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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
Want to see what the new Windows 7 taskbar and Aero peek features look
like, along with the Windows 7 boot screen and some touch screen
goodness?
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
The buzz over Windows 7 is everything Microsoft clearly wished for
Vista, with illegal downloads racing across the Internet as curious
computer users want to see if all the Windows 7 reports match up to
reality.
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
Gmail’s new SMS feature that lets you send free SMS messages to US only
phone numbers launched via Gmail Labs, but due to a glitch, it has been
pulled and delayed for at least two weeks.
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
If you have a PDC or “otherwise sourced” copy of Windows 7 pre-beta and want to see the new “superbar” that was demo’d for the beta version of Windows 7 due in either December or January, news has filtered across the Internet on how to do exactly that.
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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
On October 25, 2008, the Linux Hater's Blog reached the "eof", or end
of file. But if you've been hassled endlessly by Linux lovers and are
sick to death of Linux this and Linux that, fear not - the Linux
Hater's Redux is born, with plenty of eye-opening news on problems with
Linux. Read on.
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Sunday, 02 November 2008 |
Thousands of curious PC users unfazed about breaking the law are
downloading the latest pre-beta 6801 build of Windows 7 released at
Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference, in both 32-bit and
64-bit versions.
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Saturday, 01 November 2008 |
Mobile phone sales dropped by 0.4% over Q2 08, and despite shipping
299m handsets in Q3 08, analyst firm IDC says this result is thanks to
a “dismal economy” when Q3 sales are traditionally much, much higher.
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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
Remember the movie Swordfish? It was all about misdirection, indicating
one position and then taking on another. Will 2009 see Macs with
Blu-ray and a Mac Netbook despite Jobs saying it was all a bag of hurt
and netbooks are crap?
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Friday, 31 October 2008 |
The quest to make cameras with interchangeable lenses lighter, smaller
and easier to use is one that camera manufacturers have been working on
for years, with Panasonic’s DMG-C1 the latest to emerge.
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
Doing his best to bring cheap Chinese prices to Australia, the founder
of Kogan Technologies, Ruslan Kogan, is bringing a 1080P HD camcorder
to Australia at $399, seriously undercutting brand name models which
generally cost well over $1000. Question is, is it any good?
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
It’s called “Windows Azure” and fulfils Microsoft’s promise to make
software-plus-services a reality, but while it was launched during a
keynote at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC 2008),
it’s still only a “community technology preview” with much work still
to be done.
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Monday, 27 October 2008 |
Although high powered notebooks have been available for some time from
the likes of Toshiba, Alienware, Dell and others, Asus says its quad
core G Series gaming notebook is a "world first".
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Monday, 27 October 2008 |
Earlier this year Vista’s first SP1 service pack arrived with a few
hiccups that were smoothed out in the end, dramatically improving
Vista. Now, SP2 is on the radar with the first beta due on the 29th of
October and a final release before Windows 7 goes gold.
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Monday, 27 October 2008 |
The latest Blu-ray players have arrived at AUD $499 and $495,
undercutting the PS3 in price but without all the PS3’s other features.
Do Blu-ray players need to drop below $200 before they really take off
with consumers?
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Monday, 27 October 2008 |
Finally, some positive news about the world’s largest online auction
house, eBay: a way to generate the “best offer” on products for sale,
which has resulted in an “average 10% increase” in conversion rates at
eBay’s US website. Will it do the same down under?
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Monday, 27 October 2008 |
Why? Because you’ll need to so you can install the brand new Gmail for mobile 2.0 instead!
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Sunday, 26 October 2008 |
The world’s largest hard disk manufacturer, Seagate, has introduced its
second-generation of portable and desktop “FreeAgent” drives, bringing
style and convenience to the humble hard drive, while introducing a
1.5TB option. Is space no longer the final frontier?
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Friday, 24 October 2008 |
Forget about sticking your laptop on the passenger side front seat if
you want an in-car computer, you can now have a real Windows XP or
Vista computer installed where your car radio would normally go for the
complete computer-on-wheels experience. Is it any good, and what’s an
alternative that works with higher-end mobile phones?
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