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Cairns, Townsville on fire alert as dangerous conditions forecast

The Rural Fire Service says strong winds coupled with low humidity will cause dangerous fire conditions in Townsville and Cairns over the next few days. Firefighters are expecting the worst conditions so far this season tomorrow and on Friday ... >> view original

Emergency crews battle bushfire near Townsville

A fast-moving bushfire has residents near Townsville on alert, after reports of damaged property and two people with injuries. Residents in Bluewater, about 30 kilometres north-west of Townsville, were issued with a "Watch and Act" message on Friday ... >> view original

North Queensland Cowboys thump Gold Coast Titans 42-12 in Townsville ahead of ...

North Queensland will take plenty of momentum into the NRL finals after hammering Gold Coast 42-12 in Townsville. SCOREBOARD: NQL v GCT. 42-12. in Townsville, September 5 2015. 315, Tackles, 329. 7, Linebreaks, 3. 9, Errors, 6. 74%, Completion rate ... >> view original

Canon has a massive 250 megapixel sensor

Your phone may have an 8 or 13MP sensor while the fancier DSLRs might go up as far as 30MP. Or consider high definition content is 1920 x 1080 million pixels, this new piece of tech creates images at 19,580 x 12,600 million pixels! It's officially the ... >> view original

The College Student's Guide to Breathing New Life Into Your Old Smartphone

When you first get a smartphone, there's a short period where you can't stop grinning as you watch your pocket computer effortlessly whiz through tasks and games. While this feeling is exhilarating, it is usually short-lived, as phones tend to become ... >> view original

New iPhone and iPad? World awaits Apple event

Apple is only hours away from unveiling the next generation of the biggest-selling phone of the smartphone era. For this year's September launch, the company has hired an even bigger auditorium than before, suggesting CEO Tim Cook and his team have a ... >> view original

Raspberry Pi multitouch display now on sale at $60

It isn't difficult to connect a Raspberry Pi to a screen via the HDMI port, but the company now decided to make it even easier by launching an official RaspBerry Pi display. It's a 7-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display with 10-finger touch support and ... >> view original

Mac User Groups Fade in Number and Influence, but Devotees Press On

SAN FRANCISCO — When Timothy D. Cook, Apple's chief executive, presents an updated iPhone and other gadgets at an event on Wednesday, several hundred of the company's invited guests will be seated in a giant auditorium in San Francisco to watch. >> view original

Incredible moment gorilla is shown photos of other gorillas

AN incredible moment captured on camera shows a boy and a gorilla bonding over photos on an iPhone in a US zoo. The boy sits up against the glass at the zoo, and one by one he shows the gorilla photos of other gorillas in his phone. The interaction ... >> view original

Bentley's first SUV is a monument to opulence, capability and speed

06-2017-bentley-bentayga-small-optimized.jpg The Bentayga is expected to cost around $200,000. Bentley At the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Bentley chairman and CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer commented on the luxury SUV landscape, calling the ... >> view original