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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
Reports that a third Apple store will be opened in Australia this year
come as Aussies keenly await the opening of the first official Apple
store in Sydney, with construction reported to be nearly complete.
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
Just like the BBC in the UK, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(ABC) has launched a range of online channels. The first will let you
‘catch up’ on broadcast programs, the second has a range of
documentaries while the third will offer to sell you digital media –
but it’s all still in ‘beta’.
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online
movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group
survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they
regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 |
Microsoft would dearly love the Vista Capable lawsuit to just go away,
but once the wheels of justice start grinding, can any amount of grease
stop the squeaky wheel?
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
Sony Ericsson has released the W890i Walkman phone, calling it ‘the
ultimate’ mobile music device – but I know of a better one, and I’m not
talking about the iPhone!
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
Anti-virus and anti-malware makers ALWIL Software, well known for the
avast! line of software for consumers, business and enterprise, have
reported a treasure trove of 50 million users being protected by avast!
Antivirus.
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
Massive changes are afoot at Pioneer, affecting every facet of their
business, including plasma TVs, audio, car audio and in-car
entertainment and Blu-ray, as Pioneer continues working with Sharp
Corporation on the business alliance they formed last year.
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
I was incredibly surprised and saddened to learn that the father of
Java, James Gosling, is firmly stuck in the 20th century, oddly
believing that the “over-the-air” (OTA) distribution of mobile
applications is somehow the wrong idea – and yet he uses an iPhone!
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
Kodak’s assault on the Australian (and world) inkjet printer market
continues with the local launch of their ‘Easyshare 5500’ all-in-one
model with features designed for small offices and home businesses,
although it comes several months after it launched in the US.
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
Although we live in a 3G world, 2G phones are still around, especially
in the pre-paid market this phone is destined for. The T303’s slider
design, a mirrored screen and a bit of chrome polish make it more
stylish than your average cheap phone, but the rest of its features are
quite basic.
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
Microsoft clearly won’t let its Office suite turn into a web based app
anytime soon – why bother when Office sales generates tens of billions
of dollars each year? Still, Microsoft must do something to keep up
appearances, with its latest beta finally unveiled.
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
After years of ‘embracing and extending’ existing standards to morph
them into proprietary Microsoft standards, something strange is
happening: Microsoft will ensure IE8 renders web content to accepted
web standards – by default.
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
If you’ve been eyeing the Eee PC but wished you could get one with a
larger screen, ASUS have just showcased the Eee PC 900 at the CeBIT
technology show in Hanover, Germany, but they won’t arrive in many countries (including Australia)
for around six months yet and perhaps longer.
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
In Sydney this week at a broadband event, Steve Wozniak let loose with
his views on the iPhone, the MacBook Air and Apple TV – while also
saying Australia’s new ‘broadband’ plan is just ‘adequate’, suggesting
we'll soon need to upgrade to even faster speeds.
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 |
In Sydney this week at a broadband event, Steve Wozniak let loose with
his views on the iPhone, the MacBook Air and Apple TV – while also
saying Australia’s new ‘broadband’ plan is just ‘adequate’.
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Tuesday, 04 March 2008 |
Sony’s ‘box hat’ shaped Living Room PC has arrived in Australia, giving
consumers a stylish desktop computer that comes with HDMI, a Blu-ray
reader (and DVD/CD burner) and Vista Home Premium (with Media Center)
to challenge the stand-alone Blu-ray player and Sony’s own PS3. Should
the Living Room PC live in your living room?
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
The wildly popular ASUS Eee PC has already been available with XP – but
only in Japan. Now the promised Eee PC pre-loaded with XP will finally
arrive on Australian store shelves sometime this month – but how much
will it cost?
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Saturday, 01 March 2008 |
Putting customers first seems to have been the missing ingredient in
the tale of Microsoft and Intel reaching a ‘deal’ on assigning ‘Vista
Capable’ status, resulting in the purchase of computers that were Vista
compatible as far as ‘Vista Home Basic’.
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