items tagged with Home computers
Some older Australians missing out on the Internet
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-05-08 02:59:04
While 87 percent of Australians teens and adults have used the Internet, almost half of the remainder are over 50.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-05-08 02:59:04
While 87 percent of Australians teens and adults have used the Internet, almost half of the remainder are over 50.
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WD aims revamped My Book storage at home backup market
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-03-10 23:05:25
Networked storage at home is quickly moving from the realms of geekdom into the mainstream. Western Digital's on the bandwagon with a redesigned version of its My Book World Edition NAS unit.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-03-10 23:05:25
Networked storage at home is quickly moving from the realms of geekdom into the mainstream. Western Digital's on the bandwagon with a redesigned version of its My Book World Edition NAS unit.
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Does crime pay? Online crims enjoy massive boom
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 21:08:24
Symantec’s latest report on the “underground economy” shows that online criminals are enjoying their biggest ever boom, just as the world is experiencing economic turmoil. Never before has online crime been so big or so bad – but there definitely are things you can do to protect yourself!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 21:08:24
Symantec’s latest report on the “underground economy” shows that online criminals are enjoying their biggest ever boom, just as the world is experiencing economic turmoil. Never before has online crime been so big or so bad – but there definitely are things you can do to protect yourself!
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Toshiba's NB100 Netbook - yet another brandname cheapie!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-20 07:44:41
Toshiba has announced that it too is joining the “Netbook” race, but given that the Intel Atom is a chip designed for exactly this type of low-spec computer, what’s more of a surprise is that it has taken Toshiba this long to join in the fun!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-20 07:44:41
Toshiba has announced that it too is joining the “Netbook” race, but given that the Intel Atom is a chip designed for exactly this type of low-spec computer, what’s more of a surprise is that it has taken Toshiba this long to join in the fun!
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Virtualisation for the home is a missed opportunity
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2008-07-26 21:57:26
While enterprises focus on using virtualisation to cut costs through consolidating servers in the data centres, the home and consumer desktop space has been largely ignored. But is it important for home users to have virtualisation on the desktop?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2008-07-26 21:57:26
While enterprises focus on using virtualisation to cut costs through consolidating servers in the data centres, the home and consumer desktop space has been largely ignored. But is it important for home users to have virtualisation on the desktop?
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Aspire One: the netbook Eee PC killer from Acer?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-04 00:56:42
Hot on the heels of the Asus Eee PC comes more small subnotebooks, with Acer giving them the Intel inspired name of the netbook. Does the Intel Atom-powered Aspire One ‘netbook’ fill you with desire to acquire one?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-04 00:56:42
Hot on the heels of the Asus Eee PC comes more small subnotebooks, with Acer giving them the Intel inspired name of the netbook. Does the Intel Atom-powered Aspire One ‘netbook’ fill you with desire to acquire one?
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Should you buy an Asus Eee 901 PC?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-22 23:41:39
Due any day now is the Asus Eee 901, the successor to the subnotebook that did the most to kick off the cheap, yet fully useable, portable computing revolution. With so many cheap subnotebooks now on the way to Australia, is it worth taking the Eee plunge, or waiting a bit longer for more choice?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-22 23:41:39
Due any day now is the Asus Eee 901, the successor to the subnotebook that did the most to kick off the cheap, yet fully useable, portable computing revolution. With so many cheap subnotebooks now on the way to Australia, is it worth taking the Eee plunge, or waiting a bit longer for more choice?
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Eee PC: The desktop version arrives August in the UK
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-20 07:02:30
While there’s no local launch date for the Eee PC desktop edition as yet, those lucky blighters in the UK are getting the first non-notebook Eee PC in less than two months. It bodes well for a rest-of-the-world launch long before the end of the year!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-20 07:02:30
While there’s no local launch date for the Eee PC desktop edition as yet, those lucky blighters in the UK are getting the first non-notebook Eee PC in less than two months. It bodes well for a rest-of-the-world launch long before the end of the year!
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New Asus Eee PC 901 with Atom due late June, but where is the Eee 1000H?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-19 09:04:26
The Intel Atom powered Asus Eee PC 901 arrives before the month is out, with price drops for the existing 900 and 701 models. But when will Australia see the Eee 1000H model with real hard disk and larger keyboard?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-19 09:04:26
The Intel Atom powered Asus Eee PC 901 arrives before the month is out, with price drops for the existing 900 and 701 models. But when will Australia see the Eee 1000H model with real hard disk and larger keyboard?
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Sydney Apple store opens Thursday June 19, 5pm – iPhone sales date, too?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-08 22:02:53
A news report confirms that June 19, 5pm is the day Apple’s first store in the Southern Hemisphere will open – but is it also the day that Apple’s Australian resellers start going out of business?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-06-08 22:02:53
A news report confirms that June 19, 5pm is the day Apple’s first store in the Southern Hemisphere will open – but is it also the day that Apple’s Australian resellers start going out of business?
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Gadget electricity costs: a high or low bill is your “CHOICE”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-04 01:20:24
Wow, leaving your Playstation 3 on 24x7 for a year and not even using it could cost AUD $250 in electricity alone – was your mother right when she said to turn things off at the wall?!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-04 01:20:24
Wow, leaving your Playstation 3 on 24x7 for a year and not even using it could cost AUD $250 in electricity alone – was your mother right when she said to turn things off at the wall?!
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Asus Eee PC desktop coming at Computex Taiwan?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-25 08:04:48
The Asus Eee PC in subnotebook format has been the hit portable computer of the year, with the recent 900 series upgrade only brightening the Asus star. Now word comes that an Eee desktop – with the same Linux OS – will be launched at Computex and on sale later this year.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-25 08:04:48
The Asus Eee PC in subnotebook format has been the hit portable computer of the year, with the recent 900 series upgrade only brightening the Asus star. Now word comes that an Eee desktop – with the same Linux OS – will be launched at Computex and on sale later this year.
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The Forrester Research Apple report few will buy
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-24 06:38:59
Forrester Research has put out a US $279 report that few will buy, as it has been dissected across the web and its “important” predictions are now well known. Will Apple actually do any of the things Forrester has specula- er, predicted?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-24 06:38:59
Forrester Research has put out a US $279 report that few will buy, as it has been dissected across the web and its “important” predictions are now well known. Will Apple actually do any of the things Forrester has specula- er, predicted?
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Internet TV – the (legal?) show everyone’s watching
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-22 06:50:44
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-22 06:50:44
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?
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Has AMD got “GAME!”? Or just a new sticker/badge?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-19 04:55:18
AMD’s new “GAME!” badge is an attempt to outdo Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” sticker of the 90s, but this time appealing directly to gamers who want a top-notch system without needing to know how to build one themselves. Will consumers follow AMD’s GAME!plan?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-19 04:55:18
AMD’s new “GAME!” badge is an attempt to outdo Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” sticker of the 90s, but this time appealing directly to gamers who want a top-notch system without needing to know how to build one themselves. Will consumers follow AMD’s GAME!plan?
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Asus multi-touch mouse gives you room to zoom
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-14 22:09:51
I’ve just been having a play with the new Asus Eee PC 900 series, loaded up with Linux and 20 glorious gigabytes of space, that much nicer screen, a rather nifty multi-touch trackpad and that same ol’ keyboard. But this time, I liked it much more!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-14 22:09:51
I’ve just been having a play with the new Asus Eee PC 900 series, loaded up with Linux and 20 glorious gigabytes of space, that much nicer screen, a rather nifty multi-touch trackpad and that same ol’ keyboard. But this time, I liked it much more!
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Asus Eee PC 900 set to square off against HP Mini-Note PC
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-12 20:44:37
Not yet available but due in stores by the end of May, the new Asus Eee PC 900 series is the most anticipated computer of the year, with more storage, more memory and a bigger screen in both Windows XP and Linux models. Clearly destined to be another major hit for Asus, the Eee PC 900 faces real competition this time in the new HP Mini-Note – will both be winners?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-12 20:44:37
Not yet available but due in stores by the end of May, the new Asus Eee PC 900 series is the most anticipated computer of the year, with more storage, more memory and a bigger screen in both Windows XP and Linux models. Clearly destined to be another major hit for Asus, the Eee PC 900 faces real competition this time in the new HP Mini-Note – will both be winners?
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5th of May is D-Day for Officeworks and Dell
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 23:53:24
The day Dell really goes retail down under is the 5th of May, in partnership with Officeworks, and while they’ll be the only partner for now, the deal is not exclusive. It also follows similar moves in the US, Europe and China, seeing Dell go direct to retail, while still selling directly online. Will retail sit well with Dell?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 23:53:24
The day Dell really goes retail down under is the 5th of May, in partnership with Officeworks, and while they’ll be the only partner for now, the deal is not exclusive. It also follows similar moves in the US, Europe and China, seeing Dell go direct to retail, while still selling directly online. Will retail sit well with Dell?
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1 Billion Seagate hard drives, the next will take 5 years
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 07:01:49
Since 1979, when Seagate was called Shugart and the first hard drive stored a mere 5 megabytes, Seagate has shipped 1 billion hard drives and says it’s the first company to do so. 116,000 Terabytes are shipped each day – more than 1TB per second!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 07:01:49
Since 1979, when Seagate was called Shugart and the first hard drive stored a mere 5 megabytes, Seagate has shipped 1 billion hard drives and says it’s the first company to do so. 116,000 Terabytes are shipped each day – more than 1TB per second!
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4 days until Ubuntu’s Hardy Heron takes off
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-19 22:31:48
Hardy Heron, the latest version of Ubuntu, arguably the world’s most well known version of Linux, is set to be released in a mere four days. Keen as I am on – shock horror – Windows Vista, and less of a shock, Mac OS X, I await the release of Ubuntu’s newest bird with great anticipation.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-19 22:31:48
Hardy Heron, the latest version of Ubuntu, arguably the world’s most well known version of Linux, is set to be released in a mere four days. Keen as I am on – shock horror – Windows Vista, and less of a shock, Mac OS X, I await the release of Ubuntu’s newest bird with great anticipation.
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