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Wednesday, 20-April-2011 12:48:41 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Whirlpool have published the results of their 2011 Australian Broadband Survey. The Australian Broadband Survey for 2011 was conducted over a four week period — from 1 January 2011 to 1 February 2011, during which the survey was successfully completed and verified a total of 23,513 times.
MSY have been fined over $200k following a court case with the ACCC, over warranty concerns. In early November, the ACCC alleged MSY Technology sold computers, components, software and other tech products to customers, and made a number of false or misleading representations about consumer warranty rights. The ACCC alleged that by making the representations, MSY and each of its related companies breached sections 52 and 53(g) of the Trade Practices Act 1974.
Samsung have been my preferred HDD brand for a little while now, so I'm not super-thrilled to hear they're going to be selling their HDD business to Seagate. Just last month, Seagate rival Western Digital Corp. agreed to buy Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for $4.3 billion. Wedbush Morgan analyst Kaushik Roy said that once both deals are completed, Western Digital would own about half of the hard drive market and Seagate roughly 40 percent. Toshiba Corp. would be a distant third with 10 percent of the market. More here, discussion here.
Apple meanwhile are suing Samsung over patent infringements, thanks dasuperham. In the latest intellectual property suit to hit the smartphone industry, Apple is suing Samsung, alleging the Galaxy line of phones and tablets infringe on a number of the company’s patents and trademarks.
It seems one man's plans to make a functioning AT-AT from Star Wars have been derailed. Or tripped by oversized hamsters with vines? Anyway, at least we can have the toilet of the future, thanks Carl. This bathroom bad boy has a motion-activated lid and seat; integrated air dryer; a heated seat; feet warmers; ambient lighting; built-in speakers with FM radio and an MP3 player input jack. Still not convinced this is your next toilet? It's all controlled by a detachable touch screen remote that can save settings for up to six users.
Also the sci-fi front, some Aliens replica guns have been stopped from entering QLD. Ms Stilgoe said Mr Beckett considered the guns to be artefacts, pieces of movie memorabilia, or perhaps novelty items, but not weapons in any real sense of the word. The police, without the benefit of an inspection, had classified them as weapons. "When viewed from Mr Beckett's perspective, his frustration at the bureaucracy is understandable," Ms Stilgoe said. Seems he's not the only one with that issue.
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