Thursday, February 18, 2016

Previews: Quirindi and Albury and other top stories.

  • Previews: Quirindi and Albury

    Previews: Quirindi and Albury
    TRAINER Paul Perry was typically forthright when nominating The Equalizer as his stable’s best winning chance at the feature Quirindi meeting on Friday. Perry is sending a powerful team of 11 runners to the eight-race meeting, including topweight Ghost Protocol in the $35,000 Quirindi Cup (1600m) and short-course specialists Quell and Royal Flush in the $25,000 Lightning Handicap (1100m).LISTEN TO THE SUPERRACING PODCAST PREVIEW FOR ROSEHILLBut it is The Equalizer, a three-year-old son of Perry’..
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  • Previews: Quirindi and Albury

    Previews: Quirindi and Albury
    TRAINER Paul Perry was typically forthright when nominating The Equalizer as his stable’s best winning chance at the feature Quirindi meeting on Friday. Perry is sending a powerful team of 11 runners to the eight-race meeting, including topweight Ghost Protocol in the $35,000 Quirindi Cup (1600m) and short-course specialists Quell and Royal Flush in the $25,000 Lightning Handicap (1100m).LISTEN TO THE SUPERRACING PODCAST PREVIEW FOR ROSEHILLBut it is The Equalizer, a three-year-old son of Perry’..
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  • Family bash ends with drink-drive arrest

    Family bash ends with drink-drive arrest
    An Albury man will be off the road for seven months for drink-driving IT is doubtful there could have been any other result from drinking all evening before getting behind the wheel.Albury man Jason Peter Stephenson downed an estimated eight 375ml cans of bourbon and cola.His six-hour session on January 15 began at 4pm and by 10.50pm his car was being pulled over by police in Wodonga Place.The preliminary breath test was positive and he later gave a reading at Albury police statio..
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  • Apple just apologised for the bizarre 'Error 53' bug that bricks iPhones

    Apple just apologised for the bizarre 'Error 53' bug that bricks iPhones
    Apple has apologised and issued an iOS update to fix the mysterious bug that renders iPhones useless after an unauthorised repair person tries to fix a broken fingerprint sensor. Known as Error 53, the bug was first publicized by The Guardian earlier this month. Apple initially called Error 53 “the result of security checks designed to protect our customers.” But on Thursday, Apple apologised in a statement to Tech Insider, adding that the bug “was designed to be a factory test and was not inte..
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  • Google gets patents for advanced Glass and a driverless delivery truck

    Google gets patents for advanced Glass and a driverless delivery truck
    Google is working on advancing its Google Glass technology, while also working on the concept of a driverless delivery truck. Google, which holds a myriad of patents, was recently granted two U.S. patents, one for a more rugged and flexible version of its computerized eyewear, and another for an autonomous delivery truck. The company received a patent for a hinged display device for its Google Glass smart eyeglasses on Feb. 9. The hinged device would enable the display screen, which sit..
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  • Samsung Gear S2 boasts world's first programable eSIM

    Samsung Gear S2 boasts world's first programable eSIM
    The Samsung Gear S2 has become the first device to be equipped with a pretty major industry standard: GSMA's remote SIM provisioning (RSP) allows eSIMs to be programmed to whatever network the user wants to use.It's the result of a pretty major collaboration between tech's biggest names including Samsung, Apple, Qualcomm and Microsoft. Essential reading: The best smartwatches on sale nowFor now, the programmable eSIMs (users simply download the profile they want) are just for smartwatches, fitne..
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  • James Bond's Aston Martin just sold for $4.8 million

    James Bond's Aston Martin just sold for $4.8 million
    The one and only Aston Martin DB10 up for sale, was auctioned for charity by Christie’s in London last night, fetching a staggering £2,434,500 ($AU4.81 million). The money will go to Médecins Sans Frontières – ‘Doctors without Borders’ – a global humanitarian aid supporting victims of disasters such as war and epidemics. Aston Martin produced just 10 bespoke DB10s, especially for the latest James Bond film, Spectre. Eight were modified for filming and two, with a 4.7-litre V8 petrol engine, six..
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  • Newer phones aren't easy to crack

    Newer phones aren't easy to crack
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  • Toyota Australia recalls 98000 RAV4s

    Toyota Australia recalls 98000 RAV4s
    Toyota Australia says an issue with the seatbelts in about 98,000 RAV4 vehicles has prompted the company to issue a recall. Vehicles built between August 2005 and November 2012 could have an issue with both outboard seat belts of the second row seats, Toyota Australia says in a statement on Thursday. Part of the seat belt could possibly be damaged in a high-speed frontal collision and may not restrain the occupant "which could increase the risk of injury", the company said. There have been no a..
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  • Optus and Huawei are trialling 4.5G technology at their Gigasite

    Optus and Huawei are trialling 4.5G technology at their Gigasite
    Optus has today announced that they’ve begun trialling 4.5G technology – also known as LTE-Advanced Pro – at their Gigasite in Newcastle, testing technology provided by partner Huawei and they’ve achieved some impressive results. The trials achieved download speeds of 1.41Gbps with Optus saying they could acheieve theoretical maximum speeds of up to 1.43Gbps. The trial saw a peak download speed of 1.23Gbps over the air in live network conditions using a combination of Carrier Aggregation, Hig..
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