Published on December 4, 2010 by Technology Slice
Myer Online Shopping – Myer chief executive Bernie Brookes said yesterday the department store planned to import goods bought online and worth less than the $1000 GST-free threshold to allow customers to avoid paying the tax. From February, Myer’s customers using its website will be able to buy about 1000 goods priced under the threshold [...]
Tags: Australian Dollar, Australian Retailers, Australian Taxation, Batches, Billions, Brookes, Department Store, Federal Treasurer, Gerry Harvey, Group Chief, Harvey Norman, Import Goods, Leakages, Nightmare, Online Shopping, Solomon Lew, Tax Lawyer, Taxation Institute, Threshold, Zahra
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Published on May 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
NAB Refunding Fees – National Australia Bank says a mass of customer refunds for late fees has nothing to do with the threat of a $5 billion class action. The potential class action against 12 banks would seek to claw back billions for customers in ”exception fees”, including for late credit card payments or overdrawn [...]
Tags: banks, Billions, Credit Card Payments, game, Knee Jerk Reaction, Late Fees, Lisa Gray, Maurice Blackburn, nab, National Australia Bank, National Bank, Personal Banking
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Published on March 24, 2010 by Technology Slice
Google And Yahoo Against Government Filter – A number of internet and software giants including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have spoken out against the Government’s plans to introduce a mandatory internet filter, questioning its technical viability and the list of sites set to be blocked. It comes as communications minister Stephen Conroy is preparing the [...]
Tags: Access Speeds, Australian Communications, Billions, Child Pornography, False Sense Of Security, google, Google Yahoo, Industry Groups, International Reputation, Internet Filter, Internet Speeds, Internet Users, Mandatory Internet, Massive Undertaking, Sense Of Security, Software Giants, Stephen Conroy, Technical Details, Technical Viability, Yahoo Google
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Published on March 18, 2010 by Technology Slice
Google Could Be ISP – Internet behemoth Google now boasts a network that’s bigger than all but two of the world’s ISPs and telcos fear the search giant is just one step away from becoming an ISP itself. Network measurement expert Arbor Networks this week released a new report claiming that if Google were an [...]
Tags: Anonymous Data, Arbor Networks, Behemoth, Billions, Cache Servers, Chief Scientist, Consumer Networks, Craig Labovitz, Giant, google, Internet Traffic, Isps, Last Several Years, Measurement Expert, Middleman, Network Measurement, Public Exchanges, Square Feet, Telcos, Third Parties
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Published on February 25, 2010 by Technology Slice
iTunes 10 Billion Songs – Apple excitedly announced Wednesday that it had sold its 10 billionth song on iTunes. Maybe a little too excitedly, because the notorious perfectionists at the company spewed a typo onto its home page. Stories about Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs’ standards for visual perfection are almost mythic. Apple engineers whisper [...]
Tags: Apple Engineers, Billions, Boo Boo, Company Founder, Grammarians, iphone, itunes, Minute Details, Perfectionists, Radar, steve jobs, twitter, Typo, Whisper
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