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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
Windows Vista has been, without a doubt, Microsoft’s most controversial
operating system ever. Plagued by issues including performance,
incompatible software, missing hardware drivers and more, Vista has
thankfully seen much improvement throughout 2007 – but it is enough to
finally accelerate Vista demand?
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
Toshiba Australia’s huge 50% price drop on three HD DVD players with a
stack of free movies either signals the clear out stock at relatively
cheap prices, or a price-led effort to revive HD DVD’s fortunes – which
is it?
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
The trend for technology to go thin has been with us for some time – I still have an old Sony portable CD player somewhere that’s barely bigger than a CD inside its plastic jewel case – and everybody’s seen the Motorola RAZR. The 30GB 5G iPod, the Nano and then the iPod Touch also propelled thin tech further, and now it culminates in the MacBook Air.
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
Apple have sold 7 million movies since their introduction on iTunes
back in September 2006, outselling high-def movie sales on Blu-ray or
HD DVD – with more competition still from the Xbox 360’s movie download
service, Amazon’s Unbox and others – but downloading hasn’t won the
race just yet.
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
Well known consumer electronics manufacturer, Hitachi, is set to cease
sales of consumer electronics in Australia on the 29th of February,
following record Christmas sales of products heavily discounted for the
end-of-year festive season.
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Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
A lot of hot air has been generated over the past few days since Steve
Jobs announced the MacBook Air in the Macworld 2008 keynote, and while
part of me still wishes it had a smaller screen, Apple has re-invented
something yet again: this time, it’s the way we think about
ultraportable computing.
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
In what appears to be an accidental leak of an upcoming new product for
Windows Vista, called the Vista Plus! Pack, a few issues are raised. To
start with, there wasn’t supposed to be any Vista Plus! Packs thanks to
Windows Vista Ultimate – and why does this Plus! Pack only come with 4
games?
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
An amazing new nanowire battery has finally been developed that
delivers the revolutionary leap in battery technology we’ve all been
waiting for, giving our gadgets and notebooks up to 10x the battery
life, while reliably powering the electric cars of tomorrow. At last!
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
The Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008 has come and gone, and there’s
no 3G iPhone, no MacBook Tablet, MacBook Nano or iPhone Pro, no Blu-ray
drives and no iPhone notes synching. So what did Steve Jobs bring down the mountain?
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 |
Whether you’re a CDMA customer holding out for even more choice in Next
G handsets, or someone thinking of switching to Next G from whichever
carrier you currently use, two new Telstra Next G handsets have arrived
to tempt you.
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
Faced with the threat of piracy through X-rated video sharing sites, at
least one adult content producer is suing their video sharing
competition, while the on-demand nature of online video dents DVD
sales.
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
Although the concept of one high-def video format would be appear to be
of universal and paramount importance, especially after the VHS vs Beta
wars, we thankfully live in a world where competition, the markets and
consumers determine the winners. HD DVD has certainly received what
appears to be a knockout blow – but is it truly lights out for this
high-def contender?
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
A blue Mac? We haven’t seen once since the original ‘Bondi Blue’ iMacs
in the late 90s, but if the rumours that Apple are finally about to
include Blu-ray players (and potentially burners) in the Mac range pans
out during this week’s Macworld, a ‘Blu’ Mac could well be back!
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
The ASUS Eee PC is the standout “portable PC” of the moment, officially selling for AUD $499 and coming complete with Linux OS, Open Office,
Skype, Firefox and plenty more. Initially selling out and for sale
through Myer stores only, the Eee PC retains its iPhone-like popularity
into 2008, with ASUS signing up plenty of new Australian retailers to
meet the strong demand.
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
Due in high-end AV store shelves from September 2008, in the US at
least, the Laser TV has finally been officially unveiled at CES, and by
all accounts it has delivered the stunning improvements in rich colour
that use of the laser promises over existing plasma and LCD technology.
What does this mean for the plasma and LCD TV display industry?
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008 |
A report on the state of Australia’s regional telecommunications has
finally arrived in Federal Government hands to help it decide by
January 21 whether or not it will authorise closure of the CDMA network
as Telstra has planned.
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Tuesday, 08 January 2008 |
The launch of an early alpha version of the Wikia search engine has
impressed few pundits with poor results and missing features, despite
Wikia founder Jimmy Wales imploring all not to expect Google-killing
results from day one. Will Wikia Search one day become wickedly good?
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Monday, 07 January 2008 |
Bill Gates has given his 11th and last CES keynote as Microsoft
head-honcho, looking at the future, touch and talk interfaces, the
Beijing Olympics, Zune, new TV shows and movies for Xbox Live, Xbox 360
sales and IPTV - but the rumoured Xbox 360 Ultimate didn’t make an
appearance.
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