Collection of 1920s Vintage Police Mug Shots Are Striking, Timeless Portraits

During the 1920s, a photographer working for the Sydney, Australia Police Department took mug shots of all newly arrested suspects. This anonymous photographer created a series of images that are powerful portraits and also a remarkable historical record

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Australia pondering joining e-book lawsuit bandwagon

If Apple and the Big Five thought they only had to contend with a federal e-book lawsuit in the US, they’d better think again. Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission is inviting local businesses to raise formal concerns as it weighs up launching its own judicial broadside against the alleged cartel. The Commission refused to comment publicly on its plans beyond saying that it was “aware of the latest developments” and would listen to local resellers who had concerns about the Australian market

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Australian court holds Google responsible for misleading search ads

In a turnaround from a lower court ruling, three Australian Federal Court judges ruled yesterday that Google was responsible for its advertisers’ content and that it breached the country’s trade law by hosting misleading ads. The case centered on four ads in particular, in which the advertisers used the names of their competitors to ensure the ads appeared in search results for said companies

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CSIRO snatches $220m windfall in WiFi patent dispute with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization keeps bowling ‘em over — in the courtroom, anyway — with its hardy WiFi patent. The government-funded research group has chalked up another $220 million win after AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Acer, Lenovo and Sony each agreed to establish licenses with the litigious group

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Apple offers refund over Australian 4G iPad confusion

Confused over Apple’s liberal use of the 4G moniker?

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Qantas trials in-flight WiFi between Australia and US

While plenty of US domestic flights have their WiFi provisions sorted , international connectivity remains pretty rare. Attempting to bring another time-killing option alongside all those middling in-flight Marvel movies, Qantas has started testing wireless internet on its 14-hour flights between Los Angeles and Australia.

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Apple’s new iPad: What’s in it for photographers?

Apple is today showing off its latest variant of the device that kicked off the tablet computer craze, and while the rumor mill was right on many counts, they missed the mark on one point: the name.

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Sony’s 3D Library lets Aussies borrow products free of charge

Sony’s push for three dimensional entertainment has inspired it to launch a series of product-loaning machines in the land of Oz. These “3D Library” kiosks, as the manufacturer is simply dubbing ‘em, will let Aussies checkout a variety of Sony’s 3D-capable products at no cost and for up to three days.

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Toshiba Satellite U840 goes official for Australia, still waiting on its US passport

While Toshiba’s stateside reps had us convinced its 14-inch Ultrabook wouldn’t see the light of day until sometime in June, that message of withholding apparently didn’t make it Down Under.

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Xbox 360 adds Crackle and CinemaNow to list of up and running apps

You can’t deny one of Microsoft’s main goals with its revamped 360 dashboard update was to enhance the box’s entertainment attributes, and now the Redmond crowd has flipped the live switch on two more vid-focused apps. Crackle and CinemaNow are joining the likes of Vudu and UFC as part of the latest additions to the Xbox app locker

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