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Chasing your passion from Iran to Newcastle

With its beaches, lively suburbs and diverse hinterland, NSW's Hunter region starkly contrasts the arid, dusty environment of Iran. For over a year, Mojtaba Bayest has mulled-over these differences while studying at the University of Newcastle. He is ... >> view original

State of Origin: Newcastle Knights' Sione Mata'utia set to join up with NSW Blues

Knights centre Sione Mata'utia will join the NSW squad in the build-up to next week's State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium. Mata'utia, who turned 19 last Thursday, is apparently not being considered to play in the sold-out third game of the ... >> view original

Newcastle natural history illustrators bring exploratory voyage to life

A collection of works by a group of local natural history illustrators is on show in a unique way at the Newcastle Museum. The exhibition showcases the group's work after they sailed to Port Stephens' Broughton Island in early 2013 to observe and ... >> view original

Stinker's Tales from Port Stephens

Stinker's Tales from Port Stephens is a ten-part series exploring the most popular fishing spots in the NSW Hunter region. The series takes us from Stockton Beach right around to Fingal Bay, stopping in at Boat Harbour, Rocky Point, Soldiers Point, the ... >> view original

A psychologist's perspective on post-traumatic stress disorder

Newcastle-based clinical psychologist, Matthew Stanton says emergency workers are particularly susceptible to PTSD because of the nature of their work. He says personnel tend to switch their emotions off in order to cope. "[For example], if a person is ... >> view original

Google apologises after Photos app tags African people as 'gorillas'

Google has apologised after its photos app automatically tagged African people as 'gorillas.' The issue was first highlighted by Twitter user @jackyalcine who posted a picture of her friends that had been tagged as Gorillas. Google Photos ,which was ... >> view original

Microsoft delivers an inflationary blow to Australian cloud aspirations

Just as Oracle have slashed pricing for some cloud solutions to 10% of previous prices in a surprise announcement last week, Microsoft has announced that it needs to put Australian Azure prices up. Technology · THE NEWS WRAP: Intuit sacks 399 ... >> view original

Leap Second Causes Sporadic Outages Across the Internet

Yesterday's leap second caused “sporadic outages” in more than 2,000 networks that link machines across the Internet, according to a company that tracks the performance of online services. Doug Madory, the director of internet analysis at the New ... >> view original

NEW MODELS: Luxury comes in a lighter package

The frameless rear-view mirror is unique and some controls can be operated through gestures. Picture: AUDI MEDIA SERVICES. The design team has been conservative when it comes to the exterior changes. Picture: AUDI MEDIA SERVICES. The rear now ... >> view original

EVGA Releases Dual BIOS GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified

EVGA today announced its new GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified graphics cards for "extreme overclockers." Part of the reason it's pitching its Classified part for the hardcore overclocking crowd is because it has two BIOSes, which allows you to experiment ... >> view original