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Dick Smith ‘New’ Drive Comes With Pirated Movies & Virus’

Staff Writers December 22, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge After purchasing the hard drive, Mason plugged it into his computer expecting to see roughly 1.5GB of storage available. Instead, his computer showed the hard drive contained…

Intel: Hard Drive Shortage & Ultrabrooks Drive Opportunity For SSDs

Staff Writers December 20, 2011 No Comments

Intel in Europe has indicated that the hard drive shortage marks an opportunity for wider retailer adoption of SSDs, though the company also indicated that it was selling out all…

Vulnerable: Hard Disk Companies Slash Warranties

Staff Writers December 20, 2011 No Comments

According to site techspot, Seagate issued a letter to an authorised distributor informing them of the new warranty policies which will come into effect on December 31st, 2011. Techspot reports…

Wired: Vodafone Signs Up First NBN Fixed Line Customers

Staff Writers December 19, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge An overseas model Vodafone Femtocell Station “We are pleased to have connected our first NBN customers and delighted to be providing them with some of the innovation…

Qualcomm Spurs Cheaper, Faster Smartphone Production With New Chips

Staff Writers December 13, 2011 No Comments

The new Snapdragon chips that house 1GHz dual-core CPUs are set to be backwards compatible with the software and hardware of older Qualcomm chipsets used on high volume phones, giving…

All In One iMacs To Become HD TVs In 2012

David Richards December 7, 2011 No Comments

Key to the new capability will be the release of new Apple TV software that will work across multiple Apple devices. Jobs told biographer Walter Isaacson…

D-Link Gizmo Magnifies Weak WiFi Signals

Staff Writers December 7, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge D-Link’s new PowerLine AV Wireless N Extender uses the existing electrical wiring in a home to extend the range of your Wi-Fi network. Wireless N technology is…

Xbox $169, 10% off Mac, TVs: JB HiFi ‘Gift’ Sale Tonight

Staff Writers December 7, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge The X Box 360 4GB is also going for $169 and PS3 games like Batman: Arkham City and Wallabies Rugby Challenge are going cheap at $55 while…

Western Digital Comeback

Staff Writers December 6, 2011 No Comments

The facility was badly affected by the recent Thai floods. Some operations remain under about two feet of water but are expected to be pumped dry within 10 days. The…

Brother Using 3D Augmented Reality To Sell Printers In 2012

Staff Writers November 29, 2011 No Comments

The ‘Brother AR’ app allows potential customers to scan over promotional materials like brochures and ads for Brother products with their iPhone camera to see 3D…