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X1 marks the spot in smartphone cosmos
Without a doubt, 2008 has been the year of the smartphone. Competition has never been as intense at the top end of the mobile phone market as it was in the months following the launch of the iPhone...
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I don't generally talk about power boards unless someone specifically asks me and, so far, no one has.If someone needs a power board, they pop down to their nearest supermarket, count the number of...
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What a year it has been for technology. From Blu-ray winning the high-definition format war to Google launching Street View on an unsuspecting Australian public, there has been no shortage of pivotal...
View ArticleWidgets find a home with huggable Chumby
I love widgets. Ever since Mac OS X introduced the Dashboard feature, I've been relying on all manner of widgets to stay updated on everything from the weather to my broadband data usage.If you haven't...
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Bush shoe-throwing meme
In internet land, yesterday's news is today's viral web hit, especially when it involves a chance to poke fun at US President George Bush. Within hours of the now infamous shoe-throwing incident - or...
View ArticleMicrosoft banks on erasing Vista fallout
In case you missed the announcement, Microsoft released a beta version of its Windows 7 operating system as a free public download last month.To make sure it received due attention, Microsoft's chief...
View ArticleRipped off by the TimesOnline
The web is a giant echo chamber and sooner or later, somewhere, someone is going to swipe your idea or hijack your hard work.We all do it to some extent. It's what makes the way of the web. What's...
View ArticleWhy can't Facebook shut down the scammers?
Why is it so hard for Facebook to remove these ads to what are obviously scam sites? What does it take? Since publishing stories on the issue several readers have said they reported the ads to the...
View ArticleUnemployed using Web 2.0 to get jobs
With the unemployment levels set to rise in the next few months while companies cut back on their hiring, there's going to be more Australians looking for jobs. The standard job-search route nowadays...
View ArticleHave you been threatened over social network comments?
The plight of NSW prison officers is the latest example of employees being threatened with the sack for comments published on social networking sites. With more and more of us moving private...
View ArticleThe Queen's new iPod
Barack Obama presented the Queen with an iPod pre-loaded with 40 songs from popular Broadway productions, including The King and I, West Side Story and Dreamgirls. But if she decided to load up her own...
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Windows 7 (RC): your first impressions
Your love affair with Windows stretches back to the days of the 3.1 OS. You can still remember how your heart skipped a beat when they launched Windows 95 and you gladly paid to upgrade to 98 and then...
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Tug of war at Google
The annual (?) Google Australia sports day ended up being a sodden affair as the heavens opened up over Sydney today. We happen to work opposite the new Google Australia HQ. So we couldn't help but...
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Why China blocked Bing
Bad timing. A day after Microsoft begins rolling out Bing, its new Google-killing search engine, the Chinese government blocks it - along with Hotmail, Twitter, YouTube and a swag of other sites. China...
View ArticleGoogle and the future of news
Is Google's Marissa Mayer right? Is it really just the emergence of the internet as a disruptive force that is to blame for the pain being experienced by mainstream media around the world? Or has this...
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