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Facebook gets more aggressive with new design
5When I recently posted a note about how to switch off Facebook’s new design if you didn’t like it, one reader commented that it would probably only be a matter of time before the option to switch was taken away. That hasn’t quite happened yet, but Facebook has gotten more aggressive in pushing the new…
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Don’t get sucked in by premium mobile phone content
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission issued a warning this week to providers of ringtones, games, wallpapers and other “premium” mobile content, noting that “attempts to distract and confuse so that consumers cannot make informed choices are not acceptable”. At the same time, it reminded consumers not to dive into these deals without careful consideration:…
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Is digital television a boon or a disaster?
Although you may not have noticed if your main television viewing approach is YouTube or Channel BT, Australia is due to switch off its analogue TV network and move to an all-digital model in 2013. Mark Day at The Australian discusses one of the possible consequences of this changeover: rural areas in “signal blackspots” with…
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Knol expands search capabilities
Google’s recently launched Wikipedia competitor Knol has just updated its search functionality (yeah, you’d think that’s one area Google would have covered off right from the start). While the full set of Google keywords isn’t yet supported, you can now do searches for exact phrases and OR options, select which parts of a given article…