This weeks show covers:
- The big proposed changes in Australian broadband coverage should the opposition Labor party come to power as a result of this years federal
election. This policy announcement in the face of the comical series of policy
disasters by the federal government really shook the roots of the broadband
debate, and was generally very well received. Will it happen? Tim will
tell.
- RFID test bed set up in Sydney
- Aussies own more gadgets than Americans
- Commentary on the roll out of digital TV in the UK and US which appears to
be well planned in both countries, and less so in Australia
- Aussies in love with LCD TVs compared with Plasmas, but a weird glitch hit
LG brand TV’s here in Australia where they would freeze, and a fix will be
costly.
- Launch of new video search company Vquence
- Calls to phase out non-stick chemical
- Call to ban nanomaterials in toiletries
- Discovery may increase shelf life of blood
- New species of Taipan found
- New bird flu test developed
- Climate change controversy over paper claims
- Dressing women in clothes from fermented wine
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