Pinnacle Films Dallas Buyers Club LLC and iiNet have kicked off legal proceedings in earnest as the rights holders behind one of the biggest movies of 2013 take the Australian ISP to court in a bid to pursue pirates infringing copyright. The first day of the hearing in the Federal Court has heard from lawyers …

Fetch TV will become Australia’s first pay TV service to get Netflix. Fetch TV With Netflix launching in Australia next month, the US streaming service is now set to come to Fetch TV thanks to a dedicated app on the Fetch TV 2nd Generation box. The app will be integrated into the Fetch TV platform from day one of Netflix’s …

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten Image by Stefan Postles/Getty Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has voiced concerns about proposed data retention legislation, writing a letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott to raise issues about the cost and scope of the regime as well as perceived attempts by the Government to ‘politicise’ the bill. The Data Retention Bill is the third and final …

WikiLeaks Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has slammed the Trans-Pacific Partnership currently being negotiated between 12 major nations, including Australia, saying it is designed to protect the profits of major corporations, including major movie studios and rights holders. Senator Ludlam said Australian individuals were the ones with the most to lose under the TPP, which he said “effectively imported some of …

The Milk Music app works across Samsung Galaxy devices. Samsung A little over two months after retiring Music Hub in Australia, Samsung has announced the local launch of the radio-style Milk Music streaming service for Samsung mobile devices. Australia is one of the first countries outside the US to get the genre-based music service, which features more than 150 curated …

The VR for G3 uses LG’s G3 smartphone as a virtual reality display. LG LG is working with Google to bring its own virtual reality experience to Australia — known as the VR for G3 — and G3 smartphone users will be able to test it out as soon as March. The plastic headset holds the G3 smartphone, transforming the …

Samsung Unwanted advertising is par for the course when you’re watching broadcast TV, but do you expect it to be pushed into your lounge room by the TV itself? Reports are emerging that Samsung smart TVs have begun inserting short advertisements directly into video streaming apps, with no influence from the third-party app providers. The news comes just days after …

Vodafone Mobile phone calls made via 4G could soon be the norm for Australians with news that Vodafone has completed trials of the technology, known as Voice over LTE or VoLTE. The telco says VoLTE technology promises “crystal-clear” voice calls with quick connections and “virtually no lag”, utilising a 4G data connection, rather than the traditional phone network. The new …

Vodafone prepaid customers will now be able to live the telco’s slogan with free data weekends. Vodafone Vodafone is axing data charges for prepaid customers every weekend from this weekend until April 26, 2015, as well as offering free standard international calls to its five most popular overseas destinations — China, India, New Zealand, the US and the UK. The …

Senator Scott Ludlam has questioned the Government on the effectiveness of data retention. Image by CeBIT Australia, CC BY 2.0 Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has grilled the Government on its proposed Data Retention Bill, exposing the vast number of services that Australians would be able to use to prevent their online metadata from being stored. While questioning the Attorney-General’s Department …