Archive for April, 2011

Magicbox DAB+ digital radios to launch in Australia

The DAB+ market is about to see another name with Hagemeyer signing on as exclusive distributor of the Magicbox brand in Australia. The range will start with seven new models including the retro-styled Arden (pictured), which will sell for $109 recommended retail. None of the models are expected to be available until July 2011 at [...]

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Twitter to buy TweetDeck for $50m: reports

Reports are coming through that Twitter is in advanced talks to buy third-party Twitter client TweetDeck for $US50million, according to the Wall St Journal, citing sources close to the matter. TweetDeck is one of the most popular third-party client apps that hooks into the popular tell-us-all-in-140-characters micro-blogging site. Twitter and TweetDeck already enjoy a close [...]

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Apple sues Samsung, alleges Galaxy Tab copied iPad

Apple has filed a complaint against Samsung in the US District Court in California, alleging the Korean electronics giant’s Galaxy Tab product is a copy of its own iPad. The iPad 2 maker is seeking an injunction to stop Samsung selling Galaxy Tab tablets as well as damages, both punitive and actual. It claims Samsung [...]

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Motorola Xoom coming to Telstra May 2011

US electronics giant Motorola today announced that its Xoom tablet will be arriving in Australia through Telstra next month. The Xoom was the first tablet device to feature Google’s new Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system and has generally received favourable reviews. The 10.1-inch tablet features a dual-core 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 250 processor with 32GB [...]

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Digital TV the latest political beat-up target

A Senate Budget Estimates hearing has been told than as many as 30% of the digital set-top boxes sold in Australia are unable to receive all of the digital free-to-air channels. Senator Simon Bermingham, representating shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Upper House made the claims in a news.com.au story. “More than one million [...]

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