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Give us your best caption for this photo, and you just might win a 16GB USB backup drive.

December 17th, 2010 in Csiro by ZDNet Staff 27 Comments Vote

Vic govt offers cash for apps

On Friday, Victorian Premier John Brumby launched an application development competition with a prize pool of $100,000, with government data being opened up for use in the competition.

March 1st, 2010 in 2.0 by Colin Ho Comment Vote

Kim Carr's supercomputer: Contest winner

Expectations for comedy gold were high going into last week's caption contest, and we certainly were not let down, with high-grade champagne comedy flowing freely.

November 25th, 2009 in Anu by Renai LeMay, and Chris Duckett Comment Vote

Caption contest: Kim Carr's supercomputer

What exactly was going on here between Carr and ANU research professor Brian Schmidt at the launch of the ANU's new supercomputer yesterday? A new martial arts move? Explanation of a star going supernova?

November 17th, 2009 in Caption by Renai LeMay 2 Comments Vote

Netspace's green box: Contest winner

It's been a highly entertaining week for ZDNet.com.au and Builder AU staff as we sifted through quite a few hilarious reader captions.

July 30th, 2009 in Caption by Renai LeMay, and Chris Duckett Comment Vote

Netspace's green box: Caption contest

Netspace regulatory and carrier affairs manager Matthew Phillips has a lovely big green box. But what's inside? Tell us to win a double DVD box set of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films.

July 24th, 2009 in Caption by Renai LeMay Comment Vote

IE8 marketing: MS takes the low road

Microsoft's current Internet Explorer 8 marketing push continues to leave a bad lingering aftertaste.

June 19th, 2009 in Contest by Chris Duckett Comment Vote

Conroy's red button: Contest winner

It's been a highly entertaining week for ZDNet.com.au and Builder AU staff as we sifted through 90 talkbacks across both sites.

June 18th, 2009 in Caption by Chris Duckett Comment Vote

Conroy's big red button: Caption contest

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, a lab coat and a big red button. What could be going on here? Tell us and win a Plantronics microphone and headphone set.

June 11th, 2009 in Caption by Renai LeMay 12 Comments Vote

Windows XP-on-Mac contest declares winner

A Macintosh enthusiast has apparently managed to load Windows XP on an Intel Mac, nabbing a nearly US$14,000 prize.

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Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

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Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

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Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

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