Facebook “Will Disappear” In 5 Yrs: Analyst
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June 6, 2012
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Will Facebook’s Timeline soon say ‘dead’? One US analyst seems to think so. “In five to eight years they are going to... Read More
Facebook…For Kids?
Click to enlarge Facebook are said to be developing technology which would allow children to access The Social Network with parental supervision,... Read More
Its War, Microsoft: Android Nabs QuickOffice
Click to enlarge And the best part (for Google anyway) is that Androids don’t even have to have Microsoft suite installed. “We’re... Read More
1 in 4 ‘Pirates’ OZ
Click to enlarge Pirates of movies, music and other TV content, that is. That’s according to a Newspoll survey which says just... Read More
Forget Bebo: Google Gets Meebo
Google has just bought social network guru Meebo, the now Googled company announced on a blog: “We are happy to announce that... Read More
Its LIVE: Telstra NBN Hits Tassie
Click to enlarge Telstra’s NBN commercial broadband service has just been launched in Triabunna and Sorell, areas of southern Tasmania. The telco... Read More
Famed Microsoft Blue Screen Of Death Set To Disappear
The screen, which appears when there’s been a programming error has often been the pain of Windows OS users, could be eliminated... Read More
Telstra Watching Nine Network?
Click to enlarge The telco is said to have a swat team working on a possible deal to buy out Nine Entertainment... Read More
New Win 8 Released Set To Be A Threat To Android Tablets
Microsoft who stand to gain a big lift in tablet market share with the launch of their new Windows 8 operating system... Read More
20% OZ PCs “Unsecure”: McAfee
Click to enlarge Apple Mac recent trojan virus infected thousands of PC’s. Thats according to security experts McAfee who found 17% of... Read More
REVEALED: Internet Traffic To Boom 7 TIMES
Click to enlarge Internet traffic will grow 7-fold by 2016 in Australia, network giant Cisco has forecast. Traffic will reach 708 Petabytes... Read More
NBN-Optus $800M Deal Green Light
The Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a draft determination proposing to authorise the major agreement between NBN Co and Optus... Read More
‘PowerON’: Optus Revs Up Cloud
Click to enlarge Renamed as ‘PowerON Compute,’ the Singapore owned telco is to launch regional cloud services with parent company SingTel. Optus... Read More
Music Stream Battle Looms As Telstra, JB Hi Fi, Sony & Spotify Slug It Out
Despite not having a launch date Larissa Ivacheff the general manager of Entertainment for Telstra BigPond, was out yesterday spinning the Telstra... Read More
Spotify Goes Live Today In OZ
The Swedish company is entering the Australian market after a number of other streaming services have already hit the scene, including ones... Read More
Talking Set-Top Box Hit OZ
Click to enlarge Set top boxes now talk to you. Minister for Communications announced the rollout of talking set-top box technology to... Read More
Foxtel Scores Voice And Gesture Control On Xbox
Instead of flipping couch cushions in search of the remote control, users can pause, play, fast forward and stop Foxtel broadcasts by... Read More
First Came The Price Gouge Then Adobe Tries To Use Security Breach To Force Upgrade
In a press release issued today Adobe said that they intend to charge Australian consumers $62.99 a month to get access to... Read More
‘iMaps’: Apple To Dump Google Maps
Instead it is to concentrate on a 100% home grown Apple mapping service for iOS 6 – its next operating system, which... Read More
Judge Reveals Google Losing Money With Android
On Friday Judge William Alsup, who is presiding in the US over the Oracle Vs Google case, unexpectedly read portions from a... Read More
Quickflix Stream Movies To Xbox
Click to enlarge The Quickflix “unlimited” movie service is exclusive to Australia and New Zealand X Box Gold members for a “low... Read More
Telstra: Porn Kings No More
Forget dirty porn, look at all the happy cuddly movies on Telstra. Telstra customers can no longer get their kicks off BigPond... Read More
NSW Police Dodgy Claims UK Software Company
The police are said to be using the software to access a critical database that contains information on most NSW citizens. Micro... Read More
Apple WWDC Sells Out In Minutes New iOS6 & iPhone 5 Tipped
The software based event is expected to include new Mac software, with Apple set to give a hint of new software features.... Read More
Adobe Creative Suite Now Only $37.99
The company believes subscription pricing and online delivery will see thousands of smaller users – unable or unwilling to stump up the... Read More
REVEALED: How OZ Gets Screwed On IT Prices
Thats according to Labor MP Ed Husic who’s calling on the government to investigate why Aussies are getting screwed over on software... Read More
Microsoft “Strong” But Windows 8 To Kill Rivals?
Click to enlarge The Redmond based giant announced revenue of $17.41 billion for the first three month (Q3) 2012, a 6% increase... Read More
Android Tug-‘O-War: Google V Oracle
Click to enlarge Android war could cost Google dearly, if Oracle has its way. Oracle are accusing green man creator Google of... Read More
REVEALED: Telstra “Unlimited” Music To Hit
Click to enlarge Telstra are partnering with California-based MOG for a music streaming service, to be unleashed on smartphones, tablets and PCs,... Read More
Sweet Dreams Made Of…iPhone?
A total of 10,000 participants will be involved in the social experiment launched in Edinburgh international science festival via Dream:ON app for... Read More
Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Invading OZ: Warn Analysts
Click to enlarge International cloud services are making significant headway in the Australian enterprise market, with Amazon Web Services, Apple and Google... Read More
Dell Gets Wyse (On Cloud)
Click to enlarge Dell is to buy Wyse Technology – a global leader in cloud computing – to “significantly” expand desktop virtualization... Read More
TV Station Pulls Out Of Freeview
Freeview, which was established in 2008, is jointly owned by ABC, SBS, Seven, Nine, Ten, Prime7 and Southern Cross. It uses technology... Read More
My Optus App: Service Is Go
Prepaid/ postpaid customers can also view bills and usage, access to Optus customer reps, switch to international roaming and change their call... Read More
Has OZ Developer Just Got $300M+ Out Of Microsoft?
The cheery, free-living Richardson – who for some years was domiciled in a VW Kombi – won fame back in 1994 as... Read More
REVEALED: Why ACCC Fears Foxtel
Click to enlarge Yesterday, the ACCC called a halt to the (proposed) $1.9bn merger, which would see the Pay TV giant Foxtel... Read More
IBM Top Cloud Co: Study
Click to enlarge The report, released this week by Longhaus, selects IBM as the top infrastructure-as-a-service Cloud for enterprise in Australia, citing... Read More
Concept of Digital Ownership Challenged In David & Goliath Court Case
Click to enlarge At the bottom of Apple’s iTunes is a line documenting the playback duration of your entire music collection. Mine... Read More
Revolutionary Lytro Boxy Camera On Sale $399
Lytro, billed by its inventor, Ren Ng , as an “amazing new kind of camera”, allows photographers to focus their pictures after... Read More
REVEALED: Telstra New Porn King
The telco are now offering new soft porn videos like ‘Dirty Housewife’ – straight to mobile devices. The new video porn services... Read More
Austar Drops Foxtel Ready To Pounce
Click to enlarge Less people watching Austar PayTV, according to new figures. Austar United results for the year end 31 December 2011,... Read More
The Grammy Goes To…Steve Jobs
Click to enlarge Steve Jobs was awarded a posthumous Grammy Trustees Award Saturday on the huge contribution iPod and iTunes made to... Read More
Analyst: Thumbs Up To JB HiFi, But Proceed With Caution
As of late 2011, the yellow retailer has been heavily discounting selected products online and marketing them as “daily deals.” This strategy,... Read More
Samsung To Watch Quickflix $14 PM
Click to enlarge The movies deal, announced today, mean that Samsung’s web ready Smart TVs, 3D TV and and Blu-ray players, on... Read More
Music Streaming Wars JB Hi Fi Still Cheapest
The move will put pressure on JB Hi Fi and their new Music Now sercice that is still the cheapest at $7.99... Read More
Sony Described As Aggressive Nuisance As They Try To Gouge Revenue From Karaoke
After being beaten up in their attempts to introduce Copyright legislation Sony/ATV is trying to claw revenue from drunk amateur singers as... Read More
Soundz Like Rdio: Sonos $9 Music Hits OZ
Sonos users in Australia and New Zealand can now enjoy unlimited, on-demand music from its ‘social music service’ Rdio, it announced today.... Read More
Megaupload Facing Serious ‘Criminal’ Charges: 7 Indicted, $50M Seized
The charges laid on the seven indicted were for running an international criminal enterprise centred on copyright infringement on the internet, and... Read More
Free TV: Set-Top Box Grants Unleashed
Click to enlarge Eligible households include Southern and Central NSW, the ACT and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, all of whom can opt... Read More
JB HiFi’s Music Now Sounds So Sweet
Click to enlarge JB HiFi’s Now streams tracks from the cloud to multiple devices. Whereas Apple’s iTunes requires users to download tracks... Read More
