in gaming will literally have you standing up and fighting. You'll be frantically looking up down and spinning around to survive! I didn't think the iPhone had enough grunt to make that kind of thing work, though.. maybe it's a 3GS thing.
Speaking of augmented reality, Lego have some kiosks that can show you the completed model of a kit, in virtual 3D. Really interesting kiosk at the Lego Store in Woodfield Mall, Schaumberg, IL.
Telstra have lost their copyright case concerning the Yellow Pages and White Pages. The judgement also has wide-reaching implications because it may mean that companies that merely assemble a database of facts - such as auction or sports results - without any other 'literary effort' may not be able to copyright the information.
One of the founders of ThePirateBay has a new project, Flattr. It's an interesting twist on the micropayments idea. We aim to revolutionize how people pay and get paid for content on the internet. Come, join and show the world that good content is worth some coins out of your pocket.
Paul sent in this interesting article about software in the Cold War. Never ones to allow the limitations of the law to dictate their actions, the KGB officials inserted an agent to abduct the technology from a Canadian firm. Unbeknownst to the Soviet spies, the software they stole sported a little something extra: a few lines of computer code which had been inserted just for them.
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