Monday, March 21, 2016

Australian Police reject new Ford Mustang because it failed a key test and other top stories.

  • Australian Police reject new Ford Mustang because it failed a key test

    Australian Police reject new Ford Mustang because it failed a key test
    The new Ford Mustang is an impressive looking, high-powered machine, packing a 5.0L V8 engine for 306kW of power in the GT version. Police in New South Wales acquired one for testing but, in bad news for Ford, it failed. The Mustang has a waitlist of some 6,000 Australians who may have to wait 18-months for the car to land. But the police force in New South Wales won’t be taking part. According to a report from News Corp, all cars new to the Force or under trial are put through a series of rig..
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  • Climate Council call for action against global warming amid record-breaking March heat

    Climate Council call for action against global warming amid record-breaking March heat
    Australians have sweated through record-breaking autumn heat this month. Picture: AAP/Tracey NearmyStaff Writers, AAPNews Corp Australia NetworkAUSTRALIA’S record-breaking autumn heat is just a taste of what’s to come if we continue to lag behind global powers who are moving away from fossil fuels to combat climate change. Environmental experts have warned Australia will continue to experience record-breaking heat and extreme weather in the wake of a damning report that reveals a notable climb i..
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  • Veritas makes multimillion dollar play into Aussie Cloud datacentres

    Veritas makes multimillion dollar play into Aussie Cloud datacentres
    In an effort to help businesses address Australian privacy and data integrity laws, information management vendor, Veritas Technologies, is making a multimillion dollar investment in dedicated Cloud datacentres across Australia.The multi-year agreement will host primary data storage at Equinix in Sydney as the primary datacenter and Melbourne has been picked as the backup datacentre. This is Veritas’ third datacenter infrastructure investment in Australia over the past three years.Veritas has m..
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  • Geoffrey Rush and Brian Schmidt capture the cosmos for planetarium

    Geoffrey Rush and Brian Schmidt capture the cosmos for planetarium
    One of the 128 radio telescope "tiles" at the Murchison Wide Field Array radio telescope in Western Australia, which is helping to reveal the great secrets of the Universe. Photo: Pete Wheeler Imagine this: all around you, for your entire life, there has been a mysterious force at work that you knew nothing about. That force constitutes most of what surrounds you, yet it is invisible, and pulls unseen strings to make your world the way it is. Now, stop imagining, because that force (which is..
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  • Woman filmed texting while driving at 100km/h on South Australian motorway - Yahoo7

    Woman filmed texting while driving at 100km/h on South Australian motorway - Yahoo7
    Woman filmed texting while driving at 100km/h on South Australian motorway Yahoo7 News on March 21, 2016, 7:10 am Video SA woman caught texting at high speed A South Australian woman has been publicly scalded and shamed after being caught on camera texting on her mobile phone while driving at speeds of up to 100km/h on a motorway.Video circulating online shows the woman with her eyes glued to the mobile phone screen as she uses one hand to steer her vehicle on the Southern Ex..
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  • The best VR headset, after a week at GDC

    The best VR headset, after a week at GDC
    Not only did we have the privilege of using all three of the big VR headsets at GDC 2016, but we were able to spend over six hours with the Oculus Rift, four hours with PlayStation VR and more than an hour with the HTC Vive (and we've spent more hours since then using the Vive at home). If you're still trying to decide which VR headset is best for you, we've gathered some thoughts, observations and recommendations on how things stack up right now. Games: Oculus brings the motherlode We've seen ..
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  • Coral bleaching threat for GBR rises to highest level

    Coral bleaching threat for GBR rises to highest level
    ELEANOR HALL: The Federal Government is warning that the threat of coral bleaching of the world's largest reef has risen to the highest possible level. Corals around the world have been affected by a mass-bleaching event, brought about by an intense El Nino weather event.Scientists are warning that it's not only people in the north-east of Australia who need to take heed.Penny Timms has more.PENNY TIMMS: The latest report card for the Great Barrier Reef is less than encouraging. GREG HUNT: It..
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  • Xbox Spring Sale sees US$299 bundle, 150 games on sale, new backward compatible games revealed

    Xbox Spring Sale sees US$299 bundle, 150 games on sale, new backward compatible games revealed
    Spring has begun at the Microsoft headquarters with the announcement of the new Xbox Spring Sale. The company is kicking this off with a 50 percent discount on all Xbox One console bundles in the U.S. for only US$299 (approx. AU$393). Among these bundles is the Xbox One Tom Clancy’s The Division bundle, which features the touted game, Xbox One 500GB Name Your Game Bundle that comes with four games of the player’s choice and the Xbox One Special Edition Quantum Break bundle, in time for the rele..
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  • It's hip to be Square: What Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey did next

    It's hip to be Square: What Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey did next
    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is coming to Australia in March to spruik his Square Reader device but not even billionaires are guaranteed success in the fast-moving 'fintech' world. It's hip to be Square: What Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey did next Jack Dorsey has reclaimed control of Twitter and now wants to be the king of processing payments on smartphones. Photo: SuppliedJack Dorsey splits opinion in Silicon Valley but Twitter employees are banking on him to revitali..
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  • NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

    NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages
    Explainer: what will the NBN do for me? NBN's chief executive Bill Morrow says a recent trip to meet US tech giants including Google and Facebook has reaffirmed that the company is following the correct approach to roll out the national broadband network, despite renewed speculation it could shift to faster technology.Mr Morrow led a delegation of NBN's engineering and strategy team to the US earlier in March, in a bid to put ongoing debate about the technology chosen for the n..
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