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  • Outlook 2010

    Voicemail in your Inbox; instant messaging from within your email program; better connectivity with social networking tools; improved search and collaboration ... it's a bit like a poor man's Google Wave. Details from Microsoft.
    Sun, 06 Jun 2010

  • Location-based security

    Quite an interesting read from the Wall St Journal on software companies collecting info about your location thru your use of smartphone aps. We know where you were last summer...
    Mon, 14 Jun 2010
  • No more tweetsThe New York Times has banned the use of the word 'tweet', ie a message sent from Twitter. Reasoning is that it's not 'standard' English. I'm with one of the commentors, who wrote 'thou art really stupid'. [More]
    Mon, 14 Jun 2010

  • iPhone 4 reception

    Yes, Steve Jobs says, if you're having problems, you're holding it the wrong way. Amusingly, Engadget shows a number of Apple ads showing people holding it just that way...
    Sat, 26 Jun 2010

  • 65 iFixes to ignore

    Apple's new OS 4 for the iPhone fixes a record 65 vulnerabilities or bugs, but the fixes are not available for a first generation iPhone. iPad owners will have to wait another 6 months for the same fixes. More. 
    Sat, 26 Jun 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.