Toshiba Satellite U840 goes official for Australia, still waiting on its US passport

While Toshiba’s stateside reps had us convinced its 14-inch Ultrabook wouldn’t see the light of day until sometime in June, that message of withholding apparently didn’t make it Down Under. Outed by its Australian arm today, that would-be Portege is a…

Kogan advertises Samsung LCDs in its HDTVs, Samsung would rather not take credit

It won’t be shocking to most in the electronics industry, but the rest of the world probably doesn’t realize that many products use components from other manufacturers and even direct competitors. So much like most hard drives are made by one of onl…

Telstra opens ‘Androidland’ store in Australia with a little help from Google

No, that’s not the latest addition to Google’s Mountain View campus. That is Telstra’s brand new Androidland store, which has just opened its doors in Melbourne, Australia. The store was built with some degree of co-operation from both Google and …

Paramount Pictures, BitTorrent team up to distribute feature film (video)

In case you haven’t heard, there are websites out there that will let you download movies and software using a little something called the BitTorrent protocol. And while the majority of cinematic fare available is of a non-DMCA-approved nature, filmmak…