So, the ANZ bank has advised that it will not fund the controversial Tasmanian pulp mill. What an amazing decision for them to make. I know that there was a lot of pressure on them from GetUp and Greenpeace but this is big!
So awesome, read the article here.

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There are many services out there that (unlike iTunes) offer DRM (Digital Rights Management) free mp3 downloads. This is a great service to offer because the DRM encoded files that iTunes sell have limitations on how many machines they can be played on (not to mention they wont play, even from your iPod, through the [...]

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Good on her. If she gets sued, there’ll be a mass of donations to pay for it. Mine included. Thumbs up from me, Nadia. I love the shirt.
Read the article here

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Here’s the thing. Ipod’s are great for people who are content with things the way others dictate they should be. iTunes is great if you are just happy with things and will just adapt to how things are offered to you. I’m not happy with how things are offered to me and I try to [...]

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After commenting on an article on EcoTechDaily, I found myself in the middle of a heated discussion with a user on that site who saw the article content as another ‘marketing tool’.
Its interesting to read the arguments going on in the comments of the article and see how people react to these sort of [...]

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Google has just released ‘Doctype’ into its sites. Doctype is an html/css/DOM reference in a wiki form. It allows submissions from anyone and includes tests on DOM elements performed in each of the current main browsers (Not including Opera).
I will definately be contributing to this.
Another fantastic Google site/product/page/whatever.

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Great use of government subsidies have allowed a Korean village to use 100% solar power.Link.
On a similar note, Dr Zhengrong Shi has advised our (extremely unfavoured) NSW Premier on the benefits of Solar subsidies, but Mr Iemma instead wants to make it a nation-wide incentive (Gutless pig).Source

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It looks like car manufacturers have made no great advances in fuel efficiency in the past half-century. Its not exactly shocking, no doubt they are all in bed with the oil companies anyway. The new Commodore is a perfect example of this. Lets give the average Aussie family a 6.0L V8 with 20" rims to [...]

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For years and years I was an avid Windows user. I loved everything about Windows and Microsoft in general. I did use Linux in some environments, for eg, I used ssh to log into the server that hosts my site (www.skylinesaustralia.com) and I had dabbled with Linux distro’s on old machines around my house, but [...]

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New game gizmo uses mind control.Don’t succumb to the pressures of new technology, people! Rise up! No doubt that when this company has sold 10,000,000 units, they will flick a switch and use us as a mass mind-controlled army to do what they want with! Organ Harvesting, Bank Robberies, you name it, they’ve got it [...]

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