Australia to Ban Sale of Incandescent Light Bulbs

The Australian government today announced they will be phasing in a ban on incandescent light bulbs, over the next three years. Householders replacing them with compact fluorescent bulbs are expected to save $30 per year, while Australia reduces its per annum CO2 emissions by up 4 million tonnes.

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Guitar Hero comes to the Wii!

That’s right, Guitar Hero on the Wii! The announcement has been transcribed from the Activision conference call from Wednesday. Straight from CEO Mike Griffith’s mouth also!

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Take That RIAA!*

*(or “I told you so”)

ESSEX FAUX-ROCKERS Koopa may well become the first ever unsigned group to score a place in the UK top 40 chart, thanks to recent alterations in the chart rules to include digital single sales even if no CD version is available.

The band’s single “Blag, Steal and Borrow” – which is only available for download – looks like it could hit the top 40 this Sunday according to early sales figures, reports the BBC.

Koopa seem pretty chuffed with the new chart rules: “It does give hope for genuine talent,” said singer and bassist Joe Murphy. “You can release a song and if you’ve got the fanbase and people buy it, you’ll get into the charts – it’s great.” He reckons that other unsigned bands will be taking advantage of the new rules too, which could redefine the way chart music is as a whole.

Some Hands-On Time With the iPhone

So yesterday was Steve Jobs keynote at MacWorld, and although the debut of the Apple iPhone is incrediable, I was a little let down at the end that there was nothing to rush to the store and buy. It was also 2 hours long and featured basically 1 product.

But that product is pretty freakin awesome!

NYT writer and Apple fan boy David Pogue had a chance to sit down with Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller for an hour and use the Apple iPhone. Although there are a few minor things he dislikes, he overall appears to love it. It can’t be June soon enough.

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Macworld San Francisco 2007 Rumor Roundup

With Macworld San Francisco (MWSF) quickly approaching, MacRumors provides this Rumor Roundup as a summary of major rumors circulating around the Mac Web before the big event.

While Apple’s popularity continues to rise, the media coverage for Apple rumors reached an all time high this year.

• Apple Phone (or Not?)
• Mac Pro
• iTV
• Leopard
• New Displays
• iLife ’07
• Video iPod, and Others?

Read more here and pray for an iPhone!

Amazon at Christmas

Pack you bastards. Pack like you’ve never packed before.

Word on the street is that Amazon had a Banner Xmas season. Time to go buy some stock! Click image for large version – Thanks to Gizmodo

O’Reilly: iPods Are Endangering America

Here is an excerpt from Bill o’Reilly’s radio show:

“I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life – the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America… did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them? …I really fear for the United States because, believe me, the jihadists? They’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there.”

Uy yuh yuy! Where do I start?

Remember, if you want to defeat the jihadists, don’t buy a premium membership on billoreilly.com. From his website:

Also, don’t subscribe to O’Reilly’s free “Talking Points Podcast.” If you listen, the terrorists will win.

The “machine” that’s Bills primary focus is a phone he can hold with one hand.

Oh, and Bill, if you can’t carry on a conversation with these “Computer Geeks” (a moniker I proudly wear BTW), maybe you should revisit your high school english class for some proper “lernin”, or better yet, just keep your white trash racist republican-speak dummied down to your listeners IQ level.

Heres a word you should understand.

Jackass!