Southern Downs players in Albury for the nationals in polocrosse and other top stories.

• Southern Downs players in Albury for the nationals in polocrosse

  

  POLOCROSSE: Most of the Queensland players heading to the nationals in polocrosse in Albury are already in the border town.Almost 20 players from the Southern Downs are in Queensland teams doing battle with the best in Australia for a week from Monday.Two years ago Queensland made the open men’s final at Darwin before going down to New South Wales.Warwick player Cameron Shepherd, who is state captain, and in top form after winning three player of the match awards in the Barastoc Interstate Ser..

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• Bruce Harpley thinks it's Sokys Bigbullet's turn to win a cup

  

  Hopeful: trainer Bruce Harpley with Sokys Bigbullet, right. Photo: Kieren L. Tilly Junee trainer Bruce Harpley thinks it should just about be Sokys Bigbullet's turn to win a cup.Too often he has had to watch on from the second-placed stall as someone else lifts the spoils, including in the Wattle Time Cup last year.He heads back to Cootamundra on Sunday with Sokys Bigbullet's form reading second in the Albury Cup, second in the Leeton Cup and second in the We..

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• A tablet any patient would be happy to take: Kids Cancer Relief ...

  

  A YOUNG cancer patient or a child receiving long-term care at Orange hospital will be able to continue their school work with a tablet device following a recent donation. TABLET DONATION: Orange hospital’s Dr Alex Hawkes, Dr Zoe Stephenson, Kids Cancer Relief president Phil McKenzie and Medical Services direct Dr Peter Thomas. Photo: CLARE LEWIS 041316base A YOUNG cancer patient or a c..

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• Japan's love of robots saves Sharp's $2330 dancing smartphone

  

  by Takashi Amano and Pavel Alpeyev If there's one thing you can count on in Japan, it's the country's persistent fascination with robots.That's probably why Sharp Corp decided to stick with plans to introduce a 19cm tall walking, talking smartphone called RoBoHoN, even as it's being rescued by Taiwan's Foxconn after racking up losses and cutting staff. The Osaka-based company is betting there's enough interest to sell 5,000 units each month, even with a price tag of..

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• Virgin Mobile Allows Customers to Redeem Unused Data

  

  Data subscription plans for mobile devices are still quite expensive in every part of the world where it is offered. What's more, if you're planning on saving it for emergency reasons and it turns out such events never really comes, the data allowance ...

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• New Volkswagen Tiguan review: It's Tig-top quality

  

  THE Volkswagen Tiguan is already the German car makers’ third best-selling model in the UK, only being beaten by the Golf and Polo, but its popularity is surely set to continue with the latest model. It’s all-new and sits on the VW Group’s flexible MQB platform, which also underpins the Golf, and it is the first medium SUV to use the new set-up. First introduced in 2007 – and rivalling the likes of the Ford Kuga, Land Rover Discovery Sport and Honda CR-V – the Tiguan has been a real success, wi..

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• Your Apple Watch Has a Life Span: Its Maker Says Three Years

  

  Announcement Comes Nine Days Before The Device’s First Birthday April 24,2015 was a big day for Apple and its fans. It was the launch of the Apple Watch. If you read the company’s environment page on Thursday, however, you might be a bit surprised to learn that Apple thinks you will only keep that watch for three years. In fact, if you happen to be one of the customers who spent thousands on the most expensive version, you might be downright upset. Where Apple Gets Its Data Apple’s environment ..

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• Oracle, Google fail to settle Android lawsuit before retrial

  

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• Guy accidentally deletes his entire company with just one line of bad code

  

  If you're feeling a little down today, spare a thought for poor Marco Marsala, a web hosting provider who accidentally deleted his entire company with a single line of bad code this week.  By entering code telling his computer to delete everything, Marsala also inadvertently wiped everything on his servers - including all the offsite backups. He posted the dilemma on tech forum ServerFault where it quickly became apparent that there was no way to reverse what he'd done. In other words... damn. ..

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• Protecting nature: there are apps for that

  

  San Francisco (AFP) -- Apple on Thursday set out to inspire people to protect nature with a special collection of apps whose proceeds will go toward doing just that. The technology powerhouse behind the iPhone and the iPad worked with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and developers from around the globe to launch Apps for Earth at its online App Store. Through April 24, all proceeds from the participating apps will go to WWF, the conservation group said. "With Apps for Earth, we're helping to infor..

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