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Kogan Australia Pty Ltd has agreed to a court-enforceable undertaking and paid a $310,800 infringement notice for breaches of Australian spam laws. An...

Theres a high likelihood the last time you bought a computer it had one of these little stickers on it letting you know there was an "Intel Inside". The processor manufacturer made the little stickers to guide consumers to their products, not that there was much of a need to: Any half-decent computer at your local Dick Smith or Harvey Norman was almost definitely powered by an Intel processor. The company has enjoyed more than a decade of largely uninterrupted success, but those little stick...

David Cronenbergs Scanners has way more to offer than just an exploding head Contributed by Shared Share This Page The majority of David Cronenbergs body horrors are defined by that one indelible scene — the one that might just scar more squeamish viewers for life. Think of The Broods finale, for example, in which Nola tears open her womb before licking the afterbirth off the mutant shes just spawned. Or when Max decides to store his handgun in his stomachs cavernous orifice in...

With Rockhampton Court Motor Inn the first to sign up with Voyak last Tuesday, he said all accommodation providers were welcome to sign up. He said 10 per cent of profits every quarter would go towards funding ASTRO - Animal Services Treatment and Rescue Organisation, which was named after his dog who was adopted from the RSPCA in 2014. He said ASTROs core idea was to fund people and organisations globally which support and rescue animals, as well as to increase animal welfare standards. He...

Wowbrary now accessible for online library patrons in St. John Fran Brownell St. John News Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library patrons will continue to have access to porch pickup and curbside service, as well as to online access to the library’s card catalog, according to library clerk Danny Rogers, in spite of continued concern over new cases of the coronavirus in the St. John community. Located at 406 North Monroe Street in St. John, Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library is under the charge of H...

Maarten Holl/Stuff Customers say they have been given the runaround by Dick Smith, with delivery dates changing or items just not arriving. Worried about the item shipping over the Christmas period, Drummond contacted the company a few days ahead of time to get details about the company’s shipping plans. Drummond said the responses from Dick Smith’s customer service staff were vague, and continued to be vague when the item didn’t ship as promised. “There were no times or dates, or an...

Maarten Holl/Stuff Dick Smith became an online-only retailer after the company was sold to Australian-based Kogan. “If they had disclosed that they were shipping from Australia, I wouldn’t have actually purchased the item,” he said. Once the item was shipped, Chandrasiri was able to track his parcel as it was sent around Australia but never into New Zealand. He said he contacted Dick Smith and received a “hopeless” reply. “I couldn’t get in touch with anyone to discuss my orde...

A Tribute to Those We Lost in 2020 January 1, 2021 by: As 2020 comes to a close, we here at JoBlo.com would like to take a moment to honour some of the people who sadly passed away this year. Our deepest respect goes out to everyone in the industry we have lost, and our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of those who died in 2020. These talented individuals will always be remembered for their impact on the world of film and television. In Memory Of... Buck Henry Buck Henry pa...

El Cheapo Modules: Mini Digital AC Panel Meters - January 2021 You can view 0 of the 112 pages in the full issue. For full access, purchase the issue for $10.00 or subscribe for access to the latest issues. You can also log in if you are already a subscriber. Articles in this series: Items relevant to "AM/FM/SW Single-Chip Digital Radio": Fullscreen HTML4 Using Cheap Asian Electronic Modules By Jim Rowe Mini Digital AC Panel Meters In this follow-up article on low-cost digital panel meters, we�...

*Big W has a Dyson V7 Animal origin being reduced from $699 to $449. The discount department store also has also cut the price of a Vax from $238 to $167 and taken a $150 off the Dyson Ball Multi Floor which will now set you back $399. *Harris Scarfe has halved the price of its Linda cordless handstick vacuum cleaner ($149) *Myer has 25 per cent off its Alpha-H skincare and 20 per cent off its Benefit, M. A. C, Coco & Eve and Sand & Sky range. Instore, shoppers can expect up to 70 per cent of...