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Tuesday, 8-March-2011 10:50:39 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Western Digital are apparently buying Hitachi's storage division. We believe this step will result in several key benefits-enhanced R&D capabilities, innovation and expansion of a rich product portfolio, comprehensive market coverage and scale that will enhance our cost structure and ability to compete in a dynamic marketplace. Press-release here and discussion here.
Ruslan Kogan reckons Apple will shut out retailers soon, and has bet $1M on it. That would mean no more Macs at shops like Myer. You'd have to go directly to an Apple Store. To make his point, Mr Kogan has challenged JB Hi-Fi boss Terry Smart to a wager that Apple products will disappear from his stores within three years. More here and Discussion here.
Here's a creepily-realistic robot. Okay, I admit it... I found myself wondering whether this was in fact a real robot, or actually a person pretending to be a robot or even a fake robot. It's not a fake. This is the latest iteration of Geminoid series of ultra-realistic androids, from Kokoro and Hiroshi Ishiguro.
Joanna sent in this article about ISPs possibly disconnecting pirates in Australia. Although the Federal Court last week dismissed an appeal case brought against ISP iiNet by major film studios, lawyers say the judgment paves the way for copyright holders to improve the copyright infringement notices they send to ISPs and therefore compel them to do something about unauthorised downloads.
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