items tagged with Consumers
Apple tops for tech support
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-05-06 00:08:45
Apple's "stellar" tech support topped the list in a recent survey conducted by a consumer group.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-05-06 00:08:45
Apple's "stellar" tech support topped the list in a recent survey conducted by a consumer group.
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GTA IV heading for the bargain bin?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2008-05-01 06:17:21
The life cycle of entertainment products seems to be getting shorter and shorter today. In the world of interactive entertainment in particular, a blockbuster title that took years of intense work and tens of millions of dollars to produce could only live for a short flurry of activity only to burn out sales wise, quickly becoming yesterdays news. How do Developers, and Publishers feel about this state of affairs? Radioactive IT asked them.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2008-05-01 06:17:21
The life cycle of entertainment products seems to be getting shorter and shorter today. In the world of interactive entertainment in particular, a blockbuster title that took years of intense work and tens of millions of dollars to produce could only live for a short flurry of activity only to burn out sales wise, quickly becoming yesterdays news. How do Developers, and Publishers feel about this state of affairs? Radioactive IT asked them.
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Consumers spurn company ‘churn and burn’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 05:46:35
Will companies ever learn that customers will turn elsewhere if subjected to the horrors of ‘churn and burn’?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 05:46:35
Will companies ever learn that customers will turn elsewhere if subjected to the horrors of ‘churn and burn’?
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Get recommendations on good TV with IceTV
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 01:30:57
IceTV, an electronic TV guide for Australians using Windows Media Center, EyeTV on the Mac and selected PVRs, launches Australia’s first TV show recommendation service for users.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 01:30:57
IceTV, an electronic TV guide for Australians using Windows Media Center, EyeTV on the Mac and selected PVRs, launches Australia’s first TV show recommendation service for users.
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Watch out for the “Free 101 Mini-Articles” email scam
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-29 03:13:18
Spammers sending messages laden with malware, be it spyware, viruses or programs to trap our computers in nefarious botnets are getting trickier and trickier in their attempts to get us to not only click on an email, but open the attachment. The latest one is as evil as ever, and could fool plenty of people into clicking.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-29 03:13:18
Spammers sending messages laden with malware, be it spyware, viruses or programs to trap our computers in nefarious botnets are getting trickier and trickier in their attempts to get us to not only click on an email, but open the attachment. The latest one is as evil as ever, and could fool plenty of people into clicking.
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Wow, more mobile phones in Australia than Aussies!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 10:34:34
There’s 21 million Australians – and 21.26 million phone services “in operation” as at 30 June 2007 – meaning more mobile phones than Australians. We aren’t just the lucky country, we’re the connected country, too!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 10:34:34
There’s 21 million Australians – and 21.26 million phone services “in operation” as at 30 June 2007 – meaning more mobile phones than Australians. We aren’t just the lucky country, we’re the connected country, too!
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Ballmer suggests XP might stay while PC makers flout Microsoft
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 07:32:44
The other Steve, Steve Ballmer, has suggested that Microsoft might keep on selling XP if it’s what customers want – but companies such as Dell, HP and Lenovo plan to keep on selling it anyway – thanks to an escape clause in Vista’s licensing.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 07:32:44
The other Steve, Steve Ballmer, has suggested that Microsoft might keep on selling XP if it’s what customers want – but companies such as Dell, HP and Lenovo plan to keep on selling it anyway – thanks to an escape clause in Vista’s licensing.
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CDMA network gets the chop – at midnight
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 17:47:11
Hear ye, hear ye: all those with a CDMA mobile still connected, make your last calls, your last calls. Today’s the day, tonight’s the night, the CDMA network will switch out its light.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 17:47:11
Hear ye, hear ye: all those with a CDMA mobile still connected, make your last calls, your last calls. Today’s the day, tonight’s the night, the CDMA network will switch out its light.
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Windows Vista SP1 automatic updates have started – if you’re lucky
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 08:38:08
The Windows Vista Team Blog has announced that automatic updates of Vista SP1 have started for qualifying Vista owners – but tough luck for you if you don’t qualify. You can just keep on waiting!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 08:38:08
The Windows Vista Team Blog has announced that automatic updates of Vista SP1 have started for qualifying Vista owners – but tough luck for you if you don’t qualify. You can just keep on waiting!
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Liberal Party Senator blames Labor Gov’t for losing Telstra CDMA leverage
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 07:27:50
How quickly will Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, act to fix remaining CDMA blackspots now that CDMA network has been given the green light to shut down on Monday April 28? A Liberal Party Senator says the Federal Labor Government has lost its powerful leverage – but is this true?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 07:27:50
How quickly will Australia’s dominant telco, Telstra, act to fix remaining CDMA blackspots now that CDMA network has been given the green light to shut down on Monday April 28? A Liberal Party Senator says the Federal Labor Government has lost its powerful leverage – but is this true?
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AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0.100 – it’s worth upgrading, now!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 06:04:31
If you’ve been using AVG’s free Anti-Virus 7.5 on your computer, it’s time to upgrade. Why? So you get the new version with free anti-spyware protection, as well as search protection, showing you a real-time rating of sites you search for so you know if it’s safe to click – or not. But where’s the Firefox 3 compatibility?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 06:04:31
If you’ve been using AVG’s free Anti-Virus 7.5 on your computer, it’s time to upgrade. Why? So you get the new version with free anti-spyware protection, as well as search protection, showing you a real-time rating of sites you search for so you know if it’s safe to click – or not. But where’s the Firefox 3 compatibility?
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2nd-gen, 3G iPhone: same same, but different?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-04-26 01:42:59
Are the inclusion of GPS, a 3G chipset, a black plastic back that still won’t let you replace the battery and a normal (not recessed) headset socket the only differences in the upcoming 3G iPhone? Or does Steve Jobs still have some iSurprises up his iSleeve?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-04-26 01:42:59
Are the inclusion of GPS, a 3G chipset, a black plastic back that still won’t let you replace the battery and a normal (not recessed) headset socket the only differences in the upcoming 3G iPhone? Or does Steve Jobs still have some iSurprises up his iSleeve?
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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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Honda’s Satnav GPS warns of speed cameras, black spots – and crime spots?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-22 00:26:32
Looks like GPS satnav systems will keep on expanding their usefulness to drivers, not only providing mapping, traffic information, red light and speed camera alerts and accident black spots – but now altering drivers to crime hotspots too... at least in Japan, thanks to Honda.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-22 00:26:32
Looks like GPS satnav systems will keep on expanding their usefulness to drivers, not only providing mapping, traffic information, red light and speed camera alerts and accident black spots – but now altering drivers to crime hotspots too... at least in Japan, thanks to Honda.
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Nokia’s music store opens in Oz: can they turn it up to 11?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 22:26:03
Aiming to impress, Nokia’s new mobile and PC Music Store has finally opened its virtual doors, challenge the iTunes behemoth with three of the four major labels, many smaller ones, some exclusives, and an Aussie rock legend in the opening set.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 22:26:03
Aiming to impress, Nokia’s new mobile and PC Music Store has finally opened its virtual doors, challenge the iTunes behemoth with three of the four major labels, many smaller ones, some exclusives, and an Aussie rock legend in the opening set.
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Microsoft sets SP3 free for Windows XP – at last!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 20:58:50
On the cusp of Microsoft’s decision to demote Windows XP from a retail product into one that is only available for ultra-low cost PCs, the long-awaited Service Pack 3 (SP3) has finally gone RTM, with consumers able to start manually downloading it from April 29. Will horror installation stories follow?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 20:58:50
On the cusp of Microsoft’s decision to demote Windows XP from a retail product into one that is only available for ultra-low cost PCs, the long-awaited Service Pack 3 (SP3) has finally gone RTM, with consumers able to start manually downloading it from April 29. Will horror installation stories follow?
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Microsoft: will you save Windows XP?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 05:59:49
The cries to save Windows XP get ever louder, as Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista is a work-in-progress.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 05:59:49
The cries to save Windows XP get ever louder, as Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista is a work-in-progress.
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Don’t recycle your CDMA mobile at a Telstra store!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 03:18:19
Telstra is asking CDMA customers to hand in their old CDMA phones at Telstra shops and dealers around Australia so they can be recycled for valuable materials, rather than end up in landfill as an inconvenient pollutant. But why recycle them at a Telstra store – when your local school – and the environment – needs them more?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 03:18:19
Telstra is asking CDMA customers to hand in their old CDMA phones at Telstra shops and dealers around Australia so they can be recycled for valuable materials, rather than end up in landfill as an inconvenient pollutant. But why recycle them at a Telstra store – when your local school – and the environment – needs them more?
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HTC Shift lands in Australia at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 01:43:55
The long awaited HTC shift, a 7-inch ultra-portable Windows Vista Business computer, merged with a Windows Mobile style device, has finally landed in Australia, but it isn’t cheap!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 01:43:55
The long awaited HTC shift, a 7-inch ultra-portable Windows Vista Business computer, merged with a Windows Mobile style device, has finally landed in Australia, but it isn’t cheap!
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Study: iPhone UI lives up to the hype
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-04-20 19:34:32
So, does the iPhone live up to the massive hype it has enjoyed since Steve Jobs first unveiled it during the Macworld 2007 keynote? A new study says the answer is a definitive yes!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-04-20 19:34:32
So, does the iPhone live up to the massive hype it has enjoyed since Steve Jobs first unveiled it during the Macworld 2007 keynote? A new study says the answer is a definitive yes!
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