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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 |
Apple’s major new products are all under hack attack with Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard now hacked to run on PCs, while the iPhone and the iPod Touch
can be hacked to run third party apps just by visiting a web page – can
Apple’s secret sauce be put back in the bottle?
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 |
Hulu.com, the new TV show website owned by NBC and News Corp, has
launched in a private beta at last, promising one killer feature –
premium prime time current TV shows that people are watching now, like
Heroes, Prison Break, Bionic Woman and more – but is Hulu just a
glorified TV catch-up site?
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Monday, 29 October 2007 |
An update to Microsoft’s Windows Desktop Search tool was accidentally
rolled out to desktops and servers around the world on computer
networks using Microsoft’s WSUS update tool, even though many had
blocked the update, infuriating system admins worldwide.
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 |
Sonos, the iPod look-alike in-home mp3 player that can play different
music in every room through an ultra simple home network setup, has
added search functionality, Napster and a new low-cost wireless adapter
to make in home music even more musically sweet!
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
HP’s latest range of desktop PCs, notebooks, printers, a PDA, a GPS
mapping and digital media playback device and a printing service
continues design changes and interesting feature inclusions to strongly
appeal to the broadest range of consumers worldwide.
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
Packaging a 4GB or 8GB USB flash drive with a TV remote and video out
cables, alongside a legal TV and movie download service with a growing
library of content is a smart move for the No.2 in digital media
players, SanDisk.
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Monday, 22 October 2007 |
It’s not just existing Mac owners that Apple wants to entice with Mac
OS X 10.5 ‘Leopard’, but the vast number of Windows XP and Vista users
who could easily tempted by having a Mac and a PC in the same computer
– with other unannounced Leopard surprises inevitable!
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 |
Apple have announced that Leopard OS X 10.5 will go on sale worldwide
from October 26 – packed with new features like Time Machine, Spaces
and a spruced up interface, with the new Server version of OS X on sale
the same day.
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Thursday, 11 October 2007 |
The launch of Sony’s fastest Blu-ray burner, able to record a 50GB
dual-layer BD-R disc at 4x speed in 45 minutes, is simultaneously cool,
while also showing how far we’ve got to go before it only takes 5
minutes and combo Blu-Ray/HD DVD drives are standard, as combo DVD±R is
today.
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Tuesday, 02 October 2007 |
A new survey by the NCSA and McAfee shows just how vulnerable most
computer owners are, as the majority who believe themselves protected
by security software actually discover they are instead woefully
underprotected!
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
10.30am: For some time now Telstra have been saying that the Next-G network has already been upgraded to be up to 14.4Mbps compatible, but only offered 3.6Mbps-class devices. Finally, 7.2Mbps-class devices have arrived, and the speed boost is real!
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Saturday, 22 September 2007 |
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The Electric Car is back in the news thanks to a report on GM’s Volt Hybrid, highlighting the urgent need for a true mass market electric car that safely enhances lithium-ion battery technology while dealing with the distractions that are hydrogen and ethanol fuel alternatives. |
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Saturday, 22 September 2007 |
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Despite emphasising a renewed emphasis on PS3 games at the Tokyo Games
Show keynote, Sony wants us all to remember that the PS3 is “a great
Blu-ray player as well” and will advertise the feature in addition to
the gaming lineup.
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Saturday, 22 September 2007 |
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Halo 3 is genuinely one of the biggest entertainment events of all
time, set to once again rival blockbuster Hollywood movies for ‘opening
weekend’ revenue at the highest levels, showing just how successful
Microsoft has become with the Xbox 360.
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