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Microsoft Store heads down under as Australia gets first brick and mortar location
This brick and mortar retail Microsoft Store in Australia is the first location to be located outside of North America. read more Continue reading...- News
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Seagate central has 2 nas issues
1. These drives are semi-legally sold in Australia and that creates a small problem for professional users because the users agreement is void… this means any info stored on them isn’t covered by insurance and governments, school etc can’t use them without opening themselves up to litigation if...- ussnorway
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NEWS Ebola: Australian-run centre in Sierra Leone opens for business
An Australian-run medical centre for Ebola patients has opened in Sierra Leone overnight, the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has announced. Britain recently completed the building, which is near Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. “Patients will be referred to the centre and in line with...- whoosh
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VIDEO Man Gets Leg Stuck In Gap Between Train & Platform In Australia
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SATIRE Strange sayings
All languages and cultures have some strange sayings. In Finland we say, You put your shoes in your foot [singular] - not your shoes on, that is. We also say, Pull your trousers in your foot [singular]. This might be a funny topic? What the heck are Aussies saying? Eh?- Pauli
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Windows XP 16 days remain before Microsoft turns the light off on XP!
Here in Australia there are lots of people making panic visits to the computer shops.- ussnorway
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Windows 8 Microsoft store in Australia gives error 80072f8f
Just fyi for my fellow Aussies... computers can't tell time! If you live in NSW and try to get to the Microsoft Store then you will first have to adjust your clock to remove the extra daylight savings hour... sinking with time.nist.gov should do the trick then you can go back to normal time...- ussnorway
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VIDEO Dylan Moran - Australia, The 'English' voice
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Congratulations & Thanks Administrators
As a recently joined member I was surprised but uplifted to receive today's email re the expulsion of members who have been using the forum quite inappropriately. Thank-you to our forum administrators for taking strong action to protect the quality of the forum - you have my respect. Graham...- gjohnson
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Australia's next top controversy - size 8 model bullied for being too fat
A SIZE eight teenage model said being bullied for being too fat on Australia's Next Top Model sent a dangerous message to vulnerable young viewers. Looks FINE to me. Read Full Story: Link Removed - Invalid URL- reghakr
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4800 Aussie sites evaporate after hack
At least 4800 Australian websites have been lost with no chance of recovery following a break-in at Australian domain registrar and web host Distribute.IT. This is a massive breach. Sites are not recoverable...............some heads are going to roll. Read Full Story: 4800 Aussie sites...- reghakr
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new aussie forum of geniuses
this new forum called Link Removed - Invalid URL is being built by some guys in australia... they have about 10 people a few guys and girls, all very expert in their fields... check it out and ask them some questions... we've got hardcore, windows and vmware guys, networking guys, then sports...- tomhellman
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VIDEO Aussie teenagers. Well probably most teenagers lol
I found this a while ago. Being a Youth Worker, I encounter teenagers from all walks. This is exactly what I go through every shift ;) For those who haven't seen it, enjoy!- Grub
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Smallest man in the world in trouble with police for not using child seat
The world's smallest man Khagendra Thapa Magar has had a run in with police in Australia, who wanted to know why he was not travelling in a child's booster seat. At just 67cm high and weighing 5kg, Khagendra is around the size of a six-month-old baby. While on a trip to Oz to raise...- cybercore
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Australian city to expel 22,000 bats from downtown gardens
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A colony of 22,000 bats may be coming to a neighbourhood near you after an Australian court served the flying foxes with an eviction notice and allowed the government to chase them away with loud industrial noise. The court ruled that the grey-headed flying foxes, the...- cybercore
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Windows 7 Frustration Over Massive Game Patches and Download Issues in Australia
I'm Furious as to why Game company's like EA and Activision are allowed to release Game patches that are 2.5GB every month and force us to download them. I dunno why this BFBC2 patch is huuuuge when it contains half a dozen patches. It doesn't help with Australia having the rubishest internet in...- Firecracker
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Australian Teens Rescued After Using Sex Doll as Raft
Australian Teens Rescued After Using Sex Doll as Raft A couple in Australia was rescued after attempting to float down a river near Melbourne on an inflatable sex doll. The man and woman, both 19 years old, were drifting down the Yarra River in Victoria -- a state recently afflicted by...- cybercore
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Evolve III Maestro slate triple-boots Android, MeeGo and Windows 7 (video)
We inevitably miss things at tradeshows, and here's one we regret -- we didn't catch this obscure Australian tablet in the flesh at CES 2011. Apparently, this Evolve III Maestro was casually chilling at Intel's booth with Android, Windows 7 and a 1.83GHz Atom N475 CPU inside, but representatives...- News
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Watch: Sneak Peek of Oprah in Australia
Watch: Sneak Peek of Oprah in Australia Link Removed This Tuesday, we'll all get to see the the first of four episodes (airing Jan. 18-21) chronicling Oprah Winfrey's recent visit to Australia, the much-hyped excursion she made in December with hundreds of her U.S. fans, ages 18 to...- cybercore
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Windows Vista Federal Parliament deploys Windows Vista
Microsoftâs latest operating system Windows 7 has been out for more than a year, but Australiaâs Federal Parliament will ignore the release in the short term and is instead in the process of upgrading to its much-maligned predecessor, Windows Vista. More...- News
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