Archive for October, 2006
The future of iPod design
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006With 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
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Â
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
Monday, October 30th, 2006Microsoft 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
Monday, October 30th, 2006Ever 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
Sunday, October 29th, 2006When 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
Sunday, October 29th, 2006Think 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
Saturday, October 28th, 2006Want 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?
Saturday, October 28th, 2006Despite 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
Saturday, October 28th, 2006It 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
Friday, October 27th, 2006You 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
Friday, October 27th, 2006Motorola’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
Thursday, October 26th, 2006With 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
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Microsoft 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
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006Security 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!
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006But 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.







