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Blogs for April 2010

  • Pixels

    They're taking over. It's only a matter of time. Video of the future here.
    Sun, 11 Apr 2010

  • iPad reviews

    If you're interested you've probably already read your fill; if not, tuck in to this mixture of spruiking, video and deadly serious articles:

    Apple iPropaganda

    Kim Komando's review.

    Gizmodo - long but entertaining. Could be an e-book.

    Some less enthusiastic but informed dudes.

    Sun, 11 Apr 2010

  • iPad Plus

    Just in case you thought the iPad was the future, you haven't factored in Pen and Touch. This is the Microsoft Research offering and as you'll see, it's pretty geekin' exciting. Source.
    Wed, 14 Apr 2010

  • On the wireless

    Computer Mechanic Garry Bloom had his first stint as an on-air personality on Wednesday, doing the 'ask me anything' trick on Bottica's Bunch program; Perth's leading breakfast radio show. Callers rang in between 7.30AM and 8.30AM with IT questions and Garry handled it pretty well up until Ethel Chop called in and started to ask him personal questions. He didn't know she was a comedian; the name should have been a clue.
    Thu, 29 Apr 2010

  • Dilbert on the lost iPhone

    So you probably heard about the Apple engineer who left the new iPhone prototype in a bar, where someone found it and sold it to the Gizmodo tech blog who blabbed about it extensively. Here are the Internet-only Dilbert comics Scott Adams created about it.
    Thu, 29 Apr 2010

  • Work in an office? Like Formula One?

    This is for you. Sync all your office computers to create a contiguous Formula One race track. OMG. Note that the video demo is full of people speaking Spanish. If you want to see it in action, start at about 3 minutes 30.
    Fri, 30 Apr 2010

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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.