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Australian gamers will be excited to hear that Michael Atkinson is stepping down from his role as South Australia's Attorney-General. The controversial Mr Atkinson has attracted a string of criticism over internet censorship, a so-called “stashed cash” affair and high-profile defamation cases. He also has been criticised nationally for his refusal to allow an R18+ rating for video games.
The ACCC have forced PC retailer Mwave to change their warranty/refund policy, thanks IntelInside. The ACCC was concerned Mwave's previous policy breached the Trade Practices Act 1974 as it doesn’t respect consumer rights that would be in place if a customer shopped at a physical retailer. “Consumers have the same rights online as if they were to walk into a store,” ACCC chairman, Graeme Samuel, said in a statement.
Google's Nexus One smartphone is in some hot water, given they have been denied that trademark. In its ruling, the USPTO argued that due to the similarity of the marks, (Nexus One vs. Nexus), the similarity of the goods and/or services (both are telecommunications products), and similarity of trade channels, there is reason to believe issuing Google the mark could cause confusion.
However the next step for their search engine sounds interesting. The firm is currently developing a visual search tool called Google Goggles - it lets consumers use a picture instead of keywords as the search query. The tool compares an image captured on a mobile phone with Google's database in the cloud to return relevant information. But everyone knows ze googles do nuzzink!
From dd32: A rather interesting read on how Amsterdam wired itself for FTTP starting in 2005 and some of the challenges hit. Could be applied to certain metro areas of Australia, Regional areas would be a different story for sure however.
I wonder if MoonShadow is aware he could be sitting on a video game goldmine? While the game itself is valuable, the winning bidder was most interested in the cardboard box it came in. Since most kids threw the box away after tearing open a new game, intact boxes for any game are really hard to come by, but especially so for Stadium Events. Empty Stadium Event boxes have been known to sell for $10,000 alone.
Tarrith sent word of a Lobby a Lib campaign by EFA. The mandatory Internet filtering legislation will only become law if it is passed by both Houses of Parliament; that is, it must be passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. It will almost certainly pass in the House of Representatives, where the Labor Party has a clear majority. However, to pass in the Senate, where the Labor Party doesn't have a majority, it will need the support of the Coalition (the Liberal Party and the National Party). Therefore, possibly our best chance to stop the filter from ever becoming law, is to convince the Liberal Party to vote against it in the Senate.
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