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Wednesday, 01 October 2008 |
When AMD and ATI launched the new Radeon range, nVidia and integrated
Intel graphics were simply blown away and relegated to the last
generation. Earlier last month, ATI launched the the HD 4670 and 4650
cards, now come two more at “value prices” while still delivering top
performance.
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Wednesday, 01 October 2008 |
Windows, whether XP or Vista, is home to all the major instant
messenger (IM) clients, and for things like Skype, unquestionably has
the best versions. But if you’re hankering to talk to multiple friends on multiple IM
systems at the same time, and you want some
open source goodness without having to go through the pain of learning
Linux, try Pidgin for Windows instead – the open source program that lets
you talk freely.
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
Channel Nine says it is recognising “loyal McLeod’s Daughters
enthusiasts” by making the final series available free for download via
NineMSN. Is Channel Nine finally giving a damn about its
viewers?
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
With the global economic crises reaching fever pitch, will Gen Y’s
desire to frivolously waste money on things like “Caller Tones” give
way to the post “Great Depression” learnings of savings and thrift? Or
will the need to look, and in this case, sound cool, trump economic
reality, with Gen Y’s often still living at home and couched from stock
market shenanigans?
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
What a load of crock – Norway wants Apple to make iTunes compatible
with any music player, and while they say there’s been “no progress
since February”, clearly those pesky Norwegian consumer authorities
don’t know the truth, and have nothing better to do! What’s the story?
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
Western Digital has broken through the half-terabyte barrier for
notebook computers in the standard 9.5mm 2.5-inch hard disk format,
using only two platters instead of three. Is space truly still the
final frontier?
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Monday, 29 September 2008 |
The 16GB barrier has been broken for the microSDHC and M2 (Memory Stick
Micro) formats with SanDisk set to launch 16GB models in October. It
gives added weight to its “Wake up your phone” campaign, forces phone
manufacturers to work on firmware updates that are 16GB compatible and
further shames Apple into rethinking its policy of omitting memory card
expansion for its mobile devices.
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 |
So, the long-awaited
Google phone, the G1, has landed on Planet Earth at last. Previouly
stuck in the land of Planet Prototype, Google has finally introduced
its own handheld computer phone, bursting into the category as a top
level player and another instant gamechanger.
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 |
Looks like Microsoft is going to do its best to “simplify” Windows 7 in
many ways we don’t even know about yet, but what we do know is that
there’ll be no email client, no photo gallery and no built-in movie
maker: you’ll need to download them, instead.
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 |
The
digital mapping battle in Australia isn’t just being fought between the
Telstra Sensis WhereIs service and Navteq, but also the gargantuan
Google, whose Google Maps service received a massive traffic boost in
August after the controversial Street View service was launched down
under.
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
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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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
Xbox Pure was meant to be the name of an upcoming Xbox 360, perhaps a
slimline version or a new 360 successor, but has turned out to be a
fake blog posting to see which games sites would run with it. With so
many rumours online, was this a fair test of a gamer site’s
fact-checking skills?
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
The news that Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s
Yahoo webmail account was hacked is all over the Internet. Your webmail
could be hackable in the same way – here’s how to make it much harder
for the hackers.
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
Foxtel is progressively rolling out its “four tuners” functionality
that allows 2 shows to be recorded while you watch one live – but
what’s happened to the fourth tuner?!
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
Exit Reality – it’s the new plugin that’s going to transform every
single website into a 3D virtual world, and unleash the power of 3D to
everyone. So, why am I stuck in the reality of herky-jerky 3D motion,
which is giving me a really bad first impression?!
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
With Windows 7 built upon the strong foundation of Windows Vista SP1
and Windows Server 2008, the rumours that Windows 7 could come months
earlier than expected sound like good news to me, with the upcoming PDC
promising a new beta!
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
It’s funny – Optus owns Virgin, but “lets” Virgin totally outclass it
with a pre-paid broadband plan that quite frankly isn’t stupid. What is
it, good cop and bad cop? Whatever it is... Virgin’s pre-paid broadband
is the best one yet.
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Monday, 15 September 2008 |
Promising that the new social network for kids called “SuperClubsPLUS Australia” is “completely safe” and “educational” for children six to 12 years of age, Telstra has put the support of its “Telstra Foundation” right behind the new project.
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