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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
All-in-one’s or multi-function centres (MFCs) – call them what you will
–can print, scan, copy and usually fax, too. Now Brother has decided
it’s time to bring one to market that can handle A3 sized paper!
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Monday, 01 December 2008 |
Looks like every TV manufacturer is trying its hand in giveaways to get
you to buy an HDTV this Christmas season, with Toshiba offering its
8.9-inch NB100 netbook computer as a free bonus.
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Monday, 01 December 2008 |
An online hardware review website has come out with news from a
“confidential source” that Windows Vista SP2 is due to go RTM in April
2009, with the “Release to Web” (RTW) still "to be advised".
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Monday, 01 December 2008 |
The Wi-Fi “digital virtual anything viewer” that is the Chumby has come
to Australia courtesy of local ISP Internode, and to boost the amount
of Australian content available, Internode is launching a month-long
contest with a $2000 prize pack to be won. You don’t even need to own a
Chumby to enter!
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Monday, 01 December 2008 |
Dell’s 12-inch netbook is finally available in Australia, but with a
hardware limit of 1GB and only Windows Vista Basic on offer (unlike in
the US, where Ubuntu is also available), is the Inspiron Mini 12 worth
it?
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Monday, 01 December 2008 |
Having “unofficially” heard from one major electronics manufacturer in
the last few weeks that price rises were coming in 2009, the official
news that price rises due to the Aussie dollar’s fall can no longer be
hidden. A big boost in Christmas sales could well the be result but
what will 2009’s sales figures look like?
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
Reports are streaming in from across the Internet that Apple stores are
now matching prices against authorised resellers undercutting Apple,
just in time for the US Thanksgiving “Black Friday” sales - although
conflicting reports say an Apple price matching policy always existed.
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
Vodafone will sell Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 netbook in stores with
built-in mobile broadband for $69.95 per month in a deal that’s great
value and an Australian first.
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
Although Telstra offered a $0 broadband and notebook deal for
businesses earlier this year, Dell and Vodafone are the first to offer
such a combo to all consumers, and better still, the first to include a
netbook with an inbuilt 3.5G modem, and the first in a $0 upfront deal.
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
Sony used free PS3s to shift Bravia HDTVs in a promotion earlier this
year – now Panasonic is offering a “Bonus Wii” with every VIERA Full HD
Plasma TV to boost sales in the most crucial Christmas season ever in
the face of the global economic crisis.
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Thursday, 27 November 2008 |
With the lure of a free Nintendo DS or Wii games title for the first
100 people to enter the new “Nintendo Experience” zone at EB Games in
Swanston Street, Melbourne Australia, on December 11, as well as the
chance to win DS or Wii consoles, the Nintendo Experience looks set to
be superlative!
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Thursday, 27 November 2008 |
E-eek! That nice Christmas e-card could be an e-threat, says AVG, and
while the danger of e-cards is theoretically well known, the e-conomic
crisis (and e-co climate concerns) is forcing some to consider sending
e-cards instead of the real thing. As this means some e-cards you
receive could be real, amongst plenty of fakes, caution is re-quired!
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
While the headlines report critics harshly saying Australian actress is
the “kiss of death” for any movie she stars in, another report shows
how Australian movie pirates are set to face increasing new levels of
scrutiny that could see the receive the “kiss” of a police
investigation and a potential AUD $13,200 fine.
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
Already buoyed by the release of Norton Internet Security 2009 with
superfast speed and ultralight impact on Windows PCs, and winning a
zillion awards, Symantec is now launching a special Gaming Edition of
its Norton AntiVirus 2009 software, due in January.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
Got a modern mobile that can run Java apps, and want a better browser
than whatever’s built in? Time for a free upgrade to Opera Mini 4.2,
for your Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung Instinct, Google G1 Android
gPhone and many more.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
Originally due on Dec 1st, the long queues in the US and store
sellouts, plus a stat of a Storm being sold every “13 seconds” in the
UK has spooked Vodafone in Australia into ordering a second shipment
and delaying sales a few days to cope with the “unprecedented demand
from across Australia”.
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Monday, 24 November 2008 |
The launch of the BlackBerry Storm showed that it wasn’t only Apple
iPhones that could generate queues in the US, even though the US is the
centre of the financial storm that is draining consumer spending power.
Reviews say the Storm is pretty good, and with firmware updates, will
get even better!
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Monday, 24 November 2008 |
Surprise, surprise: arguably the world’s premier provider of free
Internet Security software for Windows machines, AVG Technologies,
predicts an “uphill battle” and “multiple challenges” ahead for
Microsoft with its upcoming free Morro security suite, from costs,
channel headaches and potential delays in delivering timely updates.
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