Archive for November 2006
Nov 30th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Products - TV on your PC, Products - media players, Technology news
A new BBC survey tells us that more users are finding something better to watch from the Internet instead of regular TV.
YouTube has changed the way we watch video on the web
Posted in Products - TV on your PC, Products - media players, Technology news |
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Nov 30th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Internet, Technology news
There’s more spam than ever before flooding into our inboxes thanks to criminals who are sending out junk emails by the millions.
Posted in Internet, Technology news |
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Nov 29th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Special features, Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows Vista
Once you see Windows Vista in action, you’ll want it. It’s Microsoft’s best operating system yet, and it’s arriving tomorrow!
Posted in New products, Special features, Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows Vista |
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Nov 29th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Products - media players, Technology news
Toshiba have unfortunately delayed their first standalone HD DVD player in the Australian market. The HD-E1 model will now arrive in January 2007 instead.
Posted in New products, Products - media players, Technology news |
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Nov 28th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Products - gaming
But there’s a catch! You can now buy games from a local online store and burn them to CD or DVD legally - but instead of being able to do it at home, the store has to do it for you, and send you the burnt disc in the mail.
Posted in New products, Products - gaming |
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Nov 28th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Technology news, Tips and advice
It’s a really funny and strange world we live in. Chinese manufacturers are copying the circuit boards and designs of products from Japan and Korea, and they’re doing it so fast that by the time the originals arrive in the marketplace, they’re seen as the fakes.
Posted in Technology news, Tips and advice |
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Nov 27th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Products - TV on your PC, Products - media players, Technology news
If you’re in the US, have an Xbox 360 and have tried downloading TV shows and movies from Microsoft’s Xbox Live video download service, you may have been experiencing problems. Extremely high numbers of downloads from the Xbox Live video download service over the past few of days has caused the slow download speeds and video download issues US customers have been experiencing, reports Microsoft, with a fix in the works and engineers working around the clock.
Posted in New products, Products - TV on your PC, Products - media players, Technology news |
2 comments
Nov 27th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Internet, Technology news
Canadian Internet surfers using their major ISPs will soon be protected from porn sites and other unsavoury online content.
Posted in Internet, Technology news |
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Nov 27th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Special features, Technology news
PC World magazine has an excellent article on 30 great products that we could all once buy, but are no longer on sale.
Posted in Special features, Technology news |
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Nov 27th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Special features
The cotton industry has come up with a new reason to grow the very water hungry cotton plant: they’ve managed to remove the toxin from cottonseeds to make them edible. And this is progress?
Posted in New products, Special features |
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Nov 26th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Products - mobile phones, Products - media players, Products - storage, Technology news, Web sites, podcasts and videos
The rumours are flying thick and fast that Apple is set to introduce two new iPhones at the US Macworld expo in early January, and it’s threatening to change the world of mobile phones and music as we know it.
Posted in New products, Products - mobile phones, Products - media players, Products - storage, Technology news, Web sites, podcasts and videos |
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Nov 26th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Technology news
Want a car that can tow anything? The Volkswagen Touareg sounds perfect, especially after it towed a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. But what a pity we’re still only towing planes, instead of flying cars!
Posted in New products, Technology news |
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Nov 25th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Technology news
Quantum computers are finally getting some big breakthrough advancements that owning your own quantum computer do create and work on amazing projects sometime in your lifetime that will cause you to look at today’s most powerful machines and reminisce
Posted in New products, Technology news |
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Nov 24th, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Products - storage, Technology news, Tips and advice
Sick of not being able to send big emails to friends, family and colleagues? Finally, a new web service lets you send email attachments of up to 1Gb in size. It’s simple and it’s free!
Posted in New products, Products - storage, Technology news, Tips and advice |
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Nov 23rd, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Internet, New products, Products - digital cameras, Products - media players, Products - video cameras, Technology news
Are you a fan of the Palm Treo? A great new model is about to land on Australian shores, and has just gone on sale in the US. It’s one of the best messaging mobiles we’ve seen and is a strong challenger to the Blackberry and competing devices.
Posted in Internet, New products, Products - digital cameras, Products - media players, Products - video cameras, Technology news |
2 comments
Nov 22nd, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Education, New products, Open source, Technology news
Remember this project? Created by Nicholas Negroponte from MIT Labs, and supported by the UN, some governments and companies such as News Corporation and Google, the first 10 laptops have rolled off the production line at a cost of about US $150 each, not the US $100 price point originally envisaged.
Posted in Education, New products, Open source, Technology news |
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Nov 22nd, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: Internet, Internet applications, Technology news, Web sites, podcasts and videos
Grey goo has infected the virtual world, with golden rings visible that once touched, start replicating. Second Life had to be shut down and cleansed of the problem before users could get access again.
Posted in Internet, Internet applications, Technology news, Web sites, podcasts and videos |
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Nov 21st, 2006 |
By Staff Writers |
Category: New products, Products - digital cameras, Products - media players, Products - storage, Products - video cameras, Technology news
Got a new digital device such as a digital camera, mp3 player, laptop computer or other device that can take the new SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory card standard?
Posted in New products, Products - digital cameras, Products - media players, Products - storage, Products - video cameras, Technology news |
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