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Gizmondo recently wrote that Optus and Telstra have just signed a lucrative NBN deal. Coincidence?

Can't force it through parliament, so get the major ISPs to voluntarily do it via an offer they can't refuse?

I'm pretty sure the deciding factor will be which on can stop a 7.62 x 39 mm round.

http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/04/10/ipod-extended-soldiers-life/

http://www.zolved.com/blog/view_entry/27867/iPod_saves_soldier_but_now_wont_show_up_in_iTunes_Updated

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/02/blackberry-stops-a-bullet-and-saves-a-relationship/

http://blackberrysync.com/2010/02/blackberry-curve-85xx-stops-bullet-from-victims-boyfriend/

http://momento24.com/en/2009/11/03/cell-phone-stops-bullet-saves-womans-life/

http://technology-nuggets.blogspot.com/2008/11/moto-razr-stops-bullet-saves-mans-life.html

You know, I have to start carrying my crappy old cell phone where it can protect more than my upper thigh.

You think civil liberties are sad?

I like how you reworded internet censorship, into "blocking a few http websites". As if it was a minor thing. You must be new around here.

If you really want to know about censorship, then all you need to do is Google a bit about it.

Here's the latest article I'm reading about it...
Classification and Internet Censorship as an Election Issue

Quite frankly, if you think bickering over money spent here, and money spent there, is more important than free speech (or immigration in the case of boat people), then you've got your priorities all fucked up.

Well, I guess there's the rub.

The OP suggested that AAPL are overvalued by the market. You can't use the P/E as evidence they aren't because the P is the very valuation the OP argued is too high! The OPs point that current earnings don't justify the price is reasonable but as you say is only part of the story.

You can of course make the case that earnings are likely to increase, so that while the current earnings don't justify the current price the likely future earnings will. I agree that Apple have had some fairly consistant revenue growth however I do wonder how long that growth can be sustained. Growth doesn't magically continue because it happened last year and the substantial sort of growth that seems to be factored into the Apple price seems (to me) to require significant successful new products.

The iPod and iPhone have been radically successful but I'm not convinced Apple have other new business directions lined up to continue such growth.

Also, see below for the comparison to an $18,000 device:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/01/in-early-tests-us99-wii-balance-board-outperforms-us17885-medical-rig/

Circa March 2008:
http://www.cybernetman.com/en/products/zero-footprint-pc/zpc-gx31.cfm
They even reused the stock footage.
Should cost at least $700, according to Gizmodo Australia:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/03/cybernet_zpcgx31_a_pc_in_a_keyboardsized_case-2/

jpmorgan, you need to keep up on the news, good and bad

"Reporting on a White House and NASA meeting last Wednesday, sources say that the President has decided to give NASA an additional $US1 billion in 2011. The extra funding will serve to create a new heavy lift rocket, as well as to increase the fleet of satellites controlling Earth’s land, oceans and atmosphere.
The objective is to have the heavy rocket ready for a 2018 launch"
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/12/obama-gives-nasa-bigger-budget-backs-new-rocket-cancels-ares-1/

Can't agree with tomhath either, looks like this administration is willing to invest in the future

I have the feeling that in Australia using a phone as a GPS is illegal And it seems to me that having the maps actually in the device is a requirement, Internet is not that omnipresent.

GPS and computer maps are still only "best effort" information, there was an article about both Google and Mapquest routing people down a flight of stairs, and Google in NJ had us following a road which ended at a cow pasture. The tech to match satellite photos to map data, as a sanity check, seems to have a way to go.

I ordered a new system based on an Intel CORE i5 750 2.66GHZ CPU running on the Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Premium w/8 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz ram two days ago, and have been monitoring the net for signs of this mobo to actually hit the shelves. I will be running this with an unremarkable 64 GB Patriot SDD as the boot drive, until the new SATA 6 Gbps SSDs come out - which could take a awhile I imagine. I expect blazing speed from this platform, and can hardly wait for it. The only unknown is when will the mobo arrive. If it drags on and on, at least there is the option of an add on card that will convert one of the other ASUS X58 boards to USB 3 & SATA 6. I just hope I haven't made a mistake with the decision to wait. The P7P55D-E Premium motherboard will retail for $299 while the U3S6 add-on card will be $29.

Here are a host of links I collected on it this morning...

Asus Unveils USB 3.0 Motherboard
Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Premium
The motherboard, unveiled Wednesday [October 28 2009], is 4.8 inches by 3 inches and is scheduled to be available next month for $299.

October 30th, 2009
USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview - ASUS brings the goods
the P55-Express based P7P55D-E Premium is very close to hitting the market.

October 29th, 2009
USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview

October 29th, 2009
This Is The First USB 3.0 Motherboard

October 28th, 2009
ASUS debuts USB 3.0 motherboard and add-on card
The P7P55D-E Premium motherboard will retail for $299 while the U3S6 add-on card will be $29. Both will be available November.

October 28th, 2009
ASUS brings the first mobo with SATA 3 and USB 3

October 28th, 2009
ASUS P7P55D-E Motherboard Offers USB 3.0 and SATA-III 6G Performance
North American Availability
The P7P55D-E Premium and U3S6 expansion cards will be available at ASUS authorized retailers early November at $299 and $29 respectively.

Now, I *would* like to see augmented reality applied to board gaming. Something that combines the tactile experience of playing with wooden pieces, with the convenience of computer gaming.

The Tegra demo from a while back comes to mind. Integrating that in with a miniatures game of some sort would be interesting.

That's about to be banned too: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/08/using-iphone-satnav-apps-while-driving-is-actually-illegal/

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/09/forget-silicon-this-teenagers-solar-panel-uses-human-hair-as-a-conductor/

the guy whose comment is there, is a PHD in this field, cheers mate!

Perhaps this is a stress test for the urine separator in microgravity. Ridiculous, you say? Last year 8 gallons of urine / day were collected for reclaim tests. (Honestly, how many astronauts does it take to install a "front porch" for the Kibo module? Certainly not 13.) NASA needs to know how to deal with large volumes of human waste on an extended mission.

put snow white sticker
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/03/snow_white_macbook_cover_can_only_be_awakened_with_steve_jobss_kiss-2.html

One of the clips toward the beginning of the video actually suggested one of the more realistic applications to me. It looked like someone sorted all the blocks showing sky in the background into one pile, and everything else into another.

Sorting audio, video, and image files is one of the more tedious tasks in computing.
Sorting physical objects is something we tend to be a bit better at. Like, pulling all the quarters out of your change jar. You're able to interact with a large number of objects rapidly. Meanwhile, a mouse gives you the ability to interact with one object at a time.

Say you've just pulled a few thousand images off of the 4 GB SD card in your digital camera. It seems to me, it'd be a lot easier to sort them (by when/where they were taken, who's in them, whatever) if you could see some of them on the table in front of you on a few dozen of these "blocks", sort them into piles in a second or two, and then somehow trigger a "give me the next batch to sort" command, and start again.

However, there's a somewhat simpler (and probably cheaper) way to make an interface like this work. A pair of VR goggles, a webcam, a handful of objects (card, blocks, whatever) with unique shapes printed them (which you could manufacture for a few cents each) and some simple image detection/overlay software.

The blocks in TFA will always be at least a couple of bucks each, meaning it's expensive to have more than a few of them to interact with; additionally, they need to be recharged, and they're expensive to break/lose. With the webcam/goggles/image overlay technique, you can interact with as many objects as you want for no additional cost, they don't need batteries, and the replacement cost is trivial. It's a bit more cumbersome (VR goggles), and they don't stack as well, though.

Quote from a BBC article: "... the dirty and degrading implication of the sole of a shoe crosses all religious boundaries in the Middle East".

However, show-throwing is mild compared to this, or this.

well, 500 AUD = 329.85 USD. which is also the list price for the Asus Eee PC in Australia (for the Linux version, i'm assuming).

shipping/customs shouldn't be a issue since it's being ordered by the Australian government, and in such bulk that the per unit shipping cost would be negligible.

The 701 model eee is advertised in the paper here in .au for $350 aud but I have seen it for 300 in a different store and I would expect to pay no more than 250 given that you can get better models now.

well, 500 AUD = 329.85 USD. which is also the list price for the Asus Eee PC in Australia (for the Linux version, i'm assuming).

shipping/customs shouldn't be a issue since it's being ordered by the Australian government, and in such bulk that the per unit shipping cost would be negligible.

You've got a nice long road ahead of you if you target the iPhone.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/09/how_apple_picks_which_apps_make_it_to_the_app_store-2.html

That is, unless it's a flashlight too.

The purpose was to decrease the time it took to process a passport aka person.

Well it works...just ask Elvis!

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/10/elvis_comes_back_from_dead_to_prove_rfid_passports_lack_security-2.html

Right Here.

Don't laugh.

Check this out: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/03/300_audiophile_grade_power_cable_is_really_worth_15-2.html

And the actual thread at Head-Fi: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f21/my-cat-tore-up-my-virtual-dynamics-power-3-a-293165/

What's surprising about this is some of the comments made by the company rep.

Wikipedia lists 95 countries producing below replacement rates - that is: a total fertility rate below 2.1. There are 127 countries and territories above the replacement rate, and all that data is only half of the story, without populations in each country.

As has been noted, countries with larger percentages of well educated people have decreasing birth rates, putting more of a burden on the youth and creating a reason to desire immigrants. Of course, Robo-caregivers will help with the weight of the elderly, and when a country is full of wealthy old people, you'd need fewer robo-caregiver repair people than you would human caregivers, so immigrants might not be as welcome as they might be in less technologically advanced times. If only the robots didn't have to live off of medicine.

why did Jobs say there will be only web based sdk?

The first reference quotes an alleged anonymous source from Apple, and the second one doesn't appear to quote anybody (it has a slide from a Jobs presentation, but "no SDK required" isn't the same as "no SDK ever"). Do you have a source for Jobs explicitly saying "no, we will never let you write anything other than Web apps for the iPhone"?

Yes yes, Hallowed are thy Mac fanboys. I know my post is flamebait, but why did Jobs say there will be only web based sdk? And now after hackers hacked iphone, he says there will be one?

Smart People, those Greeks. Gizmodo posted about this as well http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2007/07/worlds_first_pro grammable_robo.html/