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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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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 |
Although Microsoft has been officially saying that Windows 7 would
launch “3 years” after the general availability of its predecessor,
Windows Vista, thus signifying a January 2010 release timeframe,
Microsoft has now announced it expects Windows 7 to launch before
2009’s “holiday season” in a move that has been long expected.
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 |
Months after the “Blackberry-esque” Nokia E71 launched for 2100MHz 3.5G
networks, Telstra has finally brought an 850MHz “Next G” capable model
to market for its customers – but where’s a Next G capable Nokia E75?
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 |
In an exclusive, long sought after interview with Microsoft’s CEO and
Lord of the Dance, Steve Ballmer, a startling revelation on the future
of Windows has emerged, set to shock, surprise, delight and dismay.
Which emotion will you feel today?
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Monday, 09 March 2009 |
A few months after SanDisk brought the 16GB microSDHC card to life,
Kingston has also joined the fray, bringing more competition into the
market, something that is sure to see prices go down even faster!
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Monday, 09 March 2009 |
Rumours suggest the top-end Xbox 360 Elite may soon be phased out by
Microsoft as retailers complain the Elite models take longer to sell
than the cheaper Arcade and Pro editions, although Microsoft is said
not to have yet made any final decision.
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Monday, 09 March 2009 |
The new SDXC or “eXtended Capacity” format, promising cards with up to
2TB of storage, has now come to life with Pretec announcing its first
32GB SDXC card, although shipments of the card haven’t yet started as
no SDXC compatible devices are yet available to buy.
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Sunday, 08 March 2009 |
Although the 64-bit version of Windows 7 build 7048 has been widely
available on bittorrent sites, the 32-bit version was missing in
action. But no longer, for it too has escaped Microsoft’s clutches and
is available to any pirate that wants it!
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Thursday, 05 March 2009 |
Cheeky Australian direct online retailer Kogan, famed for inexpensive
pricing and the Kogan Agora Android phone no-show, has launched a new
37-inch LCD TV called the “KEVIN37”, priced at AUD $900 and poking fun
at Australia’s illustrious "toxic bore" of a Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd –
AKA Kevin07, Kevin247 and Kevin747.
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Saturday, 21 February 2009 |
A news report suggests netbook pioneer Asus has assembled a team to put
Google’s Android OS on its popular range of Eee netbook PCs, but as the
project is still “in development”, an Android Eee is not guaranteed.
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Friday, 20 February 2009 |
With 2008 showing just how big the “underground economy” has become,
and with numerous examples of banking Trojans and malware reaching new
heights of nefariousness, 2009 is a do-or-die year for the banking
industry – especially in the midst of the global financial crisis.
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Sunday, 15 February 2009 |
The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, and the upcoming 150th
anniversary of his famous book, The Origin of Species, has been in the
news all week, but less than half of polled Americans still think the
book is bunkum.
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 |
Bemused by rising prices for consumer electronics (CE) items at major
retail stores, Australian “direct to the public” online seller Kogan
Technologies has announced it is maintaining or lowering the prices of
all tech products it sells.
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009 |
The touch revolution arrived long ago but has been getting refined ever
since, and while the iPhone has shown the way, the Eee Top aims to
bring touch screens to the masses at a price that’s cheaper than HP’s
touch screen computers but still expensive compared to netbooks. Given
the Eee Top uses an Atom processor, can we expect similar pricing for
touch capable netbooks, too?
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Monday, 26 January 2009 |
Still want to try out the Windows 7 beta OS, but haven’t downloaded it
yet? Microsoft has extended the download period from late January until
February 10 for the public, although the cut-off date doesn’t apply to
MSDN and TechNet members. Is the download extension any cause for
controversy?
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009 |
Although many Mac users are of the opinion they don’t need anti-virus
protection, security companies keep on delivering it, with PC Tools
marking two important milestones: version 1.0 of its iAntiVirus
software for Mac, after a successful beta process, and a very nice $0
price for home users - although business users are expected to pay.
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
Although there are a zillion ways to download YouTube videos to your
computer, YouTube has finally started rolling out a “click to download”
button on some of its videos, with a wider rollout said to be on the
way.
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
When Microsoft launched Office 2007, it also introduced the new
“ribbon” interface, hated by some and loved by others. Screenshots of
the Office 14 suite, said to be due for release in 2010, now show the
ribbon is everywhere – but will Microsoft update Powerpoint so it
matches and betters the “cinema transitions” in Apple’s Keynote?
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