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Tips and advice for using your computer

What is HDR on the iPhone 4 camera?

What is HDR on the iPhone 4 cameraIt’s no secret that I love the iPhone 4, and the much improved digital camera, but being one of those people who don’t read instructions, it was only after I’d been using the iPhone 4 for several weeks that I started to wonder about the HDR button that appeared when I took photographs.

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Top five best Windows 7 speed up tips

Top five best Windows 7 speed up tips

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How to delete “waiting apps” on the iPhone 4

How to delete “waiting apps” on iPhone 4When I recently upgraded to an iPhone 4 and started installing apps, I found that instead of installing properly, the apps came up as “waiting”. I believe the problem arose because my iTunes account hadn’t been properly set up on my iPhone 4, and so the apps were waiting for authentication, which wasn’t forthcoming. Here’s how to get rid of those “waiting” apps.

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How to sync your iPhone with Outlook

How to sync your iPhone with OutlookFunnily, it was only when I upgraded to my iPhone 4 that I realised I had never synced my iPhone 3GS with my PC’s Outlook. When I’d synced my iPhone with iTunes I’d never noticed any obvious option to do this, and automatically assumed that because iPhones came from the Mac world, that syncing them with Microsoft products was really hard work. Thankfully, I was completely wrong. It’s a piece of cake. Link your iPhone to your PC using the supplied iPhone-to-USB cable. iTunes should appear on your screen.

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Australian PS3 hack likely to be short-lived

Australian PS3 hack likely to be short-livedThe PS3 is unhackable no more, with a PS3 hack now available to buy. But not only is PS Jailbreak very expensive to buy, it’s likely to be a short-lived PS3 hack as Sony is guaranteed to already be working on a firmware fix.

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Where to watch TV on the web

tvTelevision as we know it is becoming more and more prevalent on the web. If you miss your favorite program when it originally airs and didn’t set your DVR or VCR to record it, chances are you can still catch it a few days (or insome cases just a few hours) later on the world wide web. If you’re new to watching television on your computer, here are some of the best sites to catch all your favorite television shows.

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What is “crss.exe” and how do I remove it?

What is crss There’s a misconception with the crss.exe process as to whether it’s a virus or a necessary Windows process.  Let’s dig a little deeper to understand what it is and how it differs from other processes with similar names.

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Australia hoarding PCs that could be recycled

Australia hoarding PCs that could be recycled In the news is a story on the large number of older PCs “in the wild” that could be recycled. It seems of the 7 million out there in a recyclable condition, only 500,000 will be recycled. Apparently the rest go to landfills or rust away in storage.

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NORAD to track Santa once more

For over 50 years, the US Defence organisation NORAD has been on high alert on Christmas Eve as the operation to track Santa on his journey moves into high gear. Thankfully, 2006 is no different!

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Free Software Foundation doesn’t like Vista

A campaign called ‘Bad Vista’ from the Free Software Foundation is trying to tell Internet users that Vista is bad and that they shouldn’t use it.

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The low down on Vista with Paul Thurrott

If you’re interested in reading a very indepth review of Windows Vista and other Microsoft technologies (with occasional Apple and other reviews as well), then you need to know about Paul Thurrott.

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Vista – the OS upgrade we had to have

Once you see Windows Vista in action, you’ll want it. It’s Microsoft’s best operating system yet, and it’s arriving tomorrow!

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Chinese prefer fake tech to the real thing

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.

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Pando lets you send big attachments through email

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!

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HD DVD add-on drive comes to Xbox 360

Want an HD DVD player without spending an absolute fortune on a standalone player? If you’ve got an Xbox 360, the HD DVD drive comes early next year to Australia.

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5 reasons to hate the Vista haters

My colleague James Cornelius came up with 5 reasons to hate Windows Vista. Well, I’m a Vista user myself right now (still on RC1, no RTM goodness for me yet), so here’s my comic response to James’ Vista rant.

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Zune’s wireless feature just isn’t an original idea!

Microsoft wants us to believe that Zune’s wireless feature is innovative and original. But hey, any mobile phone with Bluetooth can do the same thing today and has been able to for years. C’mon, Microsoft, show us some REAL innovation!

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Want a PS3? Wait in line, like they are at US stores

Fancy waiting in line at a US story to be the first to get your hands on a PS3? No? Well the lines have already started with only hours to go before the PS3 launches and they’re already all sold out.

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Microsoft mistakenly claimed Gmail contained virus

In a bit of an oopsie daisie, Microsoft’s OneCare anti-virus and Internet Security service claimed that Google’s Gmail contained a virus. It’s yet another false positive by protective software – will we ever be rid of the false positive syndrome?

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An Xbox 360 game with better graphics than PS3 version?

Should Sony be concerned that an Xbox 360 game has graphics that look better and more detailed than its newer version for the PS3?

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