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Microsoft To Give Away Windows For Free Head On Battle With Google

Staff Writers April 4, 2014 No Comments

Microsoft’s move, announced at its annual developers conference in San Francisco, Build, is an attempt to broaden the small user base of mobile versions of Windows, in the hope that…

Valentines Day Saves Retail’s Bacon

Staff Writers April 3, 2014 No Comments

Australian retail turnover rose 0.2 per cent in February 2014, seasonally adjusted, the latest ABS Retail Trade figures show. This follows a 1.2 per cent rise in January. Year-on-year retail rose…

Fisher & Paykel COO Steps down

Staff Writers April 3, 2014 No Comments

Mike Church has resigned as Chief Operating Officer director of Fisher & Paykel Australia after 31 years, it was announced today. There was no reason for the departure, but it…

Windows 8.1 Update: Back To The ‘Start’

Staff Writers April 3, 2014 No Comments

Unveiled at Built developer conference today, Windows 8.1 update for tablets and PC, offers a more familiar Windows type experience across touch, keyboard and mouse inputs, and ramps up the…

Hello Cortana! Windows Phone 8 New BFF

Staff Writers April 3, 2014 No Comments

Announced at Microsoft Build developers conference taking place in the US, Windows Phone 8.1 update and tweaks to Windows 8.1 for tablets, PC’s was unveiled. Including a new Siri –…

Oz ‘Money Guru’ App Eyes Google Glass

Staff Writers April 2, 2014 No Comments

Australian start-up Pocketbook, is working with cutting-edge Google Glass on an app that promising to “forever change the way you spend your money,” it announced. Pocketbook will manage your money…

Phablet iPhone 6 ‘In Production’?

Staff Writers April 2, 2014 No Comments

That’s according to Reuters, which suggests Apple’s next big thing – literally – is about to hit the production lines in Japan. The larger screen device – rumoured to have…

Foxtel Plays PlayStation 4

Staff Writers April 2, 2014 No Comments

Announced yesterday, Foxtel Play Internet TV service will also be coming soon to PlayStation 4 (PS4), and is now live on PS3. Foxtel Play content is delivered via broadband, screening…

Talk To the Hand! Samsung “Finger” Revealed

Staff Writers April 1, 2014 No Comments

Unveiled today, ‘Samsung Fingers’ – a new wearable glove runs on 5G network, has a 16mp camera, LED screen and is charged by the sun. OK, this is an April Fools joke, but…

Ap-ple Fools? iTunes AU Price Rise

Staff Writers April 1, 2014 No Comments

Apple are raising the prices of digital content music, apps on App Store, blamed on fluctuating exchange rates, in a note to developers seen by Apple Insider. The changes will…