"The Federal Government has deferred the introduction of its mandatory internet filtering program. Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy says the filter will not be put in place until an independent review can be carried out into what content would be banned. He says the review is likely to take about a year, but leading internet service providers have agreed to block websites known to contain child pornography in the meantime. Senator Conroy says Telstra, Optus and Primus have all agreed to the move. "I applaud these industry members for taking this stance, for stepping up to the plate, in recognition that there is some content that is not acceptable in a civil society," he said. "

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"A relatively small black hole has been spotted blowing bubbles with diameters of more than 300-1500 light years. Robert Soria of the University College London and colleagues pored over images and data from the European Southern Observatory and Chandra X-ray Observatory, zeroing in on an unusually large remnant from a supernova explosion. Its host galaxy appears in the Sculptor constellation of Earth's southern sky, around 12.7 million light years away."

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Regularly updated site which collects awesome maps posted around the internet.

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This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities, a new book released this week, is writer Jim Rossignol?s contribution to the timeless debate about the role videogames play in society at large. Equal parts primer for the uninitiated and call to arms for fans of our beleaguered hobby, the book moves beyond the well-worn tropes of corrupted youth and escapism to tackle larger issues concerning the form and function of videogames.

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