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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Doubts about the Laser TV?
The Laser TV is coming, but some existing TV manufacturers seem to have some doubts. Naturally, this should come as no surprise, especially as the Laser TV seems set to knock competing technologies off their perch, and the all important Christmas season is nearing. So what are the doubters saying?
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The most advanced consumer robot yet
Remember the Robosapien, the Robopet, the Roboraptor, the Robosapien V2 and the Roboreptile? These consumer robots are not just remote-controlled toys, but are imbued with a basic form of artificial intelligence, able to roam around your home, interact with people, avoid objects and look very 21st century. Now, the RS Media has arrived – the most coolest and avanced consumer robot yet!
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Forget plasma and LCD – the Laser TV is coming
I’ve read somewhere online that the next twenty to thirty years are supposed to herald more technological advancements than the last two thousand years put together. While that looks like coming true, as long as we don’t blow ourselves up first in some kind of nuclear or environmental catastrophe, new laser technology is threatening to dethrone plasma and LCD TVs from the top of the TV heap. It’s called the Laser TV and it’s from a company called Arasor.
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Living with Vista RC1 and Office 2007 every day
With all the talk about Windows Vista, seeing as both Vista RC1 (and now RC2) and Office 2007 are freely available to anyone with broadband fast enough to download it in a reasonable time, or a credit card to order copies on DVD, we thought we’d put Microsoft’s latest through its paces for Free Access. Here are the results!
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Will Telstra’s new NextG network change our lives?
The next generation of wireless mobile phone and data technology has arrived. Better than 3G, it’s called 3.5G (or NextG as Telstra calls it), and it means more coverage and more speed in more places than ever before across Australia. Given that Telstra says it will change our lives, the question is, will it?
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Windows Vista RC2 is released
Windows Vista has hit another milestone with the availability of the ‘Release Candidate 2′ version of this next-gen operating system.
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High-powered optical zoom in a compact case
Olympus Imaging Australia has released two new additions to its lineup of splashproof (all-weather) Mju series digital compact cameras, the Mju 750 and Mju 740.
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Tough anti-piracy measures in Windows Vista
Anyone wanting to use a pirate copy of Microsoft’s Windows Vista will be coming up against Microsoft’s toughest anti-piracy features yet.
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PictureMate photo printers from Epson
Epson’s new PictureMate 250 and PictureMate 210 4×6 home photo lab printers have a host of new features to help create high-quality and long-lasting photos at just over 28 cents per print.
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Watch Fox TV shows on MySpace
Fox is now offering recently run epsiodes of a number of its television shows on MySpace.
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Ricoh’s camera for happy snappers
Producing striking, crystal-clear images, the new user-friendly Caplio RR660 is the latest addition to Ricoh’s award-winning range of digital cameras.
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A list of cool web 2.0 sites
Just to see what would come up, I typed in ‘cool web 2.0 sites’ into Google. One of the results took me here, to a San Francisco Chronicle newspaper article on this very topic, with my search term as the name of the article!
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Apple launches iTunes update to 7.0.1
If you’ve been reading reports about problems with iTunes 7, and have held off installing it on your PC or Mac, the first update has finally appeared from Apple.
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Bluetooth watch with caller ID
No, it’s not another phone watch that gets launched but never seems to actually be on sale in Australian stores.
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Add MeeVee to your blog
Have you ever had the urge to tell everyone what you’re watching on television? Me neither. But just in case you have, the MeeVee TV-guide/program information site now allows you to generate and embed code in your blog that does exactly that.
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