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A $0 laptop is not free and never will be!
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Telstra’s $0 upfront laptop has generated much debate over whether the deal is a good one or not, but anything that locks you into a multi-year contract with technology that gets rapidly out of date is usually best avoided.

 
Auditor General says Conroy breached broadband tender requirements: opposition
Friday, 23 May 2008
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.

 
Spb mobile shell puts Windows Mobile interface to shame
Friday, 23 May 2008
Based on the high popular Spb “Mobile Shell”, Spb Software House has showcased a new “Online Shell” at Australia’s CeBIT tech conference. It brings a range of online multimedia entertainment and information services using the Mobile Shell interface, which itself brought a very iPhone-esque experience to drab Windows Mobile devices.

 
EU “notes” Microsoft’s decision to support ODF in Office 2007
Friday, 23 May 2008
Microsoft is planning on releasing SP2 in 2009, with support to save documents in ODF format as standard, in the name of ‘interoperability’, while adding PDF and XPS save/export compatibility without requiring any add-on software. The EU’s Commission has ‘taken note’ and welcomed the decision, while promising to investigate it further. What does this mean?

 
JVC goes YouTube with new Everio – is it worth it?
Friday, 23 May 2008
JVC, well known for its Everio range of hard disk equipped camcorders, is launching a new model that records exclusively to SD memory cards, and can automatically upload to YouTube once synched with your PC. While this sounds like a good idea, your existing digital camera is likely already more than good enough for YouTube videos – so is this new model worth it or a solution looking for a problem?

 
The slow road to faster Australian broadband
Friday, 23 May 2008
Although faster fibre broadband in Australia will still take years to build, the process has been delayed by another 12 weeks to give potential bidders more time to examine network information before lodging their proposals.

 
Internet TV – the (legal?) show everyone’s watching
Thursday, 22 May 2008
With an apparent desire for “one digital media box to rule them all”, Internet video has finally come of age, according to Cisco, showing Internet video is highly popular in Australia and NZ. What are we watching?

 
I can’t believe it... Vista SP1 works! But how?
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Lumbered with a laptop computer that has three of the drivers Microsoft specially detected to prevent Vista SP1’s download, jumping aboard the SP1 train via Windows Update was something Microsoft was specifically preventing me from doing. But I’ve loaded it anyway. What are my experiences so far, and how did I do it?

 
Telstra’s $0 laptop with mobile broadband: ho-hum or yee-hah?
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Anyone with an ABN (Australian Business Number), i.e. a business owner, can now go to selected retailers to take advantage of a “$0 upfront” laptop with 1GB of Next G mobile broadband per month, for AUD $99 per month. Is it really a good deal, or could you do better by yourself?

 
Hungarian student "eggs on" Steve Ballmer - but misses!
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
A Hungarian student has hurled three eggs at Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during a talk a Budapest’s Corvinus University on Monday, hurled some abuse, missed Ballmer and was hurled away for his troubles!

 
Vodafone iPhone pre-registration... what happened?
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
With all the news that iPhone deals are happening with telcos around the world, including Vodafone and Optus in Australia, an eagle eyed reader noticed that an iPhone pre-registration box on Vodafone Australia’s home page came – and went. Has Vodafone lost access to the world’s most desirable digital device, the (presumed 3G) iPhone?

 
Nintendo makes Aussiies aware of WiiWare launch!
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
It’s not just old videogame classics that can be downloaded direct to your Nintendo Wii, but brand new Wii specific titles through Nintendo’s new WiiWare download service – launching today!

 
Is Firefox 3.0 RC1 worth it?
Monday, 19 May 2008
I’ve been playing with Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1, and by the looks of it, things bode well for its June release, but it still faces stiff competition from IE7, Opera 9.5 and Safari 3.

 
Has AMD got “GAME!”? Or just a new sticker/badge?
Monday, 19 May 2008
AMD’s new “GAME!” badge is an attempt to outdo Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” sticker of the 90s, but this time appealing directly to gamers who want a top-notch system without needing to know how to build one themselves. Will consumers follow AMD’s GAME!plan?

 
Walter Bender hopes all will be sweet… with Sugar
Monday, 19 May 2008
The man who once was the president of OLPC, the initiative to provide “one laptop per child” to some of the world’s poorest and digitally divided children, has joined Sugar Labs. Why? To do what Nicholas Negroponte won’t – providing open source opportunities for learning, instead of being just another laptop seller.

 
Australian Foxtel HD pricing leaked
Monday, 19 May 2008
While it’s not official, the long awaited high definition content pricing for Australian pay television operator, Foxtel, has been leaked – and should launch soon. Australia is far behind the US when it comes to the provision of pay TV high definition television content, although some HD programming has been available on free-to-air TV for some time.

 
BigPond launches Australia movie trailer first – but movies when?
Monday, 19 May 2008
“Australia”, the upcoming blockbuster-to-be from director Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, is having its trailer released on the Internet first by Australia’s largest ISP, BigPond – but when will the same happen for movies themselves?

 
Sprint WiMAX set to blast off in two US cities by end 2008
Monday, 19 May 2008
US telco Sprint is finally moving ahead with its WiMAX plans and will have a WiMAX 4G network installed in Baltimore and Washington DC by the end of 2008, after a year of endless testing - but two cities is far from complete US coverage.

 
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 hits the web
Monday, 19 May 2008
The full version of Firefox 3 is due in June, but Firefox 3 in beta status is no more, having been issued as Release Candidate 1 for some near final testing before the full version is unleashed onto a Firefox loving web wide world!

 
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