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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
IceTV, an electronic TV guide for Australians using Windows Media
Center, EyeTV on the Mac and selected PVRs, launches Australia’s first
TV show recommendation service for users.
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
Skype says that users of its new version 3.8 should get a much better
audio and Internet telephony experience, something that’s certainly
welcome. If true, it’s fantastic, and I’ll be downloading the latest
version to find out!
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
iGoogle can now be themed up with artwork from top Australian and
international artists, giving iGooglers some cool new themes for visual
entertainment!
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
Taking on the Wii and the PS3 as hard as it can, Microsoft drops prices
for the Xbox 360 in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan,
following a recent price cut in Europe. Is it enough to boost the Xbox
360 bigtime?
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
An online blog suggests Apple might have boosted chip speeds to 3.06Ghz
just so better gaming could come to the Mac. Hmm... maybe... but I
don’t think so.
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
Spammers sending messages laden with malware, be it spyware, viruses or
programs to trap our computers in nefarious botnets are getting
trickier and trickier in their attempts to get us to not only click on
an email, but open the attachment. The latest one is as evil as ever,
and could fool plenty of people into clicking.
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
There’s 21 million Australians – and 21.26 million phone services “in
operation” as at 30 June 2007 – meaning more mobile phones than
Australians. We aren’t just the lucky country, we’re the connected
country, too!
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
Apple has just broken with its Tuesday policy of launching new products
by launching updates to the iMac line – on a Monday (US time), with the
fastest iMac now screaming along at a whopping 3.06 Ghz!
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
Cut. Chopped. Closed. Finito. Over and out. Lights off. KO’d. Goodbye
and good luck, oh CDMA network, may you forever rest in peace, as your
equipment is taken away in pieces.
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
The other Steve, Steve Ballmer, has suggested that Microsoft might keep
on selling XP if it’s what customers want – but companies such as Dell,
HP and Lenovo plan to keep on selling it anyway – thanks to an escape
clause in Vista’s licensing.
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
A news report has quoted Samsung’s “bullish forecast” for Blu-ray
adoption and sales, but this is hardly a surprise now that it is the
only high-def optical format on the market. Still, has Blu-ray left its
run too late?
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
The 3G Blackberry 9000 series – due for release in the US soon – and a
fabled touchscreen Blackberry – are two models that RIM hope will save
it from the coming 3G iPhone assault – but is it enough?
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
The Fiat 500, said to be ‘car of the year’ in the UK, is as cute as a
button – just like it was back in 1957, when it first appeared. But
where’s the electric version that would make this car glide, instead of
sputter?
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
Uh-oh... pirate copies of Grand Theft Auto IV are roaming around the
web, causing havoc - but why risk downloading a pirate copy at 6.32GB
in size for the Xbox 360 - when the full version comes out tomorrow?
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
Browser company Opera is preparing its star of the browser stage for
its latest performance: Opera 9.5 Beta 2. Is Opera’s latest beta...
better?
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
Hear ye, hear ye: all those with a CDMA mobile still connected, make
your last calls, your last calls. Today’s the day, tonight’s the night,
the CDMA network will switch out its light.
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
Roll up, roll up - who wants to buy US WiMAX spectrum? The spectrum:
billions of dollars. The equipment you'll need to sell to consumers to
access that spectrum: billions more. The look on Spectrum Wireless
executives faces when they sell that spectrum? Priceless.
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
The Windows Vista Team Blog has announced that automatic updates of
Vista SP1 have started for qualifying Vista owners – but tough luck for
you if you don’t qualify. You can just keep on waiting!
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