We all know that Google has been interested in developing new products and capabilities and, by the same token, willing to cull products when they haven’t hit the mark. Google Instant is a new feature augmenting its popular search. Basically, it allows you to see your search results as your are typing your keywords and …
Sep 08 2010
Software Updates Galore!
You could be forgiven for thinking that your computer is one an all out assault with software updates now available for a number of major pieces of software. First up is iTunes 10 which supersedes the prior version and offers some questionably useful functionality with its built in “ping” social networking abilities. One thing to bear in …
Sep 07 2010
NBN – Proceed at One Quarter Impulse, Ensign
Well, after 17 days in political limbo (and a period in which it could be argued that Australia saw more prosperity without an active government) it seems that Labor has scraped in. Some people are thrilled, others disappointed and some are still crying out for another vote. Whatever your point of view, this certainly is …
Sep 06 2010
Mod Chips – Are They Really That Bad?
Scattered across the various news publications I scan everyday, I came across reports that Sony won a court battle to prevent the sale of mod chips for the PS3 console. For those of you who don’t know about “mod chips”, they are usually a small circuit board, chip or even USB stick that alters and/or …
Sep 05 2010
Opt Out of Paper Telephone Directories
This may have flown under the radar for most people but if you’re like me you might find those paper telephone directories awfully wasteful especially when you can get a phone number off the web or call up one of those premium directory service numbers. Personally, I like to save myself a bit of dosh …
Sep 01 2010
Intel Buys McAfee… But Why?
Just a quick one for tonight. A few days ago, it was announced that Intel had bought McAfee for under $8 billion. McAfee was not in any financial trouble despite sending out an update to its antivirus software that rendered computers inoperable when a critical system file was quarantined. The question here is what is …
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