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Australia's Daniel Ricciardo will start his first F1 race next weekend at Silverstone. The move is part of collaboration deal signed on Thursday whereby HRT will support Red Bull Racing in Ricciardo’s “formation and development,” ahead of a potential race drive for the 21 year-old with one of Red Bull’s own teams next season. With Mark Webber now a podium regular, bonus points to anyone who can tell us the last time two Australians raced in F1 together?
NBN Co have kicked off the first satellite services. People living in select rural and remote areas can check if they are eligible for the satellite service through www.nbnco.com.au/satellite. Eligible customers can then take up a service from a participating ISP with no standard installation costs.
Robert Morris, one of the grandfathers of Unix, has passed away. Beginning in 1970, he worked with the Unix research group at Bell Laboratories, where he was a major contributor in both the numerical functions of the operating system and its security capabilities, including the password system and encryption functions.
ABC's The Drum have an article which attempts to clarify Australia's classification riddle. As it turns out, much adult content (one of the most popular subjects on the internet) is banned or bannable. There seems a real gap between what is notionally prohibited and what Australians regularly consume.
RamblingThoughts ponder augmented humanity. Such Bluetooth phone headsets, or the proud Australian invention of the Cochlear ear implant are early examples of technology augmenting and enhancing human abilities. So are we on the road to becoming cyborgs? And how many parts do you have to replace in a person for them to remain human? What if the original organic brain was all that remained, inside an artificial body?
Bjorn3D toured ZOTAC's factory in China, while NinjaLane visited Sapphire's office in Taiwan.
Cam notes that World of Warcraft is now mostly free to play. Previously, newcomers could play the game for a limited amount of time before they either had to start paying or get out. But now, anyone can jump in and play any number of characters for as long as they want for free; the catch is that you're capped at level 20.
Brisbane's Mana Bar will have a Melbourne equivalent soon. Mana Bar creator Guy 'Yug' Blomberg told PC World Australia that he was keen to expand the business, with Sydney possibly next on the agenda: “Believe me, I want to head to Sydney. Right now though, the focus is on opening Melbourne — one city at a time.”
The Tour de France is this weekend, and SBS have a Fantasy Cycling Game where you can win a trip to France. Players will score points based on each of the 20 stages of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race, starting from Saturday 2 July 2011 through Monday 25th July 2011 AEST.
Iron Photographer voting for June is now open. The official theme for the month was Free Study and this month's poll will close at 10:00PM on Sunday 31st July 2011.
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