For those of you that don’t keep close tabs on the smartphone market, Microsoft recently released the KIN which was a watered down smart phone targeted at teenagers. When I say watered down, it was watered down to the point of becoming a feature phone (you couldn’t install apps on it and there was no …
Jun 30 2010
The Beginning of the End for Analogue TV
Whilst for many analogue television will still work for a while, analogue television services were switched off in Mildura (in regional Victoria). This will eventually see existing wireless spectrum released back to ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) as a “digital dividend” given that digital television services are already up and running. It is envisaged that this …
Jun 29 2010
Exchange on the Cheap – Google Mail + ActiveSync = Google Sync
With the release of iOS 4 for iPhone (with iPad users still waiting patiently) the ability to have more than one Microsoft Exchange account (or similar through the use of ActiveSync) has been a long time coming. Those of us that use Microsoft Exchange at work know how handy it is to have push mail …
Jun 27 2010
iTunes Vouchers – Suckers Pay Full Price
Just a quick one tonight. Over the last few months, I have noticed various outlets selling iTunes vouchers for some percentage off. Usually, it’s 10% off (as I have seen at BP and a couple of other places) but at the moment Dick Smith Electronics is selling iTunes vouchers in-store for 20% off until 2nd July, …
Jun 27 2010
Mobile Phones – Evidence Gathering Made Easy
On the way back from the Dendy Cinema at Circular Quay, a fight between two men broke out with about twenty spectators some of which were egging on the individuals involved. Whilst trying to keep out of their way, I phoned it in to the police via 000 who were on the scene in less …
Jun 25 2010
Digital Number Plates – Distracting or Practical?
It seems these days that almost everything is going digital. Posters are being replaced with flat screens with animated advertising and even tables in food courts have screens built in with advertising. The last place you might expect to see advertising would be on the number plates of your car. Apparently, California is considering the introduction of …
Jun 23 2010
Should ISPs Disconnect Infected Computers?
In a new parliamentary report, Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime, it has been recommended that it become mandatory that computers have firewall and antivirus software installed prior to an Internet connection being activated. There have also been other measures suggested to assist in containing infected machines such as the “walled garden” approach …
Jun 22 2010
Watching the World Cup on Computer? Try Devuvuzelator!
Something more topical for today in the form of program that will help those of you watching the World Cup on your computer (such as via IPTV or other means). I’m sure we all now know about the vuvuzela and that some will find it more irritating than others. If you find it does impact …
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