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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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Friday, 16 January 2009 |
The public beta of Norton 360 version 3.0, the “simplified” Internet
security package from Symantec has launched. It also includes backup
and tune-up services in addition to traditional AV and firewall
protection, while also including some of the features of Norton
Internet Security 2009’s including “super fast” installation and
performance characteristics.
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Friday, 16 January 2009 |
Online criminals are continuing to target high profile websites by
hacking them to host drive-by-download malware, with the latest
belonging to well-known socialite Paris Hilton.
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 |
It’s one thing to showcase some great new products at the Las Vegas
CES, but the big question is when those products will hit local shores.
ASUS has come forth with a pronouncement on when some of its products
will go from showcase shelf space to the retail showroom floor.
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 |
What looks like a regular digital watch to your kids is a GPS location
system designed to gives parents peace of mind. It sounds like a great
idea for younger children, but for older kids their GPS-equipped phones
and special software can do the same thing, today.
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 |
It looks like pre-betas are all the rage these days, with Google now
jumping aboard the bandwagon with a 2.0 pre-beta release of its Chrome
browser, and a promise to deliver Mac and Linux versions by mid-2009.
What has Google done to make Chrome shinier?
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Monday, 12 January 2009 |
Multi-touch technology, made famous by the Apple iPhone, is already
available on PCs through HP’s TouchSmart tx2 notebook, and will come to
many more notebook, tablet and desktop PC screens throughout 2009, well
in time for Windows 7 and Linux.
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
All weekend as Windows 7 keys were hard to come by, people
tried accessing Microsoft’s TechNet site to access their unique
activation keys. Originally with a 2.5m download limit, people expected
keys to go fast, but with that limit removed, it appears that the
TechNet issued keys are generic – and I’ve used one to activate Windows
7 beta 1, so I know it works!
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
If you’ve been worried about getting access to the Windows 7 beta 1
download because of all the overwhelming demand and Microsoft’s
publicized 2.5 million download limit, you can rest easy – the limit
has been removed until January 24.
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
Windows 7 beta 1 can now be downloaded from Microsoft’s official Windows
7 site once more, after having been delayed for at least 24 hours due
to “overwhelming demand”.
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
If you’ve been trying to get a Windows 7 beta 1 activation key without
success, the method over at Neowin just started working for me after
hours of trying.
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Saturday, 10 January 2009 |
Do you have a Dell Mini 9 netbook and you want to try out the latest
Windows 7 beta 1? Here’s what you need to check first – no matter which
computer you are using.
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Saturday, 10 January 2009 |
Microsoft has seemingly underestimated demand for the official Windows
7 beta 1 download, launching its download program late and then pulling
the download due to “overwhelming demand”. Even so, direct download
links are available – and they’re working!
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