MySpace cracking down on illegal music
October 31, 2006
MySpace is cracking down on users who illegally upload copyrighted music to their profiles.
Gracenote is powering MySpace’s copyright crackdown
Archive for October, 2006
The future of iPod design
October 31, 2006
With talk of virtual click wheels, full screen iPods and even iPod phones, speculation and debate has raged on how Apple might outdo its existing iconic design. A touch controlled bezel is one possibility Apple is publicly considering through a US patent application. And that iPod phone? It’s already here. Want to see it?
Nokia GPS aims to show us the way
October 31, 2006
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Nokia sells tens of millions of mobile phones every year, more than Apple sells iPods. If you think that most phones have a digital camera, they sell millions of digital cameras and mp3 players (as part of their phones) every year. Now Nokia wants to do GPS, too.
Microsoft cracking down on illegal Office users
October 30, 2006
Microsoft has started making life difficult for users of pirated copies of Microsoft Office, and it will be interesting to see whether this encourages users to buy legal copies of Office, or whether these users simply turn to free Office alternatives?
The phone that’s thrice the price of an iPod
October 30, 2006
Ever wondered what a mobile phone from Bang and Olufsen would look like? Armed with Samsung’s technical expertise, they’ve applied their design brilliance to creating one of the most unique mobile phones ever seen. The name? Serene. The price? US $1275.
Windows Vista: RTM news and more
October 29, 2006
When Windows Vista is lauched, it will be internally known as Windows 6.0. With build number 6.0.5920.16384 just released, the magic RTM (release the manufacture) build is nearly here. Also updates on other Windows Vista news.
Thanks for the memories: Vista needs 2Gb of RAM
October 29, 2006
Think you’ll be able to run Windows Vista on your existing hardware? If all the visual bells and whistles are turned off, it’ll probably run just fine, and should even make your hardware run better. But Dell’s CEO thinks you’ll need more memory, with 2Gb the sweet spot. Is he right?
Waterproof your iPod
October 28, 2006
Want to listen to music underwater, or while surfing? It’s all possible with a totally waterproof iPod case. Fully compatible with the latest 5th generation video iPods, you could even watch Finding Nemo underwater, while looking for him amongst the coral!
Fusion of ATI and AMD complete?
October 28, 2006
Despite leading the race against Intel with the Opteron and the Athlon 64 over the past couple of years, AMD needed a partner with vast chip manufacturing experience of its own to strike back at Intel’s recent resurgence. What does the future hold for the newly merged company?
Firefox 2.0 – evolution not revolution
October 28, 2006
It seems these days that Microsoft’s biggest competitors are free – Windows against Linux, Office against OpenOffice, and of course Explorer against Firefox.
iTunes security system hacked
October 27, 2006
You can listen to music purchased at Apple’s online music store iTunes on your Mac or PC, or your iPod – but not on portable MP3 players from other manufacturers. Apple uses a security system to stop you from using MP3 players from other manufacturers.
Moto’s new KRZR and RIZR on the sharp edge of cool
October 27, 2006
Motorola’s RAZR phone redefined cool like no other phone so far this century. Sleek, slim and sharp, it spawned an avalanche of clones that delivered everything but the design sophistication the RAZR still has to this day. Can HelloMoto do it again?
Microsoft misses internal deadline for Vista RTM
October 26, 2006
With so many delays to Windows Vista over the last few years, what’s two or three more weeks between friends? With the RTM scheduled to be finished in the US today (the 25th), two reports say it’s now coming early November. Read on to find out why.
Windows Defender goes ‘gold’ at last
October 26, 2006
Microsoft is the last company in the world to finally deliver a working, reliable and free anti-spyware solution for their own OS, Windows XP. Better late than never, it works remarkably well, and for most home and small business users, is a must-download new program.
Free new PC security suite forgets the anti-virus
October 25, 2006
Security software firm eEye Digital Security have launched Blink Personal Edition free of charge, a sophisticated firewall with intrusion prevention and more, yet forgot to include an inbuilt anti-virus package. Do Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, ZoneLabs or Microsoft have anything to worry about?
New MacBook Pros launch at last!
October 25, 2006
But where are the Macbooks? As I and others have predicted, Apple have finally launched Core 2 Duo based MacBook Pros onto the world market. Already for sale from all major Apple websites including Australia, Apple’s greatest chance at gaining new Mac converts has arrived.
Space shuttle launch
October 25, 2006
Just found some pics on the Internet of the Space Shuttle launching from the International Space Station (the ISS)!
