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Google Announces Chromebooks now on sale in Australia
After recently advising Ausdroid that they were "looking to bring Chromebooks to more countries very soon"; Google has announced that they will begin selling the Acer C7 and Samsung Series 3 Chromebooks in Australia...
Xiaomi Mi-3: The Chinese 5″ 1080P race is on
Once again Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi is throwing down the gauntlet to the major manufacturers - this time with the Mi-3, the follow on from it's successful and also well spec'd Mi-2. The Mi-3 is...
HTC announces global availability of the HTC One
We've heard rumours of delays to the HTC One being delivered, but more concrete information from HTC itself suggests that these delays aren't all they're cracked up to be. In fact, we should be...
Is this what Google Babble will look like?
Our friends at Phandroid have received an anonymous tip which contained screenshots of Google's rumoured unified chat service, Google Babble. In terms of appearance, this looks like a refreshed, refined version of Google+'s messenger...
Sony Xperia Z handsets dropping like flies; Sony will fix them
It's safe to say that when we reviewed the Xperia Z, we didn't witness this! There are a number of reports about the place that Xperia Z handsets are randomly dying. Details vary a...
Giveaway : Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Cases thanks to Belkin Australia
Update : All Cases have been claimed - Thanks for playing.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 owners, you've had a rough trot. Your Ice Cream Sandwich update was only approved at the end of last month...
Google release the Chrome Maze experiment
Have you ever sat at your desk and wondered, what if I could turn that website into a maze? Well it seems as though someone at Google has done just that. Google have today,...
NAB trialling NFC payments for Android
The NAB have joined the Commonwealth Bank and ANZ as the latest bank to be working on a comprehensive mobile payment system. According to NAB, 50 percent of their 1.3 million daily internet banking...
Samsung Galaxy S2 from Optus to get Jelly Bean update over the next week
In a tweet that has just gone out, Optus has advised that owners of one of 2011's most popular phones the Samsung Galaxy S 2 will begin seeing their Jelly Bean update over the...
Guy Kawasaki: X phone might have customisable hardware
In the past, we've had some bad news when covering the rumoured Motorola X Phone -- first we had some sketchy rumours about possible specs, then we had a much sadder rumour which all-but-confirmed...
Google reportedly working on a Smart Watch
With wearable computing getting a large amount of press at the moment thanks to products such as the Pebble Smart Watch and confirmation that Samsung is working on a Smart Watch, coupled with continued...
Eric Schmidt advises Chrome and Android will remain separate
With the recent announcement that Andy Rubin was stepping down as head of the Android Team and that the head of the Chrome team - Sundar Pichai - had now been handed the reigns...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 to ship with Quad-Core Snapdragon CPU in Australia
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 will be shipping around the world in one of two CPU configurations; The Qualcomm manufactured 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600 CPU or the Samsung designed 1.6GHz Exynos Octa-Core CPU which features...
Google Play redesign apparently on the way – video walkthrough leaks
Looks like an update to Google Play could be on its way, at least according to some screenshots and a new video that have surfaced. While not all the links work there is certainly...
Google Currents updated with audio playback and cross device sync
When Google announced they were killing off Reader, a lot of users (myself included) started the search for a replacement app.
Now I am probably in a slightly different category to most of the guys...