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  • Mutant Projector-Camera

    Cute write-up on Gizmodo about the first camera that doubles as a projector; the Nikon Coolpix. It allows you "to share images and videos in an all-new fun way". It's the Kodak Carousel all over again.
    Sun, 09 Aug 2009

  • Easy bloggin'

    Posterous is newish blogging software; perhaps the easiest to use since Tumblr. Very good for first-timers. Just send email to update; mobile phone friendly; slick handling of images and video. Makes everything that came before it look preposterous. I know. I know. Source.
    Sun, 09 Aug 2009

  • 60 Second Brain Game

    The instructions say it takes 3 minutes, which would seem to be a long time for a 60 Second Brain Game. That doesn't include time reading this. Or clicking on this link and waiting for the page to load.
    Fri, 14 Aug 2009

  • iPhone aps

    The real reason you should buy an iPhone of course is that so much software is being written for it. Here are TechCrunch's top 35 aps. Save you sorting through the 60,000 others. Yes, that many.
    Mon, 17 Aug 2009

  • Workplace wallpaper

    Some quality desktops courtesy of LifeHacker. One  has different sections to let you find icons quicker. Also like the one that says "stop messing around and do some work". Not that it's relevant in my life at all.
    Tue, 18 Aug 2009

  • Nokia Netbook

    Nokia have announced they'll launch a 10" Netbook computer. This is in protest at Apple stealing the phone market from them. 12 hours of battery life they say but no details on pricing. Official launch is Sept. 2 in the U.S.
    Tue, 25 Aug 2009

  • Battery life

    Lives, Damned Lives and Statistics. Shawn Oliver and AMD's Patrick Moorhead on the lies that notebook manufacturers tell about battery life. No, it's not just YOUR laptop or YOUR brand, it's everyone's. A standardised test and some improved integrity would be appreciated...
    Mon, 31 Aug 2009

  • Good things about W7

    From eWeek; 10 things to look forward to about Windows 7. Okay, 11 if you count that it's not Vista. Source.
    Mon, 31 Aug 2009

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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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