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iPad, ‘Droids Kill The PC

Staff Writers June 12, 2013 No Comments

After hearing the Aussie PC market slumped 21% in Q1 from IDC yesterday, now tablets are set to outstrip notebooks globally by the end of 2013. Analysts Canalys’ (who include tablets…

Apple Reveals Small Black Round Beast

David Richards June 12, 2013 No Comments

1/8th the size of the previous model, it has all new 12-core (E5) Intel Xeon processors, dual AMD-provided FirePro workstation graphics, new PCIe flash storage, new faster RAM, PCI Express…

Sony Launches Into Hard Drive

Staff Writers June 3, 2013 No Comments

The slim one 1TB (HDE1BC/PC/SC) hard drive is “one of the fastest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market,” thanks to its Data Transfer Accelerator software for USB 3.0, with transfer speeds…

Asus Streeetch Tai-Chi Ultra-Tab

Staff Writers May 30, 2013 No Comments

Asus announce larger Taichi 31, a 13.3″ Ultrabook that transforms into a tablet. The 13.3-inch dual-screen Full HD (1920 x 1080) PC has the mobility of a detachable tablet with…

Red WD Hard Drive (+DropBox Back-Up) $139

Staff Writers May 17, 2013 No Comments

Western Digital new hard drives My Passport Ultra has super-fast USB 3.0, WD SmartWare Pro software which gives auto backup and cloud backup via Dropbox, so you won’t ever lose…

Search Me: Now, Chrome Talks To You

Staff Writers May 16, 2013 No Comments

Google geeks previewed “spoken answers” on Chrome laptops and desktops at 6th annual Google I/O developer conference overnight (already available on Android, Apple mobiles) meaning you can converse with Google…

Dell Tug-O-War: Round 3

Staff Writers May 13, 2013 No Comments

The tug of war between Dell CEO Michael Dell and Ichan enters round three. Rebel investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have made a fresh counter bid to…

Forget Boxes, Adobe ‘Cards’ To Hit Stores

Staff Writers May 10, 2013 No Comments

As the software giant announced it was scrapping selling software packs and moving to ‘Creative Cloud’ online subscription-only services this week, we wondered; would Adobe be banished from stores completely? Not…

Windows 8 Blues: Emergency Surgery Plan Revealed

Staff Writers May 8, 2013 No Comments

“We recently surpassed the 100 Million Licenses Sold mark for Windows 8.” said Tami Reller, Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer, in an interview published on a MS blog, overnight. …

eBooks: Stranger Than Fiction

Staff Writers May 6, 2013 No Comments

The popular Kobo, which accounts for 25-30% of eReader market globally, recently unveiled the Aura HD ereader – the high end HD eReader designed for bookworms. The breakthrough device is…