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Kim Dotcom: offers to let someone else sue Twitter for his patent
TorrentFreak
Friday 24 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is currently in a $50 million legal battle with the US government, and has come up with a new twist. He owns the patent for the two-step authentication process used by Google, Twitter and others. He won`t sue them, but he has put the patent up for sale...

Microsoft: new Xbox One made for television
The Australian
Friday 24 May, 2013 (Australia)

"The new Kinect motion detector, which will come as a standard feature of the Xbox One, can detect whether a person watching TV is appearing happy or distracted and determine their heart rate."

MDS: converting consumers into creators
NZ Herald
Friday 24 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Media Design School reaches out to local gamers to attract the game makers of tomorrow

YouTube: online comedians swamp television for numbers
The Independent
Wednesday 22 May, 2013 (U.K.)

YouTube`s Comedy Week reveals the huge reach of internet comedy, with its top stars swamping the familiar television faces both for reach and numbers.

LeWeb: Capitalists go hippy, offer Australians discount for key conference
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 22 May, 2013 (Australia)

Reed Midem, which runs the MIP conferences, has plunged into the digital world with the purchase of LeWeb, a strand of conferences. The next, in London on June 5th and 6th, is enticing wandering Australians with a fifty percent discount, but only until May 23rd.

Jobs Email: God speaks to Murdoch weenie, leads to legal horror
All Things D
Monday 20 May, 2013 (Australia)

The US Department of Justice is suing Apple over eBook price-fixing. Here is a complete email from Jobs to James Murdoch, and the notes it created, which the government claims supports it case. That is disputable; the email also shows the language and informality and thought processes of the late, great industry titan.

Budget 2013: Scroz and co in IT context
IT News
Friday 17 May, 2013 (Australia)

Yes, content generation does count as IT. In this complete list of IT measures in the last budget, we can see just how little is spent by the Feds on content generation specifically for the net.

Playpen: video reveals horrible truth of campaign to make Iron Sky 2
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Screen Hub
Thursday 16 May, 2013 (Australia)

Given that Indiegogo is doomed to grow until it becomes ferally competitive, it is not surprising that the Iron Sky gang is mutating the sizzle reel into something. . um.. just um.. that`s it.. UM.

NBN: budget scales up local government funding
ZDNet
Wednesday 15 May, 2013 (Australia)

"In the 2013-14 Budget released on Tuesday, the government announced that it would expand the Digital Local Government program, adding 14 new local councils that will be taking part in the program over the next two years at a cost of AU$5.7 million."

Quickflix: launches on Windows 8
iTWire
Monday 13 May, 2013 (Australia)

Online movie streaming outfit Quickflix has launched its app for Windows 8.

BBC: YouView IPTV platform has uptake problems
The Guardian
Monday 13 May, 2013 (U.K.)

The BBC`s YouView IPTV platform, touted as the upgrade pathway for its Freeview service, is having problems gaining traction in the market.

Megaupload: legal team asks court to dismiss case
TorrentFreak
Friday 10 May, 2013 (U.S.A.)

In yet another twist, Kim Dotcom`s legal team has asked the US courts to dismiss the case against Megaupload, until it is known whether the defendants can be extradited from New Zealand.

Games: roundup
Screen Hub
Friday 10 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Dates are set for the 2013 NZ Game Developers Conference, PikPok`s Into the Dead achieves world domination, Ninja Kiwi grows its relationships in Scotland and a NZOA-funded game hits the beats.

High Court: Google not responsible for lying advertisers
Screen Hub
Friday 10 May, 2013 (Australia)

Much as we would like to lynch some of the sponsored link creators, it is pretty fair to say that Google can`t police them. The High Court now agrees.

Woodville: web series goes live next week
Woodville
Friday 10 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

The first episode of the NZ on Air funded web series Woodville launches to the public next week.

Megaupload: Dotcom accused of non-existent crime
News.MSN
Wednesday 8 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

Kim Dotcom`s legal team has released a whitepaper arguing that the Megaupload founder and his colleagues have been accused of crimes which are, well, not actually crimes in the US.

OMSA: set for July launch
OMSA
Wednesday 8 May, 2013 (New Zealand)

New Zealand’s major radio and television broadcasters confirmed the “Go Live” date of 1 July for the new Online Media Standards Authority “OMSA”, which will oversee online news and current affairs content standards.

Spectrum Sale: old analogue spectrum sold for $2b song
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Screen Hub
Tuesday 7 May, 2013 (Australia)

While the screen sector vacates all that old-fashioned spectrum to broadcast digitally, Telstra, Optus and TPG bought in to provide high speed wireless broadband. With $2b out the door to the government, they will now be plotting new ways to make the rest of us pay.

Hive: final call for entries to Hive Production Fund on Monday May 13th
Tuesday 7 May, 2013 (Australia)

An initiative of the Adelaide Film Festival, in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts, Screen Australia and ABC Arts, the HIVE Production Fund supports screen based projects from Australian artists and filmmakers in a true convergence of arts and film practise. Entries CLOSE NEXT MONDAY.

Helen Mirren: battle of the Queens
London Telegraph
Tuesday 7 May, 2013 (Australia)

Helen Mirren goes berko at a rude group of drummers promoting a gay event. They were ruining a performance at the Gielgud Theatre in London. At the time, Ms Mirren was dressed as the Queen.

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