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16/10/2019
Remember Winamp? It's back... in app form!
90s MMMBoppers may fondly remember Winamp, the llama-mascotted media player that graced our family desktop computers in the heady, early days of people finding music on the internet. You could have the Time of Your Life making an Everlong playlist of symphonies both Bittersweet and Unfinished. But The Hardest Thing about technology fads is When the
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15/10/2019
Ultimate Guide to Kayo Sports
Sports fans rejoice, the future is here! Fox Sports have launched Kayo, the app that lets you stream sports live in HD, with no ad breaks. What's more, they're currently letting you try it out for free. So, exactly what does Kayo have to offer? An absolute LOAD, as it turns out. Read on! UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS Rugby Union: Rugby World Cup 2019•
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8/10/2019
Real Life Cyborg: Moon Ribas
Photo by Michael Sharkey.Imagine being able to detect an earthquake on the side of the planet, or having the ability to feel the seismic activity of the very moon. This is a daily occurrence for Catalan avant-garde artist and cyborg, Moon Ribas. Though it sounds like the stuff of science-fiction, Moon is one of the many people who are embracing
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8/10/2019
12 things you didn't know about the internet
The internet is absolutely everywhere, and it's only going to become more and more ubiquitous. Here are 12 facts you may not have know about this amazing and omnipresent technology upon which we increasingly rely...   1. THE INTERNET IS A BABY BOOMER Primitive precursors of the internet were actually bopping about even before the first computers
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8/10/2019
What happens to my social media after I die?
Not to sound overly morbid, but barring the unlikely (or at least distant) future in which technology lets us live forever, we are most probably all going to die. Sorry. Besides the fear of leaving behind an utterly embarrassing search history, we don't tend to give much thought about what happens to our online activities after we're gone. We are,
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7/10/2019
3 "smart" products that are dumb (but cool)
The internet is now a part of everyday life, and as such, you can find the internet just about everywhere now. Even in things that don't need the internet? Yes, you precious angel, ESPECIALLY IN THINGS THAT DON'T NEED THE INTERNET. Here's bloody 3 of 'em...1. EGG TRACKERHave you ever looked at how many eggs you had left in your fridge and then
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7/10/2019
Zoltan Istvan: "We Will Overcome Death"
Zoltan Istvan is a journalist, a futurist, and a Transhumanist. He's also running for Governor of California in the upcoming 2018 election as a member of the Libertarian Party. We spoke to Zoltan about the internet, cyber-enhanced humans, and volcano boarding... Could you explain in simple terms what the Transhuman movement is all
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7/10/2019
5 sci-fi classics that predicted the internet
Books! I mean, what even are they? Well I guess they're sort of like bricks, for smart people. And not unlike bricks, they come in varying quality. Some of the better ones can be as educational as they are entertaining, and the genre of science-fiction has often been good at hitting that sweet spot, to the point where some works of sci-fi have
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1/10/2019
You can now have Hal from 2001 as bluetooth speaker
If you think it's a good idea to take an iconic murderous AI and have it serve you like a butler, you're in luck, pal! Masters Replica Group has created a bluetooth speaker in the style of Hal, the homicidal artificial intelligence (spoilers, I guess) from "2001: A Space Odyssey", Stanley Kubrick's epic 1968 sci-fi masterpiece. Now all you need is
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1/10/2019
Where to get free Melbourne WiFi
There are many reasons why you might need Wi-Fi when out and about in the city of Melbourne. Perhaps you’re a creative who likes to work on your novel at a trendy cafe? Or maybe the NBN is being connected in your new property and you don’t have a home office set up yet? A few years back Melbourne launched the largest and fastest free public Wifi
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1/10/2019
What would happen if the internet crashed for a day?
In this golden age of the Internet, I can’t help but ask myself, “What would happen if the internet crashed for an entire day?” Everything we own seems to require an internet connection! Phones, tablets, computers - and even the fridge!    This question arose during a blackout one night when my fuse box decided to have a fit and stop working. I
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1/10/2019
What would an EMP attack do to your internet?
An invading army swoops in and utilises a weapon of pure energy manipulation to take out our infrastructure. It sounds like the stuff of science-fiction, doesn't it? But then, once upon a time, that's how the internet sounded. So what would the former actually do to the latter? What would an EMP attack to do to our beloved interwebs? An EMP (or
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