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Apple netbook to touch our lives?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-09 19:12:16
Yet more rumours abound about an upcoming Apple netbook, this time spurred on by reports in the Chinese language press out of Taiwan. Is it possible that Apple has caved to market demand despite its stated opposition to releasing a cheap netbook product?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-09 19:12:16
Yet more rumours abound about an upcoming Apple netbook, this time spurred on by reports in the Chinese language press out of Taiwan. Is it possible that Apple has caved to market demand despite its stated opposition to releasing a cheap netbook product?
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CeBIT 2009 numbers drop 100,000 as horror recession bites
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-09 05:37:46
Not even the personal appearance of the terminator Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, leading a huge delegation of Californian companies, could mask the dismal turnout to this year's global technology extravaganza CeBIT 2009. Organiser Deutsche Messe AG tried to put a positive face on the event, but both exhibitor and visitor numbers were down by a crushing 20%.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-09 05:37:46
Not even the personal appearance of the terminator Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, leading a huge delegation of Californian companies, could mask the dismal turnout to this year's global technology extravaganza CeBIT 2009. Organiser Deutsche Messe AG tried to put a positive face on the event, but both exhibitor and visitor numbers were down by a crushing 20%.
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iPhone heading for fall in summer says Palm honcho
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-09 02:18:23
Talk about a possible Apple lawsuit against Palm over the multi-touch functionality of its impressive new Pre smartphone makes one wonder if Cupertino is slightly nervous. Super aggressive anti-iPhone rhetoric from key Palm investor Roger McNamee may make Apple wish that spiritual leader Steve Jobs returns soon.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-09 02:18:23
Talk about a possible Apple lawsuit against Palm over the multi-touch functionality of its impressive new Pre smartphone makes one wonder if Cupertino is slightly nervous. Super aggressive anti-iPhone rhetoric from key Palm investor Roger McNamee may make Apple wish that spiritual leader Steve Jobs returns soon.
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The Linux killer 10 inch netbook
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-08 22:09:24
The release of the very nice Asus Eee PC 1000HE signals a turning point in the sub-notebook market and it's one that Linux desktop advocates will not like. It looks like the 10 inch netbook has hit the sweet spot for consumers and that sweet spot includes Windows but not Linux.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-08 22:09:24
The release of the very nice Asus Eee PC 1000HE signals a turning point in the sub-notebook market and it's one that Linux desktop advocates will not like. It looks like the 10 inch netbook has hit the sweet spot for consumers and that sweet spot includes Windows but not Linux.
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A Kevin37, an Asus 1000HE, rent or food?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-07 04:59:32
These days $900 is not exactly a fortune but it does come in handy if you want to buy cheap technology or enough food to keep your family's bellies full. Here in Australia, many families are about to receive another Government handout of AUD$900. What can they buy that will benefit them most?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-07 04:59:32
These days $900 is not exactly a fortune but it does come in handy if you want to buy cheap technology or enough food to keep your family's bellies full. Here in Australia, many families are about to receive another Government handout of AUD$900. What can they buy that will benefit them most?
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Unauthorised iPhone apps crunch Apple - tough!
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-07 01:58:24
News that alternatives to the iPhone App Store are springing up all over will come as welcome relief to thousands of developers who have had their collective efforts to turn the iPhone into an open platform stymied by a fanatical control freak of a company. The question is will Apple do the right thing by its users and shareholders and open up the iPhone platform?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-07 01:58:24
News that alternatives to the iPhone App Store are springing up all over will come as welcome relief to thousands of developers who have had their collective efforts to turn the iPhone into an open platform stymied by a fanatical control freak of a company. The question is will Apple do the right thing by its users and shareholders and open up the iPhone platform?
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$42 Billion reasons to get into the cloud computing business
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-06 06:10:45
Cloud computing is definitely not just hype. In fact it is tipped to be a US$42 billion market within three years. With that sort of money in the pot, you can bet your bottom billion dollars that players from all over will be bidding for a piece of the pie.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-06 06:10:45
Cloud computing is definitely not just hype. In fact it is tipped to be a US$42 billion market within three years. With that sort of money in the pot, you can bet your bottom billion dollars that players from all over will be bidding for a piece of the pie.
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Sydney RailCorp tells iPhone developer not to help commuters!
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-06 05:13:25
One has to really wonder how the people who run a public transport system got their jobs when they start threatening entrepreneurial technology innovators who try to help their commuters. In the case of Sydney's RailCorp, the NSW Government should seriously start looking at getting some new management talent into the organisation.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-06 05:13:25
One has to really wonder how the people who run a public transport system got their jobs when they start threatening entrepreneurial technology innovators who try to help their commuters. In the case of Sydney's RailCorp, the NSW Government should seriously start looking at getting some new management talent into the organisation.
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Want to increase GDP? Adopt broadband faster
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-05 05:42:45
Faster broadband adoption would usher in an age of renewed prosperity if a new European study is to be believed. Furthermore, the economic benefits would be felt the most in the recession strapped first world countries where ICT skills are high.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-05 05:42:45
Faster broadband adoption would usher in an age of renewed prosperity if a new European study is to be believed. Furthermore, the economic benefits would be felt the most in the recession strapped first world countries where ICT skills are high.
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IE suffers dramatic market share loss to Firefox and Safari
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-05 05:20:23
The latest figures from Internet market watcher Net Applications show that Microsoft's once totally dominant browser Internet Explorer continues to have its market dominance eroded by Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. In the past year IE has lost more than 7% share to its two rivals.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-05 05:20:23
The latest figures from Internet market watcher Net Applications show that Microsoft's once totally dominant browser Internet Explorer continues to have its market dominance eroded by Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. In the past year IE has lost more than 7% share to its two rivals.
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Microsoft turns over new leaf, allows IE8 to be removed from Win 7
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-05 03:30:10
The king of forced software bundling, Microsoft, is all of a sudden acting like a reformed citizen, enabling users to remove Internet Explorer 8 from the latest build of Windows 7 Beta. The build includes a dialogue box that easily enables users to enable and disable functions by ticking and unticking check boxes.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-05 03:30:10
The king of forced software bundling, Microsoft, is all of a sudden acting like a reformed citizen, enabling users to remove Internet Explorer 8 from the latest build of Windows 7 Beta. The build includes a dialogue box that easily enables users to enable and disable functions by ticking and unticking check boxes.
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NBN would provide hundreds of needed jobs says recruitment boss
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-04 17:53:30
The boss of one of Australia's largest ICT recruiters says the much delayed National Broadband Network could provide hundreds of desperately needed ICT jobs. ICT project managers are being let go by the hundreds across Australia and recruiters are looking to the Telecoms sector to keep the market afloat with projects like the NBN.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-04 17:53:30
The boss of one of Australia's largest ICT recruiters says the much delayed National Broadband Network could provide hundreds of desperately needed ICT jobs. ICT project managers are being let go by the hundreds across Australia and recruiters are looking to the Telecoms sector to keep the market afloat with projects like the NBN.
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Amazon Kindles a friendship with iPhone, more buddies to come
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-04 07:21:46
The word around the traps is that Amazon is about to announce a free application for the iPhone that will enable the same e-books available on Kindle to be read on the popular Apple device, as well as the iPod Touch. What's more, we may have announcements of Kindle being available on other platforms in the future.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-04 07:21:46
The word around the traps is that Amazon is about to announce a free application for the iPhone that will enable the same e-books available on Kindle to be read on the popular Apple device, as well as the iPod Touch. What's more, we may have announcements of Kindle being available on other platforms in the future.
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Can Microsoft's Kumo take on Google's Sumo
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-04 01:01:25
Once again one of Microsoft's worst kept secrets has been leaked, this time a new search engine called Kumo, that is supposed to especially good at searching for images. Is Kumo the saviour that Microsoft has been waiting for to take on Google's 800 pound sumo or is it just a warmed up version of Live Search?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-04 01:01:25
Once again one of Microsoft's worst kept secrets has been leaked, this time a new search engine called Kumo, that is supposed to especially good at searching for images. Is Kumo the saviour that Microsoft has been waiting for to take on Google's 800 pound sumo or is it just a warmed up version of Live Search?
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Conroy talks up NBN at CeBIT broadband forum
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 22:51:32
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will be the greatest thing since sliced bread and is the answer to Australia's economic woes, if one is to believe the rhetoric from the Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy at the world's biggest technology trade fair this week. Speaking to a high level conference on broadband at CeBIT in Hannover Germany, Senator Conroy equated the NBN with economic stimulus.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 22:51:32
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will be the greatest thing since sliced bread and is the answer to Australia's economic woes, if one is to believe the rhetoric from the Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy at the world's biggest technology trade fair this week. Speaking to a high level conference on broadband at CeBIT in Hannover Germany, Senator Conroy equated the NBN with economic stimulus.
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Why consumers will still buy Macs during the recession
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 19:31:47
As numerous analysts have pointed out, desktop computers are on the way out, yet here we are in the middle of a - dare I say it - depression and Apple has just released a new range of premium priced desktop Macs. Some people might say Apple are mad to bring out new desktops at this time, but they would be mad if they didn't.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 19:31:47
As numerous analysts have pointed out, desktop computers are on the way out, yet here we are in the middle of a - dare I say it - depression and Apple has just released a new range of premium priced desktop Macs. Some people might say Apple are mad to bring out new desktops at this time, but they would be mad if they didn't.
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CO2 chomping Algae to fuel cars, cut greenhouse gas and create jobs
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 18:17:08
A CSIRO discovery could lead to a new boom industry that would not only solve the world's energy problems but also its greenhouse gas concerns, while creating much needed employment. It might sound too good to be true, but the CSIRO, Australia's flagship research organisation, is no pie in the sky organisation and it is deadly serious about this.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 18:17:08
A CSIRO discovery could lead to a new boom industry that would not only solve the world's energy problems but also its greenhouse gas concerns, while creating much needed employment. It might sound too good to be true, but the CSIRO, Australia's flagship research organisation, is no pie in the sky organisation and it is deadly serious about this.
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Australians cut wires to PCs and go mobile
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 15:19:35
A new report has confirmed that PC users in Australia are ditching their desktops and fixed line Internet connections while turning to notebooks and wireless technology. The report shows that the percentage of homes owning notebooks is fast approaching that of desktops and that broadband usage has reached saturation point.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 15:19:35
A new report has confirmed that PC users in Australia are ditching their desktops and fixed line Internet connections while turning to notebooks and wireless technology. The report shows that the percentage of homes owning notebooks is fast approaching that of desktops and that broadband usage has reached saturation point.
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CSIRO and China collaborate to make wireless broadband greener
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 01:50:35
In what is being termed as Australia’s biggest collaboration with China on wireless communications research, the CSIRO and Chinese researchers have launched a program to develop more environmentally friendly wireless broadband base stations.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-03 01:50:35
In what is being termed as Australia’s biggest collaboration with China on wireless communications research, the CSIRO and Chinese researchers have launched a program to develop more environmentally friendly wireless broadband base stations.
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Gartner predicts horror 2009 for PC industry, worst decline ever
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-02 21:52:28
IT analyst group Gartner has officially said what we've all known and feared since the last quarter of 2008 - the PC industry is going to suffer its worst decline on record this year. Not even the burgeoning netbooks market can save the market from a decline that will make the dot com and post Y2K busts seem like booms.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-02 21:52:28
IT analyst group Gartner has officially said what we've all known and feared since the last quarter of 2008 - the PC industry is going to suffer its worst decline on record this year. Not even the burgeoning netbooks market can save the market from a decline that will make the dot com and post Y2K busts seem like booms.
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