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Monday, 01 June 2009 |
The latest set of iPhone 3.0 hardware rumours has percolated through
the Web, delighting iPhone users who want a much more powerful device,
disappointing those who wanted more, while causing others to doubt
whether the rumours are really true!
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 |
Microsoft has finally confirmed its crazy 3-app limit idea is being
removed from Win 7 Starter Edition, now letting netbook owners run as
many apps as they want, but Microsoft’s mentality in still offering the
Starter Edition at all is still the real problem!
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
Basking in the new launch limelight is Bing.com, Microsoft’s new search
thing which aims to massively boost its share of the search engine
market, but while things look good at the launch event, the real battle
gets down to business in less than a week!
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
Steve Ballmer is set to shortly announce “Bing”, its new Google-killing
search engine with such amazing search simplicity and satisfaction that
we will all be truly stunned. But will Bing just bring useless search
bling, or will it be the real search thing – and does the Bing logo
look just like that from British Paints?!?
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 |
Although Vodafone proclaims it is “thrilled to be on the foot-front of
innovation” in bringing Visual Voicemail to Australians more than 2
years after AT&T customers enjoyed it on day one, Vodafone’s
tardiness is at least much faster than Telstra or Optus who still don’t
offer it at all.
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
The power of alert users and the press has uncovered an Optus contract
snafu surrounding slowdown speeds when broadband limits are reached,
with Optus only delivering half of what was promised. Will Optus ever
get it right?
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
A reader asks if my plea to Microsoft to offer realistic Windows
pricing will ever be listened to. Of course Microsoft is listening, but
will they do anything beyond announcing higher prices at the worst
possible moment in history?
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
Opening slightly earlier than expected, at least in some parts of the
world, is Nokia’s Ovi Store, set to do battle with Apple’s App Store
and bring a better “Download!” experience to Nokia phone owners.
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Monday, 25 May 2009 |
IBM says that enterprise customers using a combination of its SSDs,
servers, hardware and software can bring massive performance boosts
while dropping the physical footprint of storage and its energy usage –
but how much better (and cheaper) will it be next year?
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Monday, 25 May 2009 |
Although Microsoft has reportedly dropped the ludicrous idea of
limiting its Win 7 OS to running three main apps, starter version or
no, my own testing of Win 7 RC on a couple of netbooks shows it to be
slower than I expected. What’s going on?
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Sunday, 24 May 2009 |
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All the brouhaha about Blu-ray needing to watch out because researchers have created a disc that can store 1.6TB of data today (and 10TB to come) is a bit of a load of bollocks, with the technology up to a decade away from commercialisation and even 10TB due to look teensy-weensy by then.
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Thursday, 21 May 2009 |
Toshiba’s new NB200
netbook is a big improvement on its predecessor, the NB100, finally
giving Toshiba a much better netbook to compete with. What’s inside,
and what makes it stand out a bit more in the netbook world of same,
same but not that different?
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 |
Questions have emerged about whether the new education-focused Dell
Latitude 2100 netbook is “worth the price”, but after having actually
used one, my initial thoughts are that, despite cheaper units being
available, the extra features definitely seem worth paying for. Why? Read on!
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 |
Had your fill of pre-release and now release candidate Windows 7 from
Microsoft, and want something else shiny and new to try out? Step right
up and take your chances with the law while downloading a “pirate” copy
of the Office 2010 Technical Preview, now available at all those
endangered torrent sites near you.
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 |
Although Asus originally intended its first Eee PC 701 to be used in an
educational setting, rather than being the catalyst that ignited the
netbook revolution, Dell is the first company to have properly designed
a netbook that can withstand the rigours of teenage and classroom life
– and have outfitted it with a(n optional) touch-screen, while also
making Ubuntu 9.04 an Australian netbook option for the first time.
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Monday, 18 May 2009 |
On June 8, the world will learn even more about the iPhone OS 3.0, Mac
OS X “Snow Leopard” 10.6, and hopefully some clues to the actual 2009
iPhone and other iPhone-like designs at Apple’s WWDC. So far, the
rumours around the iPhone 3.0 hardware sound a lot less “insanely
great” than the iPhone 3.0 OS itself…
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Saturday, 16 May 2009 |
With some new designs for its notebooks, netbooks and desktops, and a
new shopping site aimed at women, Dell is clearly trying to up the ante
in the “cool” stakes against competitors like HP, Apple and others.
What’s missing?
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
Back on December 18 last year, Toshiba announced it would have a 512GB
SSD in volume production by around April this year. That promise
fulfilled, Toshiba has now launched the world’s first notebook with a
2.5-inch 512GB solid state drive, but as with all cutting edge
technology, being the first with the latest will cost you a pretty
penny!
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