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With the 2011 Australian Census just around the corner, the organisation responsible for running the event has revealed that its online efforts to interact with Australians are proving highly successful, providing them with a new platform to engage with members of society.

Apple has today extended the time of music previews in its iTunes Store to 90 seconds, allowing Australian listeners to hear more of the song than before.

Aldi has revealed its 4-in-1 Hard Drive product that has been on sale in its stores across Australia may contain an unwanted addition: a pre-installed virus.

Telstra has opened its new multi-million dollar Melbourne Experience Centre, offering locals the opportunity to see the latest innovations in the telco industry.

Australia’s second mainland National Broadband Network (NBN) site has been turned on this morning, with residents in the Kiama Downs and Minnamurra area set to gain access to the high-speed network.

Samsung have this afternoon confirmed that its Smart TV and Blu-ray player range now have access to three new apps, including one for the ABC’s catch-up television service iView.

TiVo’s Australian users will face a number of outages over the coming week as the Australian licensees perform a number of major maintenance works.

Internode have this afternoon confirmed a number of existing out-of-contract customers will have to be moved onto the company’s newer plans because of a wholesaler “price squeeze”.

American-based firm Cloud Sherpas have confirmed they’ve opened a Sydney office to help Australian businesses “go Google”.