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Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:36

Steve Jobs: the ultimate 'œone more thing'?

The news has spread far and wide that Steve Jobs won’t be giving the Stevenote at Macworld 2009, or attending future Macworlds, with Apple semi-lamely sending in Philip Schiller, the senior VP of worldwide marketing, to shill Apple’s latest and greatest, instead. Still, could the antidote to the bitter pill of the Schiller make way for the ultimate “one more thing” – a last minute appearance by Steven P. Jobs himself?
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 12:00

Apple netbook tipped for Macworld introduction

A fresh round of speculation about the possibility of an Apple netbook has been triggered by an analyst's "triangulation." Is there a way Apple can market a device that can take on existing netbooks without cannibalising its MacBook sales, that lives up to the company's reputation for design, and still make money on the deal?
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 15:26

Why the Cybersource Linux solution for Australian school laptops won't make it

Australian Linux and open source implementation and training consultancy, Cybersource, have put forth their 9-step open-source and netbook solution to solve the Australian Government’s one-laptop-per-child promise which has so far had policy makers scratching their red-faced heads. Yet, Cybersource's plan simply won't make traction and here's why not.
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Monday, 01 December 2008 14:49

Buy a Toshiba HDTV and get a free Toshiba netbook

Looks like every TV manufacturer is trying its hand in giveaways to get you to buy an HDTV this Christmas season, with Toshiba offering its 8.9-inch NB100 netbook computer as a free bonus.
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Monday, 01 December 2008 09:07

Dell's Inspiron Mini 12 'œnetbook' arrives at last

Dell’s 12-inch netbook is finally available in Australia, but with a hardware limit of 1GB and only Windows Vista Basic on offer (unlike in the US, where Ubuntu is also available), is the Inspiron Mini 12 worth it?

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Friday, 28 November 2008 09:28

Vodafone goes $0 in Dell netbook deal

Vodafone will sell Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 netbook in stores with built-in mobile broadband for $69.95 per month in a deal that’s great value and an Australian first.

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Friday, 28 November 2008 07:52

Vodafone and Dell in $0 netbook broadband deal: cool

Although Telstra offered a $0 broadband and notebook deal for businesses earlier this year, Dell and Vodafone are the first to offer such a combo to all consumers, and better still, the first to include a netbook with an inbuilt 3.5G modem, and the first in a $0 upfront deal.

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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:14

The complete Christmas shopper's guide to Linux-based netbooks

Give a gift of a netbook this year; I will be. These ultra-light computing devices are versatile, affordable and appealing. But which one to buy? Should you pay more for a laptop? What are the pros and cons between different models? Never fear, here's how to work your way through the morass and buy with confidence!

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Thursday, 20 November 2008 15:09

Is Microsoft's Morro, due mid-to-late 2009, a great ad for Linux?!

Microsoft will launch a leaner version of an Internet security package to protect users from malware, viruses, rootkits, spyware and trojans, but for some weird reason is waiting until the second half of 2009. Wake up Microsoft – just make OneCare free, today!

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Thursday, 13 November 2008 10:58

Netbooks: spoilt for choice?

Decisions, decisions... You can't go too far wrong when buying a desktop PC, and any minor mistakes can usually be corrected by swapping a component or adding a peripheral. But picking a netbook is getting harder rather than easier.
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 13:11

Windows 7 netbook edition is coming

Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference brought forth the unsurprising news that Microsoft wants to take the netbook market back from Linux and XP, and to dominate it instead with Windows 7.
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Monday, 03 November 2008 17:52

Windows 7 pre-beta: it really rocks!

The buzz over Windows 7 is everything Microsoft clearly wished for Vista, with illegal downloads racing across the Internet as curious computer users want to see if all the Windows 7 reports match up to reality.
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Friday, 31 October 2008 11:30

Steve Jobs: the master of misdirection?

Remember the movie Swordfish? It was all about misdirection, indicating one position and then taking on another. Will 2009 see Macs with Blu-ray and a Mac Netbook despite Jobs saying it was all a bag of hurt and netbooks are crap?

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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:04

How to sell Linux netbooks to the world

2008 has been the year of the netbook. Since the surprise runaway success of the ASUS Eee Linux PC in 2007 there has been a surge of hardware vendors joining in. Yet MSI users have poo-pooed the use of Linux on these systems. I disagree. Here's why Linux netbooks are the future.

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Monday, 27 October 2008 19:13

Linux incognito part three: Windows Vista

Here's how to skin Linux to give a Windows Vista appearance. You can help provide a familiar look and feel to your Windows-trained friends and family as you coax them towards Linux. Or you can enjoy the satisfaction of having something looking like Vista actually run with stability.

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Monday, 27 October 2008 12:44

Vista SP2 beta this week when Windows 7 pre-beta arrives

Earlier this year Vista’s first SP1 service pack arrived with a few hiccups that were smoothed out in the end, dramatically improving Vista. Now, SP2 is on the radar with the first beta due on the 29th of October and a final release before Windows 7 goes gold.

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Monday, 27 October 2008 12:12

LG and Panasonic release sub $500 BD-Live Blu-ray players

The latest Blu-ray players have arrived at AUD $499 and $495, undercutting the PS3 in price but without all the PS3’s other features. Do Blu-ray players need to drop below $200 before they really take off with consumers?

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Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:33

Linux toast as Apricot gets in a netbook jam

One of the reasons why netbooks have proved so successful is the inclusion of Linux to lower resource requirements and cost alike. So why has Apricot decided to drop Linux and only offer a Windows XP powered netbook instead?

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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 18:52

COMsciences reveals first sub-netbook

Are you one of those people who find a netbook is just way too big to handle? Maybe you need a sub-netbook, my tiny-handed friend.

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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 07:18

Why did Apple put out the FireWire?

Although the death of FireWire was long ago telegraphed when Apple stopped supporting it on the iPod, the untimely death of FireWire on the new MacBook has really fired up users who have lots of FireWire based equipment and want a MacBook – not a MacBook Pro.
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