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Dyson Airblade launches down under
Friday, 30 November 2007
A merger of high technology and design has produced a hand dryer that dries hands hygienically in 10 seconds without heat, using significantly less power and removing the need for expensive paper towels.
 
Price war brewing in Australian mobile broadband market
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Vodafone have launched a 5GB monthly plan for 3.5G mobile broadband users in selected metropolitan areas of Australia at only $39 per month, challenging all fixed and wireless competitors for the December mobile broadband dollar.

 
Microsoft’s painful blister: Windows Vista
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Just days away from Microsoft’s first year anniversary of Vista Business RTM on Nov 30, the last year has felt like Vista has been in a perpetual beta, just like all those Web 2.0 sites. As SP1 draws near, is the Vista blister finally healing, or should Microsoft scrap the lot as some pundits have advised and go back to XP SP3?

 
Speed: the wow starts now with Windows XP SP3
Monday, 26 November 2007
Test results for Windows XP SP3 from Devil Mountain Software, Inc., have shown a surprising 10% performance boost compared with XP SP2, in stark contrast to slow results for the release candidate of Vista SP1.
 
US PS3 sales increase 192% since price drop
Sunday, 25 November 2007
It used to be the PS3xpensive, but since the recent price drop introducing at 40GB PS3 for US $399, sales have ‘more than doubled’, no doubt putting quite a smile on Sony’s dial.
 
Internet to go down in 2010?
Sunday, 25 November 2007
A new report from the Nemertes Research Group has studied the Internet’s infrastructure and analyzed usage patterns to predict that Internet usage by consumers and corporations could ‘outstrip network capacity’ worldwide in just over two years, requiring massive financial investment. Will the Internet survive?
 
Can Hotmail co-founder take Office online?
Sunday, 25 November 2007
The co-founder of Hotmail, Sabeer Bhatia, has announced that his forthcoming online, Flash and RIA-based Office clone will soon match the power of Microsoft Office – and will be fast, free and easy. That’s a big claim – can Bhatia take a chunk out of Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar Office revenue?

 
Can e-voting problems be solved by SMS text messaging?
Friday, 23 November 2007
A new message has arrived saying “it’s time” to consider electoral voting via SMS, thanks to mobile phones, SMS text messaging and voting by SMS for TV show contestants an everyday reality for years now. Could SMS be the solution to the e-voting conundrum?
 
A Microsoft LifeCam or a Logitech Quickcam?
Friday, 16 November 2007
Microsoft has launched two new LifeCams for video conferencing – but as there’s no compatibility with Skype’s new high quality video, and as Windows Live Messenger doesn’t yet offer it, is it worth buying a Microsoft LifeCam?
 
Skype 3.6 leaves beta, now available for all (on Windows)
Friday, 16 November 2007
If you’ve been itching to try Skype’s much improved ‘high quality’ video in conjunction with one of three 2 megapixel Logitech webcams, Skype 3.6 has left beta and is now available for all Windows users.
 
Cell phone jammers proliferating in US
Wednesday, 07 November 2007
With mobile cell phone etiquette at an all time low, as users talk loudly into their phones wherever they are, the temptation to illegally import and use a cell phone jammer has proven overwhelming for some in the US that just want to stop use of cell phones in their area.
 
Phoenix turns “instant on” PCs at Hyperspace speed
Tuesday, 06 November 2007
If you’ve ever wished you could turn on your PC and start using applications instantly, BIOS firmware company Phoenix has a new solution that’s designed to speed up PC start up times tremendously – but you’ll still have to wait at least 30 seconds for Windows to boot – so what’s so special about Phoenix Hyperspace?

 
More malware coming for Macs
Saturday, 03 November 2007
Hackers and malware creators are clearly taking a greater degree of interest in the ever growing community of Mac owners with the discovery of the OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan masquerading as a video plug-in at some porn sites, diverting some of their attention away from the Windows world to try their hand at hacking the Mac.

 
Here comes the 320GB drive for your laptop!
Saturday, 03 November 2007
Western Digital have announced the world’s largest capacity ‘Scorpio’ 2.5-inch hard drive, a 3Gbit/sec SATA drive that stores 320GB on two platters, giving mobile users more storage capacity than ever, while Toshiba also makes some hard disk announcements.

 
HD DVD player prices tumble to sub-US $100 prices
Saturday, 03 November 2007
Consumers ready to make the leap into high definition video through HD DVD or Bu-ray are finding cheaper prices much easier to swallow – while still not definitively ending the high-def format war.

 
Big day for Telstra with plenty of announcements
Thursday, 01 November 2007
5.00am Exclusive: It’s a big day for Telstra, with a number of announcements to come from CEO Sol Trujillo along with a number of new Next G compatible handsets, including two certified for rural and regional use, new Foxtel Mobile capabilities, a new mobile payments system, a new interactive retail space for consumers and an interactive solutions centre for business customers.
 
Polaris opens specialist software testing lab in Australia
Thursday, 01 November 2007
Indian software giant Polaris has opened their newest specialist software testing lab in Sydney, Australia, in conjunction with the NSW Government, giving their customers in the banking, financial services, insurance, manufacturing and services worlds access to a 24/7 global testing capability, massively improving software reliability.
 
Skype on a winner with higher quality video
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Yes, Skype’s new “HQ” Video does need decent broadband and one of three high quality, Carl Zeiss lens equipped webcams, but it’s the first real boost in video quality consumers have seen in years.
 
Portable power to recharge mobile phones
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Creating a mobile phone charger that runs on AA batteries is an easy thing to do, and with more digital devices and power hungry phones out there than ever, major battery manufacturer Energizer has finally decided to enter the market with a nifty new device called ‘Energi To Go’.
 
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