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Blogs for November 2009

  • What is a browser

    In this video, Scott from Google goes to Times Square and asks the American Public if they know what a browser is. All of Computer Mechanics' clients know that a browser is - it's the software that lets you look at web pages. Like Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari or Chrome, right? Right?
    Thu, 05 Nov 2009

  • The Matrix; Charlie Chaplin version

    Thank you for saving the Reality.
    Tue, 10 Nov 2009

  • Your laptop's gizzards

    Ever wondered what your laptop looks like when it goes through airport security's X-Ray? Me neither; who cares? Anyway, here's a photo of that. 
    Tue, 10 Nov 2009

  • Microsoft bans modded Xboxes

    Microsoft has banned a reputed 1,000,000 XBoxes which owners have modified, allegedly to play pirated versions of games. The impact of the ban is that you can't access Microsoft Live to play online versions of games. Serious stuff.

    eBay and Craig's List are said to be brimming with banned boxes. Hackers are looking for workarounds. The rest of us remain calm.

    Sun, 22 Nov 2009

  • How heavy is the Internet?

    Yes, someone has done the maths. Adds up to ~500 million tonnes or the equivalent of about 5,000 Nimitz class aircraft carriers. Here's the full article so you can check the calculations.
    Sun, 22 Nov 2009

  • Cyberbullying

    Now there's an ugly word. An increasing phenomenon as social networking increases. There are some impressive information sites around on this subject. Here is the Australian one we found which includes contact phone numbers. In case you missed it, Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year: Unfriend.
    Sun, 22 Nov 2009

  • Google history in a 2 minute animation

    And a damn fine piece of animation it is. Whew. Powerpoint eat your heart out.
    Sun, 29 Nov 2009

  • Digital camera: the Fong design

    Given that digital cameras don't have to have film, why do they still have the same body shape that film cameras had? Erin Fong asked the question and came up with this design; only a concept at this stage but too cool for school.
    Sun, 29 Nov 2009

  • The problem with children's reading books

    Is that they just don't have enough COMPUTERS in them.
    Mon, 30 Nov 2009

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Tips and Tricks

Mon, 06 Sep 2010

Infographics

I love this stuff. If you're interested in how to present information with great visuals, visit Infosthetics; it's the best aggregation of infographics EVAR.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010

End of Yellow Pages

If you never use your Yellow Pages or White Pages because you're always using this thing you're using now, you can go here and tell Telstra/Sensis to please not deliver those door stops.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010

Google Priority Inbox

Google's doing that thing they do again; improving their products. Gmail is introducing Priority Inbox, giving you the ability to automatically prioritise your email based on which emails you've previously read and/or replied to. If you need a web based email account, Gmail is the go.
Tue, 31 Aug 2010

The Arc Touch mouse

The rumoured new Microsoft Arc Touch mouse. Looks very sexy but not yet released. Funny comment on that blog: "I too have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of yet to be released hardware."
Tue, 31 Aug 2010

Pretty desktops

Smashing Magazine invites designers to contribute monthly calendar designs that people can use as desktops on their PCs. Lots of elegant choices for September, though many designers seem confused about what season it is. Includes a number of Ramadan desktops for our Islamic readers.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010

MS Office GAME

Ribbon Hero is the Microsoft game that sneakily trains you in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Do challenges, compete, share on Facebook. No, we don't know why you'd want to share it on Facebook. But then we're not big on Farmville either. Versions of Officer earlier than 2007 won't handle it. You'll have to Read the Manual.
Tue, 24 Aug 2010

Laptop bags

Engadget U.S. reviews a range of the cheap and the fabulous laptop bags - in Australia, you can get Kata bags and the LowePro CompuPrimus at Quality Camera. The Case Logic Slimline ships from Deals Rebate but the Timbuk2 bags aren't available locally.  
Tue, 24 Aug 2010

3D laptop

Gamers! 1600 bucks gets you the latest in 3D laptopery. The Toshiba Satellite A665 comes with NVidia Active LCD Shutter Glasses. See, I don't even know what that is but it sounds SO GREAT.
Tue, 24 Aug 2010

Cheap eBook

The Laser eBook lets you listen to music while reading your eBook, is colour and has video. But it doesn't have wi-fi; you have to download your books to a PC first. $150. Cheap. Via The Australian. More.
Sun, 15 Aug 2010

Best Windows laptops

Electric Pig journos chose the Dell Studio 15, the HP Envy 15 (15 is big this year), the Samsung Q430 & 320 and the ASUS EeePC1201N as the best value laptops on the market. They're a UK site but all those models are available in Australia. You'll need to check the local prices of course.
Sun, 15 Aug 2010

Hacking into mobiles

An American security guy has demonstrated how he can intercept mobile calls on the GSM mobile phone network using relatively cheap hardware. Scary stuff since that network is the world's most popular and is predominant in Australia. Newer network technologies (3G) are not vulnerable. *Going back to pen and ink*.
Sun, 15 Aug 2010

Biz card transcription

Networkers of the world, pay attention. Here's how it works. You take photos of the business cards you collect at the conference/function, then send them to CardMunch. They have people transcribe the contents (guaranteeing accuracy) into a web based address book you then sync with your phone. Time saver, much. Via Mashable.
Wed, 28 Jul 2010

Upgrade essentials

Here's what you need to know about upgrading from Vista to Windows 7. Actually, you don't need to know all of this, pick the relevant bits. But FIRST, this applies to everyone: back up before you upgrade. If you don't know how, call us because things can and do go wrong during upgrades.

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010

Review Asus EeePC

Engadget do the best reviews. Here is their thorough look at the new ASUS netbooks. Having used an iPad for a month or so now I'm can tell you the web browsing experience falls well short of a netbook.
Mon, 26 Jul 2010

Searching in Outlook

Most of us know that you can click on a column heading in Outlook to sort the column into alphabeti order. Do you ever used the Advanced Find option? Click on Find, then Options, then Advanced.

 

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