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			<title>iPhone virus writer "could be charged" under hacking laws</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/iphone-virus-writer-could-be-charged-under-hacking-laws.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It may have just been a bit of fun, but Aussie iPhone virus developer Ashley Towns has opened himself up to criminal penalties under laws banning malicious damage to computers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:47:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>IN PICTURES: Inside Melbourne Digital Entertainment Festival</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/in-pictures-inside-melbourne-international-gaming-expo.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yes, these people are real visitors to the Melbourne International Digital Entertainment Festival (iDEF2009) -- they are "costume gamers". ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:58:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>POLL: Kevin's 50% computer discount</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/poll-are-you-using-the-50-computer-tax-rebate.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The government is offering a 50% tax rebate on new computers -- are you going to do it?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>China delays Net filtering; Australia sticks to its guns</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/china-delays-net-filtering-australia-sticks-to-its-guns.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As China backs off from controversial PC filtering plans, Australia is looking to expand its censorship net, with plans to ban computer games too.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:58:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Australia racist, backward: Sol Trujillo</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/australia-racist-backward-sol-trujillo.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Trujillo says "good riddance" to a country that he characterises as racist -- Kevin Rudd was even racist to him, he claims.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 13:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BUDGET 2009: Rudd splashes tech cash</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/budget-2009-good-for-tech.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government budget 2009 cuts in some areas that hurt, but tech has won out for once. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 21:06:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hackers break into stealth fighter jet project</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/hackers-break-into-pentagons-fighter-jet-project-.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon computer hack which gave access to the Joint Strike Fighter Project, could have been prevented. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:35:34 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>NBN rollout getting started: Conroy</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/nbn-rollout-get-started-conroy.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When the going gets politically tough, the NBN gets going, apparently. Senator Conroy says the government is moving quickly to get started on the fibre network in regional areas.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Aussie research leads to better Google search results</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/google-changes-search-results.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Research by a University of NSW student has been incorporated into the search giant's main search algorithms.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:59:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Internode "gobsmacked", iiNet welcomes FTTH network</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/internode-gobsmacked-iinet-welcomes-ftth-network.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two high profile ISPs have welcomed the government's decision to scrap its fibre-to-the-node plans and build a fibre-to-the-home network instead.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:20:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BREAKING NEWS: govt to build $43bn fibre-to-the-home network</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/breaking-news-govt-to-build-43bn-fibre-to-the-home-network.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Government has scrapped the fraught NBN process and will instead build its own 100Mbit/s fibre to the home network to 90% of Australians, within 5-8 years. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:02:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Conroy up for sale on eBay</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/senator-conroy-put-up-for-sale.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It may be a bit late for April Fools, but Ebay member "Krudd53" has put the beleaguered Minister for Internet Censorship, Senator Stephen Conroy, up for auction.  ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:46:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>LINUX MASCOT: Tux to make way for Tasmanian Devil</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/australian-marsupials-get-stellar-billing-in-the-linux-community.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Tasmanian Devil is in danger of extinction and the Linux community is doing its part to prevent that from happening.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:09:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Conroy orders surveillance on Whirlpool</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/conroy-to-keep-an-eye-on-whirlpool.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The besieged Minister for Censorship is organising surveillance for the popular Whirlpool website, along with others.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:28:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BLACKLIST: Government cracks down on Whirlpool.net.au</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/whirlpool-threatened-by-govt-over-blacklist.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Internet filtering is supposed to just be a trial in Australia, but the government has already clamped down on Whirlpool for posting a link to a banned website.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Telstra to upgrade cable to 100Mbit/s</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/telstra-to-upgrade-cable-to-100mbits.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Melbourne, you lucky bastards. You'll be surfing at 100Mbit/s by Christmas, according to Telstra.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:50:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Internode launches 100Mbit fibre to the home</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/internode-launches-100mbit-broadband-for-49.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Internode has unexpectedly announced a fibre-to-the-home broadband service for $49 a month. But there is a catch...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:14:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Internet filters for idiots</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/bluescreen-internet-filters-for-idiots.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Late last night, APC was approached by the Rudd Government's department-of-leaking-stuff-to-the-opposition with secret details of the net filtering plan.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:41:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BREAKING: Internet filter to go live… without iiNet or Optus</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/internet-filter-goes-live-without-iinet-or-optus.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Australia's second and third largest ISPs, Optus and iiNet, won't be included in the government's internet filter test upon its launch.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Underbelly 2 episodes hit the net</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/underbelly-2-episodes-hit-the-net.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Channel 9 is making Underbelly 2 available for download on the web straight after each episode airs.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:04:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>"Scrap the internet filter, give the cash to bushfire survivors"</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/calls-to-scrap-internet-filter-give-money-to-bushfire-survivors.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Members of the online community are calling for the government to scrap the unpopular government internet filter and give the $44 million to bushfire survivors.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:19:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Optus: free mobiles for bushfire survivors</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/optus-free-mobiles-1000-credits-to-bushfire-survivors.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Optus says it is giving out free prepaid mobile handsets loaded with $1,000 in calling credits to stranded bushfire survivors who were Optus customers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:19:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>MELTED: Telstra network damaged in bushfires</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/telstra-network-damaged-in-bushfires.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Telstra has seen extensive damage to its network from the wildfires that swept Victoria, and is still unable to reach many areas classified as "hotzones". ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>LIVE BUSHFIRE MAPS: follow the fires online</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/live-bushfire-maps-google-staff-follow-the-fires.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you or your friends/family are in Victoria, you can now check an up-to-the-minute live map of the bushfires created by Google employees.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:08:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Melbourne blackout cripples internet nationally</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/Blackout_cripples_iiNet_Internode_Netspace_TPG.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of people have been without internet and phone calls due to a power outage in a major Melbourne data centre.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:16:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>IN PICS: Linus Torvalds shaves open source legend down to size</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/in_pics_linus_torvalds_shaves_open_source_legend_down_to_size.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When the IBM PC was first released, open source legend Bdale Garbee started growing his beard. Today, Linus Torvalds proved open source is "free, as in beard" and cut it off.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:00:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Linus Torvalds on regression, laziness and having his code rejected</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/linus_torvalds_on_regression_laziness_and_having_his_code_rejected.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Want to know what happens if you suggest a way to fix Linux that might solve a major difficulty, but also introduce new problems? To quote Linus Torvalds: " I laugh in your face!"]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Google sacks staff as reality kicks in</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/google_halts_sackings_at_australian_staff.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Google is sacking engineers and other staff across the globe, but that rationalisation is not set to impact its Sydney engineering and development centre.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:17:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Telstra fully computerises directory assistance</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/telstra_fully_computerises_directory_assistance.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Did you say "pink squid"? Telstra has introduced a new voice recognition system for directory assistance, which will force callers to do 20 questions with a computer.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:59:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>US dumps unpopular internet filter plan</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/us_dumps_unpopular_internet_filter_plan.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Even before a change of president, US government officials have realised that trying to block porn online is a bad way of trying to enhance the Internet. Anyone wanna tell Conroy?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:33:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>CHRISTMAS SHOCK: Australian government to trial P2P filters</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/christmas_surprise_australian_government_to_trial_p2p_filters.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Rudd government didn't tell voters before the election, but now it has revealed it will filter illegal P2P transfers at a government level as part of its ISP filtering plan.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:01:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>eBay Oz chief quits after failed PayPal plan</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/ebay_oz_chief_quits_after_failed_paypal_plan.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[eBay has capped off a troublesome year with Australian chief Simon Smith qutting. Yep, he's the one who made <em>that</em> remark likening eBay users to heroin junkies.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:24:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>iiNet piracy case starts in Federal Court</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/iinet_piracy_case_starts_in_federal_court.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[iiNet says it will vigorously defend itself against AFACT's claims that it authorised piracy among its users, but the case looks set to be a long battle.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:16:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>AUDIO: Sol Trujillo announcing Telstra NBN failure</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/audio_sol_trujillo_announcing_telstra_nbn_failure.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Listen to Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo lambast the government for rejecting Telstra's bid to build the national broadband network.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:21:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Telstra knocked itself out of the bidding: Conroy</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/telstra_knocked_itself_out_of_the_bidding_conroy.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government says Telstra excluded itself from the bidding to build the national broadband network.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:58:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BREAKING: Telstra dumped from government NBN process</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/breaking_telstra_dumped_from_government_nbn_process.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Telstra is out of the running to build the national broadband network, after the Government's expert panel rejected the company's non-compliant bid.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:23:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>IN PICTURES: hundreds protest govt net censorship</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/in_pictures_hundreds_protest_govt_net_censorship.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Protest marches were held around Australia today against the Australian government's internet censorship plans. APC was at the Sydney march, armed with a camera.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:22:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>The 10 sins of Senator Conroy, the blogger</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/the_10_sins_of_senator_conroy.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our beloved communication minister has launched a blog. The only problem? He appears to completely misunderstand how blogs work.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:46:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Telstra rejects govt internet filtering trials</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/telstra_rejects_govt_internet_filtering_trials.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If the nation's biggest ISP doesn't have anything to do with them, how much reliance can be placed on tests of the controversial "clean feed" proposal?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:11:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>ISP filter tests: ideally, someone will get a clue</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/isp_filter_tests_ideally_someone_will_get_a_clue.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The government has released the spec documents for its proposed compulsory internet filtering system. The problem? They're a confusing mess of vague waffle.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:04:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>How Obama wants tech to save the world</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/how_obama_wants_tech_to_save_the_world.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tech helped to get him elected; now Obama has plans to use it to save America and the world.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:57:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Say G'day to Fake Steve Conroy</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/say_gday_to_fake_steve_conroy.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Whether you think Senator "clean feed" Conroy is a twit or a visionary, you can now follow his every move on Twitter.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:17:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Top 5 reasons to fight government ISP filtering</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/top_5_reasons_to_fight_government_isp_filtering.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey, Senator "cleanfeed" Conroy, listen up!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:49:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BigPond: talk to a computer, then the Philippines</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/bigpond_talk_to_a_computer_then_the_philippines.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Telstra BigPond customers with technical problems can look forward to talking to a computer for 10 minutes before speaking to someone in the Philippines. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:09:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Soon, computers will read handwriting</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/cant_read_your_own_handwriting.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Would you trust this man with your credit card signature?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:50:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Aussie photonics breakthrough promises massive jump in internet speed</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/aussie_photonics_breakthrough_promises_massive_jump_in_internet_speed.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A team of Australian research scientists has made a radical breakthrough that could radically increase the speed of the backbone optical networks at the core of the internet.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:06:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>NSW Government chooses Gmail over MS Exchange</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/nsw_government_chooses_gmail_over_ms_exchange.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The NSW Department of Education makes a bold move and chooses Gmail over Exchange for 1.5 million students.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:02:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Time for Conroy to pull the finger out over digital TV</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/time_for_conroy_to_pull_the_finger_out_over_digital_tv.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Why is the government waiting five years and spending millions encouraging the takeup of digital TV? Why not just buy every household in Australia a $50 digital set top box?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:58:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Australian government funding porn</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/bluescreen_budget_boredom.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<b>Bluescreen |</b> We have uncovered the secret Rudd Labor Government budget agenda: a flourishing Australian porn industry. It's all there in the budget.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:29:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Telstra CEO cool on iPhone</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/telstra_ceo_cool_in_iphone.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Answering a question at a conference this morning, Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo was cool about whether Australia would get the iPhone through Telstra.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:24:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Apple Store for Melbourne (and Sydney too)!</title>
			<link>http://apcmag.com/apple_store_for_melbourne_and_sydney_too.htm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Melbourne's famous Fun Factory will be demolished to make way for an Apple Store, according to an exclusive reporton AppleInsider. Sydney will also get an Apple Store, as we tipped four months ago.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:15:01 GMT</pubDate>
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