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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
Jetstar, the budget airline owned by Qantas, is currently suffering an outage at the most frustrating point possible – right when the consumer is pressing the ‘purchase’ button, making consumers suffer long waits on Jetstar’s 24 hour phone line.
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
Google’s ‘RechargeIT’ initiative transforms hybrid cars into mostly
electrically powered vehicles that barely use the fuel tank to double
the fuel economy of regular hybrids, pump energy back into the grid and
reduce emissions while providing US $10m to speed up progress.
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
Although PDF is the standard in the paper-free yet easily printable
delivery of information, Adobe has unveiled ‘Digital Editions 1.0’, an
improved and free e-reader that lets you easily ‘acquire, manage and
read’ digital books and documents on PCs and Macs.
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
Apple is supposedly entering the in-car entertainment/mp3/GPS market
with presumably iPhone style technology, with Mercedes Benz rumored to
have struck a deal to be first to release the technology in 2009 with a
six month period of exclusivity.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
Rumors that Ubuntu and Red Hat were about to do a dance with the
‘devil’ have proven untrue, to the relief of Linux lovers.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
Has Blockbuster become the HD DVD-buster by deciding to stock only
Blu-ray titles in their 1700 corporate-owned stores, leaving HD DVD
titles only in the initial 250 store test, adding only more HD DVD
titles see higher consumer demand?
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
The
Federal Government’s launch of ‘Australia Connected’ is meant to ensure
’99.9%’ of Australians get access to at least 12Mb broadband speeds one
way or the other by June 30, 2009.
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
Numerous reports of bugs within the beta of Apple’s latest browser,
Safari 3, in both the Mac and Windows versions, make it good to play
around with but not to use as your everyday browser.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
In the latest threat to physical video rental stores, speculation is
rife online that Apple will soon introduce 30-day movie rentals to the
iTunes store, but movie studios don’t seem thrilled just yet.
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
Reports that Microsoft are considering a price drop for the Xbox 360 to
US $199 have been ‘taken way out of context’ according to David Hufford
– but surely they must be coming anyway?
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
Although Apple's new OS, due October, has 300 new features, Steve Jobs
highlighted 10 features he wanted to share, from 'CoverFlow' in Finder
through to the Time Machine feature, interface improvements and more -
is it the most advanced OS ever?
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
Safari 3 is now available as a public beta for both the Mac and the
Windows platform, compatible with XP and Vista, and promising speeds
twice as fast as IE7!
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
Watch out Microsoft, Adobe now has a product that can bring Web 2.0 online applications to the desktop - and they don't need a browser!
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
The Mac platform has never been stronger, with more software and
hardware support than ever, fantastic XP, Vista and Linux
virtualization support, more Mac buyers, and soon, a new OS.
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
Public
speculation by Microsoft Xbox head honchos that US $199 is the ‘sweet
spot’ for console pricing plus admiration for the Wii’s ability to
attract non-gamers to actually buy and use a games console is causing
waves.
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
If you’ve been playing your Nintendo Wii for hours, and start feeling
pain in different parts of your body, chances are you’ve got Wiiitis.
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
A cross-license patent agreement between software behemoth Microsoft
and Korean electronics powerhouse LG may result in some interesting
products. Will we see an LG HDTV with built-in Xbox 360?
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
Touch screen phones are the latest rage, despite having been around for
years, because… duh… someone figured out that fingers are much thicker
than the stylus – yet so-called smartphones often just aren’t.
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