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Lawyer uses Facebook to serve legal documents
1pointsFacebook has been used for the first time to serve legal documents, in a case where the defendants failed to turn up to court and could not be found.
Happy New Year? Just wait a second
1pointsAn extra second will be tacked on to December 31 just before midnight, making 2008 - already long with the extra day in February - the longest year since 1992, which also had both a leap day and leap second.
First digital radio station arrives
1pointsYears after other countries have introduced digital and even satellite based radio stations, Australia is finally getting on board the digital radio revolution, with major radio broadcaster Austereo first on the radar with the “Radar Radio”.
Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 8.10
1pointsThis guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 8.10 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM).
Installing ubuntu-system-panel On Ubuntu 8.10
1pointsubuntu-system-panel is a simple launcher for the GNOME desktop, providing easy access to Places, Applications and common configuration items for your computer. This guide shows how to install and configure it on an Ubuntu 8.10 desktop.
ISPs Give Rudd Government Two Finger Salute
1pointsThe Rudd Government is continuing to encounter ISP resistance to its plans for a trial of Internet filtering technology, with SA-based national operator Internode and Perth's iiNet refusing to have anything to do with it.
Hundreds protest net filtering on Conroy’s blog
1pointsJust 24 hours since its launch, hundreds of people have used Senator Conroy's new blog as a place to protest against his proposed net filtering scheme.
Storing Files/Directories In Memory With tmpfs
1pointsYou probably know that reading from RAM is a lot of faster than reading files from the hard drive, and reduces your disk I/O. This article shows how you can store files and directories in memory instead of on the hard drive with the help of tmpfs.
Labor plan to censor internet in shreds
1pointsThe Government's plan to censor the internet is in tatters, with Australia's largest ISP saying it will not take part in live trials of the system and the second largest committing only to a scaled-back trial.
Telstra to unveil 'TiVo-killer'
1pointsTELSTRA is expected to take a major step towards its goal of being a media company early next year when it rolls out set-top boxes that allow internet customers to download films and play them on television.
Google unleashes unlocked G1 on developers
1pointsGood news if you're a developer itching to get your creative developer hands on a T-Mobile G1--and especially good news if you happen to be a developer who lives outside an area covered by T-Mobile.
Installing Nginx With PHP5 & MySQL On Debian Etch
1pointsNginx is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a Debian Etch.
Specs released for NSW school laptops
1pointsComputer makers have been set the ambitious task of designing a new laptop for NSW students by January that is stylish, powerful and unable to be hacked by tech-savvy kids - all for $500.
Non-G1 Android phone to hit Australia in January
1pointsThe first mobile phone running Google's Android operating system will hit Australia next month, with a company called Kogan Technologies announcing the imminent release of an Android-based handset it calls the "Agora."
The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 10 (GNOME)
1pointsThis tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 10 desktop (GNOME) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops.
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