feeds.mashable.com/Mashable - really good IT news blog...

feeds.feedburner.com/labnol - indian guy with a few posts a day, but excellent reading and brilliant tips and tricks using modern tech

feeds.feedburner.com/GoogleOnlineSecurityBlog - The Google Security Blog

lifehacker.com/tag/top/index.xml - LifeHacker - just interesting tips and tricks :)

www.readwriteweb.com/rss.xml - Interesting IT News

scobleizer.com/feed/rss/ - Popular independant IT Blogger (although he's moved onto Google+, but still blogs sometimes... does a lot of video logs with IT people)

feeds.feedburner.com/Techcrunch - TechCrunch - now owned by AOL and degrading in quality fast... but still ok...

feeds.feedburner.com/tedblog - TED - need more be said :) and here's a few mailing and sites lists to get onto:

siliconbeachaustralia.org - really good startup list in sydney, highly highly recommended (join the mailing list)

pushstart.com.au and here's a few meetups to keep an eye on (i have not been to most of these, but it's might be worth getting to a few of them as chance permits :)

http://www.meetup.com/Think-Act-Change/

http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Creatives/

http://www.meetup.com/digitalcollective/

http://www.meetup.com/ixda-sydney/

http://www.meetup.com/iPhone-App-Development-Workshops-Sydney/

http://www.meetup.com/nosqlsydney/

http://www.meetup.com/SocialMediaSydney/

http://www.meetup.com/datarati/

http://www.meetup.com/sydgtug/

http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Innovators-Network/

http://www.meetup.com/Internet-Ecommerce-Meetup-Groups/

http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Mobile-Development-Meetup-Group/

http://www.meetup.com/sydney-investor/

http://www.meetup.com/SydneyOnlineBusinessOwners/ http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Social-Media-Innovators/ http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-SEO/ http://www.meetup.com/open-coffee-sydney/ http://www.meetup.com/SydneyWebAppNinjas/ http://www.meetup.com/TiE-Sydney/