Published on December 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
New Look Ford Territory – A teaser of the first major update to Ford’s popular Territory softroader has been released almost six months before the car will arrive in dealerships. Clearly keen to drum up more interest in the vehicle that was once Australia’s best-selling SUV (or 4WD-style wagon) Ford has given a hint of [...]
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Published on December 9, 2010 by Technology Slice
Sarbi The Wonder Dog – SARBI, the defence explosive detection dog that went missing in the wilds of Afghanistan for almost 14 months, has finally returned home to Australian shores. Defence said Sarbi arrived at Sydney Airport today with other members of the Australian Defence Force returning from the Middle East area of operations. Sarbi [...]
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Published on August 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
Water Storage Levels Up In Victoria – More good news is expected in coming weeks, with big inflows expected from the winter/spring filling season. But this exceptional year for Melbourne’s water-storage levels comes at an awkward time for the state government, with its $750 million water pipeline to northern Victoria completed and the $3.5 billion [...]
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Published on August 4, 2010 by Technology Slice
Android Getting New Users – Research in Motion’s BlackBerry platform continues to be the number mobile OS in the U.S., but a poll of BlackBerry users showed that about 42 percent of current owners are weighing a switch to iPhone or Android. Overall, RIM has 35 percent of the mobile OS market share in the [...]
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Published on July 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Thousands Of Holden Utes Recalled – Holden has announced a massive recall of almost 35,000 of its Commodore utes to repair a faulty tailgate that can spring open while the car is moving. The recall of 34,432 Utes adds to four other recalls for General Motors Holden this year, meaning it has recalled almost as [...]
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