t's like arguing that it's more cost-effective to a build a single-lane Sydney Harbour Bridge, while conveniently ignoring the fact that it won't meet our future needs. It's a short-sighted approach which looks good in a spreadsheet but is designed to win a political argument rather than meet the future needs of the country. Comparing the cost of fibre-to-the-node to fibre-to-the-premises overlooks a few key issues which seriously impact on the value proposition; maintaining the copper network fixing copper black spots upgrading and maintaining the HFC network extending the fibre network later to meet growing demand

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/gadgets-on-the-go/government-lowballing-us-on-secondrate-nbn-20140829-109vvg.html

Privacy apps get blocked from the Google Play store. The controversy reflects the control that Google and rival Apple exert through their app stores. Even at the height of its powers, by contrast, Microsoft did not control the distribution of apps for its Windows operating system for personal computers.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/privacy-apps-get-blocked-from-the-google-play-store/story-fnay3ubk-1227040931356

Photorealism in Unreal Engine 4 in real-time: A sneak peek at next-gen games graphics

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188494-photorealism-in-unreal-engine-4-in-real-time-a-sneak-peek-at-next-gen-games-graphics

Many televisions include a feature called "night mode" to help even out the sound. When you're happy to crank up the sound on a blockbuster movie then leave night mode disabled, but if you need to turn it down after kids are in bed then night mode might make a big difference.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/gadgets-on-the-go/why-cant-i-hear-the-dialogue-on-my-tv-20140824-107zec.html

There aren't too many people collecting Blu-ray discs these days. But while the technology is fast becoming obsolete for movie viewers, Facebook sees it as a promising new means for handling data storage.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/21/technology/facebook-blu-ray/index.html

New Minecraft Mod (LearnToMod) Teaches You Code as You Play

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/learntomod/

Telstra chief executive David Thodey says call centre jobs across a range of sectors will not exist in five years thanks to the internet and smartphone applications. Mr Thodey told ABC Radio's Jon Faine in Melbourne on Friday that he understood the "enormous costs" to local communities caused by taking away call centre jobs.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/call-centre-jobs-will-not-exist-in-five-years-says-telstra-chief-david-thodey-20140822-107479.html