Its A Sell Out! Surface Does The Biz
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October 18, 2012
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Well, on presale numbers anyhew. Yes Sir, the US$499 Surface RT tab (minus the back touch cover) now has a waiting time... Read More
Google Come Out To ‘Play’ Oct 29
Internet giant to open up its Android ‘playground’ October 29 in New York, it declared in an invitation sent to media today... Read More
As Windows 8 Open..Samsung Nab IT Guru
Click to enlarge Samsung Australia has announced the appointment of Todd Lynton as Director of its IT Division, replacing Tony Ignatavicius. The... Read More
Intel Chips ARE Down
Intel’s third quarter results paint a dull picture of the PC world, with revenue, operating income and gross margin all showing zero... Read More
Xbox Music Hits OZ
Click to enlarge Microsoft lets Xbox Music rip, which it claims is the “first all-in-one music service” where you can stream tunes... Read More
Creative’s Full HD Webcam Gives Background Noise The Silent Treatment
In total Creative released three new webcams that deliver “a far superior video and audio experience than any integrated web camera can... Read More
HP Tablet Wears A Smart Jacket
HP attack the tablet market and kit its new 10″ out with Smart Jackets and Windows 8, after the disastrous release of... Read More
Microsoft’s Steve …The New Jobs?
Click to enlarge In an open letter penned to shareholders, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer spoke of the “fundamental shift” the Windows maker... Read More
Cheers Android! Google Value Surpass King Microsoft
Click to enlarge It’s Official, Google is more valuable than Microsoft. The search giant’s market value eclipsed Microsoft on Monday on the... Read More
Crash, Bang! Facebook + iOS 6 Flop
Click to enlarge Facebook is the latest casualty on iOS 6 which sees closer integration between Apple contacts, calendar, photos and the... Read More
“The Headphone Jack Is At The Bottom!:” Samsung’s P*** Take Of iPhone 5
The Samsung ad, released yesterday, sets the scene outside Apple Stores which shows zombie Apple believers eagerly queuing up to get a... Read More
iOS 6 Hits Apples, Google Banished
Click to enlarge Apple’s latest software for iPhone and iPad–including the new i5–has ditched Google Maps in favour of its own in-house... Read More
4.1 Jelly Bean Spill Samsung S III “Oct”?
Samsung recently confirmed an upgrade to Android 4.1 will be winging its way to the Galaxy S III “very soon” at the... Read More
Western Digital’s Mac Passports Get “Unmatched” Storage + USB 3
Its My Passport for Mac portable hard drive range has been given the high speed treatment thanks to USB 3.0 technology. The... Read More
Forget Kindle HD, $99 Kobo Hits OZ
AS Amazon unveils three new HD Kindles, rival Kobo today unveiled its new eReader family including Glo, Mini, Touch and Arc –... Read More
iPad Slugs Android In OZ.. (WHERE’S Win 8)?
Click to enlarge So what about the remaining 25%? “It almost entirely Android,” Telsyte analyst Foad Fadaghi told SmartHouse. “Windows 8 RT... Read More
Malware Attack! ‘Drive-By Downloads’, ‘Ransomware’ Invade
Click to enlarge Malicious software known as malware is at a four time high, warns security guru McAfee as it releases shocking... Read More
Western Digital Release Super-Fast VelociRaptor Drive
Click to enlarge Western Digital has released a new drive called the My Book VelociRaptor Duo. It has two 1TB 10,000 RPM... Read More
Lexmark Gets Out Of Injet Printer Market OZ Shakeup Tipped
Lexmark International said it is already making plans to exit the inkjet printer market this year. The big winners could be Fuji... Read More
REVEALED: The REAL Winner Apple V Samsung
As the dust settles around the Apple V Samsung verdict, it’s becoming (patently) clear who the real winners are. The verdict by... Read More
Employee Desktops Go Mobile On Kingston Thumbdrives
As more employees work away from the office, businesses are trying to balance employee productivity with the cost of equipping them. Fortunately... Read More
IBM Buys Solid State Firm Texas Memory Systems
How much IBM will pay for Houston-based Texas Memory Systems has not been disclosed. Solid State technology is rapidly replacing the spinning... Read More
Smart Race: Golden Galaxys Beat iPhone
Click to enlarge As global phone sales slumped by -2.3%, Samsung has been crowned the mobile leader, shipping over 90.4m phones –... Read More
iPhone & Androids 85% Of ALL Phones
Click to enlarge It’s “a new combined high” for Google and Apple in the second quarter, analysts IDC said today. Google’s Android... Read More
Samsung: We DIDN”T Copy Apple (We Were First)
Click to enlarge Samsung were ‘firsts’ on a number of technologies, including high quality screens for mobiles, voice command, and larger screens... Read More
Woz: ‘Horrendous’ Problems With Cloud
“I think it’s going to be horrendous”  were his exact words. It’s not that Wozniak doesn’t see the benefits of cloud computing;... Read More
Samsung Unleash Hi Power SSD
Click to enlarge Samsung just released its new internal solid state drive SSD 830 that incorporates a “high-performance” Serial ATA Revision 3.0... Read More
Apple’s New Mountain Lion: 200 New Mac Features
Australian customers can upgrade to Mountain Lion for $20.99. Mountain Lion benefits from 200 new features and has been largely inspired by... Read More
Symantec Dumps CEO After 10% Profit Slide
Overnight the Company announced that Chief Executive Enrique Salem has stepped down effective immediately and will be replaced by Chairman Steve Bennett.... Read More
Storage Wars As Western Digital Battle Seagate
The battle intensified yesterday as major rivals Seagate and Western Digital both announced new consumer products that offer easy backups linked to... Read More
Apple V Samsung OZ Round 2: Qualcomm, 3G …And Broken Promises
Click to enlarge Apple and Samsung entered round 2 of mobile patents battle before the Australian Federal courts today, with neither side showing... Read More
Google Nab iPhone’s Sparrow
Click to enlarge “We’re excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google!” Sparrow CEO Dom Leca announced on its site... Read More
Steve Jobs Ghost Haunts Samsung Trial?
Click to enlarge As the patent trial between Samsung and Apple inches closer, Samsung is arguing declarations by Apple’s deceased CEO Steve... Read More
Windows 8 A Scorpio October 26 Offical Launch Date
The announcement was made by Windows President Steven Sinofsky at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting. The new OS, which works across tablets, notebooks,... Read More
SanDisk’s New Range Is Thinner, Faster & Colourful
Thinner, faster, more memory and more colour is what SanDisk’s new range is all about. In addition to tangible flash storage, each... Read More
New Microsoft Office This Week
The big software Company has sent out invitations to a press event on Monday in San Francisco with insiders tipping a brand... Read More
“World First”: Buffalo 2X InterfaceThunderbolt HDD
Click to enlarge Buffalo have launched the world’s first portable dual-interface external hard drive with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0, as it anticipates... Read More
All Aboard! iPad To Fly Qantas Planes?
Click to enlarge Beginning with Qantas’ Boeing 737 fleet, Qantas pilots will be able to access operational information including flight plans, manuals... Read More
Android Aussie Top Dog (Sorry iPhone)
Telstra’s Androidland store Android OS is powering ahead and now accounts for 56.9% of smartphone OS’s in OZ, according to Kantar Worldpanel... Read More
Forget Tabs: HP Invade All-In-One PCs
Pictured: Pavilion 23 The PC giant says its new all-in-ones are “cost, space- and energy-efficient alternatives to a traditional desktop” for consumers... Read More
BlackBerry OZ Boss Quits (Was He Bold?)
Click to enlarge MD of Research In Motion Australia, Ray Gillenwater, has left the job after just three months in the role... Read More
Mystery Samsung S III Update Hits OZ?
Click to enlarge The software update was received on S III devices on the Telstra network, while Vodafone and other networks have... Read More
“No Stone Unturned”: Microsoft Declares All-Out Apple War
Click to enlarge But its not just the iPad market the software giant is looking to capture in its reinvention bid –... Read More
Apple Accused Of Nicking “Siri” Off Chinese
Click to enlarge The Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technology has accused Apple of violating a voice recognition technology called ‘Xiao iRobot’ it patented... Read More
Windows 8 To Smash ‘Droid?
Click to enlarge Image: Windowsmobile8 There has been much hype about Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 platform, set to be the hot new... Read More
Kogan Disappears: Is Microsoft Vengeful Or Just Crap?
If you’re looking for Kogan via a search engine, I sure hope you’re not using Bing because the online retailer alleges Microsoft... Read More
Q4 To Be All Windows, Windows, Windows
Several vendors, including Samsung, Toshiba, Acer and Dell, are set to roll out new Windows based tablets, notebooks and Ultrabooks to coincide... Read More
Apple Deny Apps ‘Bug’ Threat
Click to enlarge Apple’s Apps Store ran into a number of difficulties last week. Malware which pinched a user’s contacts was discovered... Read More
Is Monday “Internet Doomsday”?
Click to enlarge The virus is the result of DNSChanger – malicious software, known as malware – which has infected thousands of... Read More
$180K: That’s How Excited Western Digital Is About The Dark Knight Rises
By now, you must be familiar with The Dark Knight Rises. It is the long-awaited conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman saga; the... Read More