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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
Ever fancied getting an Asus Eee PC in a tiny desktop case? With the
Eee Box, you can do exactly that, in what is effectively a PC version
of Mac Mini-type computing solution with a cute Nintendo Wii-style
case, Intel Atom processor and great energy efficiency.
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
As individuals fret over homes and private roads being seen on Google’s
Street View, is Google taking privacy requests seriously?
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
If you thought the successor to the Core 2 Duo might be something like
the Core 3 Trio, or just ye olde Core 3, the new naming convention
sounds a bit BMW instead: Core i7. Much speculation has ensued over
what i7 really means and whether it’s iApple inspired, but Intel has
promised all will become clear soon enough.
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
Apple’s second Australian store has finally opened on a much smaller
scale than the first flagship store in Sydney’s CBD. Instead of massive
crowds and jammed city streets, reports say the store’s opening was
much more subdued, despite the best attempts of Apple staff to “whoop
it up”.
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Sunday, 10 August 2008 |
Rumours of new iPods and MacBooks have swirled thanks to analyst Gene
Munster suggesting September’s the month for new models to emerge. The question is: evolution, or revolution?
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
Original iPhone and iPhone 3G owners wanting to update to iPhone OS
2.0.1 while maintaining a jailbroken status don’t have much longer to
wait, with the iPhone Dev Team saying the software should arrive
“Friday”, although that’s likely Saturday for Australians.
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Friday, 08 August 2008 |
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has reached a “key moment”
with August 22 set as the date by which carriers must submit the
remaining “network information” the Government wants to send to NBN
bidders, so they can then start finalising their NBN proposals. But as
telecoms analyst Paul Budde states, the FttN proposed for Australia is
already out of date, with FttH the preferred standard being rolled out
overseas.
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
The controversial “Street View” feature of Google Maps first launched
in the US has now come to Australia, raising privacy fears while giving
the world a street level view of the land down under. Go ogle it and
see what you think!
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
Previewed to the press over a month ago as Telstra exclusive, the HTC
Touch Diamond has finally landed on store shelves to challenge the
iPhone 3G for smartphone supremacy.
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
3D TV
has been promised as the “next big thing” for years, but while
consumers can now buy one, play selected 3D games through a PC and
watch 2D DVD converted to “3D” through a PC, as well as 3D movies, all
with special glasses, 3D television programming isn’t here yet.
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
I went to have a look at Telstra’s new 3D TV display, destined for
advertising and use in retail, enterprise and government installations,
and had the chance to find out how the 3D TV is displayed, and to get some more questions answered. Read on!
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
The Aussie mobile data revolution is affecting even Telstra, perhaps
not at the much faster speeds than we’re seeing at 3 Mobile, Optus and
Vodafone, but affecting them nevertheless, boosting the $29/80MB plan
to 300MB, amongst others. But when will Telstra announce data cap
increase for its more expensive 1GB and 3GB plans?
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
In-home tech support company Gizmo, covering the PC, AV and digital
lifestyle space, and top-tier PC manufacturer Dell, have joined forces
in Australia to provide a more complete hardware and support offering –
but it’s not an “exclusive” deal.
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
Telstra already has phones operating at “up to” 7.2Mbps on its Next G
network, but the LG KF390 is the first 7.2Mbps-class phone to achieve
“Blue Tick” status, something Telstra recommends for “handheld use” in
rural and regional areas.
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
Although 3D TV has been demonstrated over several years at technology
trade shows, for gaming, advertising, television, movies and more,
Telstra claims it’s first to commercially install the technology at its
“Executive Briefing Centre” in Melbourne, Australia.
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
One of the major sellers on eBay has gone belly up, leaving many
customers in the lurch. eBay says it will refund people who purchased
with PayPal, even though it is not obliged to do so, but will leave
everyone else in the cold. An eBay rebel says it could be a “cover up”
and has explained why.
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
“Don’t be fooled”, say the eBay rebels, “the PayPal Buyer Protection is entirely illusory”. They’ve made this claim for some time now but feel the failure of one of the largest sellers on eBay only bolsters their claim that eBay’s push to mandate PayPal is going in the wrong direction. Meanwhile, one of Australia’s big banks has responded to the group’s query over the safety of the decades old “Direct Deposit” system.
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
3 Mobile has made 7GB of data available for $49 per month on its 3.5G
HSDPA network, outclassing competitors who only have 3GB, 5GB and 6GB
plans respectively – but who will be the first to bite the 10GB
download cap bullet?
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