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Officeworks Lands At ANZ Tower

Staff Writers May 3, 2013 No Comments

The 1000sqm ‘concept’ store at 242 Pitt Street will be the largest Officeworks in the CBD area and the third such concept store – there is also one in Sydney’s Hunter…

Move Over iPad! Samsung ‘Droid Machine Up 280%

Staff Writers May 2, 2013 No Comments

In fact, more tabs were sold in first three months of 2013 than in Jan-June last year. Worldwide tablet shipments surge 142.4% in Q1 2013 with almost 50 million…

Sorry Siri: Google’s PA Hits Apples

Staff Writers April 30, 2013 No Comments

The gazillions of Apple iPhone and iPad owners can now use the Google Now personal assistant as part of an update for its Search app on iOS, the search king…

Watch out iPad: Microsoft Go Mini

Staff Writers April 22, 2013 No Comments

Microsoft is joining the Mini Bandwagon – downsizing its 10.6″ Surface Windows 8 tablet, which will go head to head with iPad, Samsungs Note phablets that range from 5.8-8″, Galaxy…

LG To Take On Samsung in OZ PC Market

David Richards April 11, 2013 No Comments

Their move back into the PC business comes as arch rival Samsung continues to grab PC market share away from traditional PC market players, HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus and Acer.…

Windows, Tabs Kill The PC

Staff Writers April 11, 2013 No Comments

Global PC market has slumped 14% this year, as smartphones and tablets emerge as new computing kings. PC shipments slumped 14% to 76.3 million units in the first quarter of…

Yahoo! 17…And A Multi-Millionaire

Staff Writers March 27, 2013 No Comments

The popular Summly app summarises news stories of interest to users in 90 words or less created by British teen Nick D’Aloisio two years ago, has been purchased by Yahoo!…

Samsung Skinny Chromebook Hits OZ $349

Staff Writers March 27, 2013 No Comments

The $349 Chromebook running Google Chrome OS has been on sale since last week. The 11.6-inch HD LED display Samsung Chromebook is light to hold, weighs under 1.1kg and measures…

‘Smart’ Stuff To Swallow PCs

Staff Writers March 27, 2013 No Comments

According to analysts IDC, shipments of ‘smart ‘devices – helped mainly tablets, smartphones grow 30% in 2012. Growth of other large ‘smart’ devices like PC’s, notebooks were sluggish by comparison,…

Apple To WiFiSlam Google Maps?

Staff Writers March 25, 2013 No Comments

Click to enlarge Image credit: Fonearena After a series of mapping misadventures, Apple buys WiFiSlAM – part founded by ex-Google staffer. The tech company which specialises indoor GPS mapping has…