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LG, Samsung Turn Off Monitors

Staff Writers June 28, 2012 No Comments

As smart mobile devices prevail, makers are suffering weak demand for traditional PC monitor sales. The fall is is being blamed on global economic downturn and the lack of apparent…

Google Announce New Jelly Bean Layer On Top Of Ice Cream Sandwich

David Richards June 27, 2012 No Comments

The announcement was made at a Google Developers Conference in San Francisco where Hugo Barra, Director of Android Product Development said “Last year we announced Android across 100M devices. Now…

ABC iView Hits iPhone FINALLY

Staff Writers June 27, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge ABC’s catch up TV service can now be viewed on Apple’s iPhone via the new iView app. iView allows you to watch programs from ABC including 1,…

Build Lego On Google?

Staff Writers June 27, 2012 No Comments

Google Australia has been working with Lego, to see what “would happen if we brought bricks to the browser” and have come up with a 3D “build” program. Build lets Googlers create…

Project MoonShot: Reducing Server Complexity, Energy Use & Costs

Staff Writers June 21, 2012 No Comments

The platform has been quietly developed in an initiative H-P has called Project Moonshot. It aims to help datacentre customers “significantly reduce server complexity, energy use and costs,” H-P says.…

Malware Turns 0.5 M Telstra Users To ‘Zombies’?

Staff Writers June 14, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge That’s according to Telstra Internet and broadband domain boss, Barrie Hall, who revealed recent tests to prevent botnets on BigPond network could prevent a mass number being…

“Pain In The Rear”: Mouthy Kogan Microsoft IE 7 War

Staff Writers June 14, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge The 6.8% tax on all goods purchased from Kogan’s e-store via “the antique browser ” Microsoft IE7 explorer comes into effect today, Kogan dramatically announced on a…

iOS 6 + TomTom= Drive On

Staff Writers June 13, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge TomTom could soon be telling iOS-ers where to go following the signing of a deal with Apple, it confirmed in a one line statement. “TomTom has signed…

Apple Launches ‘Most Beautiful Computer Ever’

David Richards June 11, 2012 No Comments

The expensive new MacBook Pro is already being described by Apple as the “most beautiful computer” the company has ever made. Just 0.71-inches thick, the new PC is the lightest Pro…

Its War, Microsoft: Android Nabs QuickOffice

Staff Writers June 5, 2012 No Comments

Click to enlarge And the best part (for Google anyway) is that Androids don’t even have to have Microsoft suite installed. “We’re happy to announce that we have acquired Quickoffice,…