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Consumers Want Green Gear
The issue of environmental responsibility has finally hit the mainstream in a big way. The companies that make the products we consume are beginning to think about how they can reduce their carbon footprint according to an article in the UK newspaper The Times. The move is being driven by demand from customers as they gravitate toward low-impact products and manufacturers that comply with responsible manufacture practices.
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Samsung Gets Sued Over Printer 'Doping'
It seems Olympics sponsor Samsung has taken the wrong kind of Olympics message from Beijing as it has been slapped with a lawsuit alleging that it "rigs" its printers to give a false reading and tell users that they need to replace their ink cartridge even if there is plenty of toner left.
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Fujitsu To Release Wood-Encased Laptop
So the green revolution in IT has finally come to this - Fujitsu later this week will be releasing a laptop with a wooden case rather than the usual traditional plastic or metal casing.
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FreeRange Hatches Free RSS For PDAs
FreeRange has launched a free version of its long-standing RSS news reader supporting up to 10 feeds for the BlackBerry and other smart phone platforms, including Windows Mobile, the Palm OS and J2ME.
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Sharp Makes A Point With New Home Theatre Release
Delivering total output of 250W RMS (75W/ch + 100W subwoofer), the HTDV40H Home Theatre System features 1080i HDMI output for sound and picture reproduction designed to enhance the home cinema experience.
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Is Dell Short-Changing Local Consumers?
For those that have patiently been waiting for a sub- $1000 laptop with a built-in Blu-ray player for HD video, your wait is over- if you are in North America or Europe that is.
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Good Guys & Harvey Norman Top ERA
The Good Guys along with Harvey Norman have been nominated as some of the five finalists of the Best Retail Store at the Electrical Retailing Awards (ERAs), with and Radio Rentals also making the cut.
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Symantec Unveils Norton Ghost 14.0
Symantec has released Norton Ghost 14.0, which backs up and restores a user?s entire PC computer system, including all of its data ? applications, settings, folders and files ? and offers exclusive remote backup management, encryption and advanced compression features to ensure everything on the PC system is protected.
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IT Security Battle Gets Nasty
According to a report in techworld.com, Israeli security company Finjan has asked a US court to stop its rival, California-based Secure Computing from selling one of its most popular products.
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Mobile Spyware Becoming More Widespread
According to Jarno Niemela, senior analysts for anti-virus researchers for Finnish security vendor F-Secure, spy programs for mobile phones are likely to grow in sophistication and there is increasing evidence that ?money from selling the tools will create a stronger incentive for more accomplished programmers to get into the game, which could make the programs harder to detect?.
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Google Says Less Is More
According to newsfactor.com, Google said recently that the drop in click-through rates is ?a result of its efforts to boost the usefulness of each click to its advertisers' sales performance?.
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The Marketing Implications Of Online Networks
According to online intelligence company Hitwise, the social graph which refers to the data that expresses an individual will be an important point of debate in 2008 for marketers because it poses two key problems: for users there is the challenge of managing multiple networks and for social network owners, there is the commercial decision of how they should participate in an 'open Internet', defined by platforms that permit data sharing between various networks.
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Adobe Launches Free Online Photo Storage
Adobe Systems has released Adobe Photoshop Express public beta, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA) available to anyone who wants to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects.
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Kyocera Rolls Out New SMB Laser Printers
Kyocera Mita has released the FS-1300D monochrome laser printer designed to meet today?s fast-paced small business workgroup and small office printing requirements.
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Microsoft Prepares For War With Google
Microsoft has finally drawn up its battle plans against the likes of Google by selectively releasing a beta package of a productivity software and hosted services suite, codenamed Albany.
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Next Gen EeePC Bigger & Better But Missing GPS
Asustek Computer says the next generation Eee PC laptop, known as the Eee PC 900 will come with a multi-touch trackpad, better Web cam, increased data storage, a 8.9-inch screen, a 1.3-megapixel camera and 12 GB solid-state disk drive (SSD).
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Apple Accused of Peddling Malware
According to reports on www.newsfactor.com, Danish security firm Secunia has found two major vulnerabilities in the Safari browser that can corrupt memory and display arbitrary code in Windows.
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See You At The Movies With Google
Google Australia has announced a movie search feature called movie onebox that enables users to quickly and easily find movie show times in their local area at the click of a mouse.
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Sun Uses Light To Connect Chips
According to a story in newsfactor.com, Sun Microsystems says it has found a way to reconnect the chips so they can communicate with each other at such high speeds that a new generation of computers that are faster, more energy-efficient and more compact.
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iBase Unveils Fanless Micro PC
Backplane Systems Technology has released iBASE Technology?s two AMI Fanless Micro Systems that feature a small footprint of 199 mm x 232 mm and support a range of iBASE?s Mini ITX boards.
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WD Releases Two-Platter 640GB Hard Drive
WD has released its Caviar SE16 640 GB 3.5-inch hard drive range based on 320 GB-per-platter technology and which are designed for data-intensive applications, high-performance computing and multimedia systems.
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Rudd Regime Boosts Digital TV
Digital television in Australia has received a boost with the announcement by Senator Stephen Conroy of a $37.9 million strategy to drive Australia?s transition to digital TV, set for 31 December 2013.
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David Jones Celebrates Early Xmas With Record Profits
There certainly isn?t any other store like David Jones, with the retailer chalking up another record half year result, with a Net Profit after Tax of $AUD89 million, up from $AUD71.1 million last year- a rise of over 25 per cent.
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Altech Opens In NZ
Australia?s Altech Computers Corporation has opened a new branch in Auckland, New Zealand, to, as the company says, better serve New Zealand customers with a local warehouse, service and sales support.
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New Spam Bypasses Filters
Trend Micro is warning of a new type of spam known as Meeting Invite spam, which targets the Google Calendaring system and is designed to bypass most known anti-spam engines.
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Fujitsu Goes On Spending Spree
According to computerwire.com, Fujitsu Consulting has acquired New York-based OKERE, a consultancy that provides the software-as-a-service model (SaaS), for an undisclosed amount of money.
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BluTube Smacks Of Big Brother Say Critics
A new website designed to allow members of the public to report crimes and submit photos, video, and even audio evidence taken on their mobile phones has been dubbed "BluTube" by critics.
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Notebook Surge Defies Slowing GDP
According to Gartner, notebooks are driving sales growth in the market, and low cost ultra mobile PCs are helping to keep the PC market relatively buoyant, regardless of slowing global economic conditions.
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US University Bans Vista Upgrade
According to reports coming out of the US, driver problems are having a big impact on users upgrading to Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 at the University of Pennsylvania which has advised against using Vista SP1.
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Beijing Olympics Driving LCD Production Sky High
In its latest Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report, DisplaySearch has reported that China FPD TV shipments reached a record high of 9.6 million units in 2007, including 8.8 million units of LCD and 0.8 million units of PDP (Plasma) TVs.
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Telstra Launches The Remote Doctor
Telstra has unveiled a display of futuristic medical technology as part of a new business health initiative it says will be critical in helping Australia cope with future demands on the health system.
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Telco Body Cooperation Agreement
The Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further promote cooperation between the two agencies.
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MP3-Based PA System
The Bosch CCS 800 Ultro is simple to install and use and has all the facilities required for achieving full control of meetings and discussions, without the need for an operator.
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Bosch Two-Zone Mixer & Amplifier
The two-zone mixer amplifier is available in 120 W and 240 W versions. The unit features ten inputs to provide a variety of solutions for broadcasting announcements and music to listeners.
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Virtual Worlds P2P Agreement with NICTA
NICTA, Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence and VastPark have signed an agreement to implement NICTA?s Peer to Peer (P2P) project which is claimed will ?revolutionise the virtual world and online gaming experience?.
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Nokia Phones Use Art To Imitate Tech
Nokia has released 2 versions of the 8800 Arte mobile phone with features including a 2.0 inch QVGA 240x320 pixels, OLED display with up to 16 million colours; 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera with 8x digital zoom; 3G capabilities;1 GB built in memory space; MicroUSB all-in-one-connector; anti-fingerprint coating on metal and glass; ambient light sensor to adjust screen brightness automatically.
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Pay TV Gives Local Drama a Leg Up
According to the latest figures, the subscription television industry recorded a 43 per cent increase in expenditure on Australian drama programs in 2006-07, with expenditure increasing from $18.41 million in 2005-06 to $26.44 million in 2006-07.
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AMD Planning Upgrades
According to www.digitimes.com, AMD says it is planning to launch the B3 stepping quad-core Phenom 9050 series CPUs (called 9850, 9750, 9650, 9550 and 9150) within the next 1-2 weeks.
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German IT giant faces tough times
German IT company Siemens has warned that earnings for the current quarter will be down some $AUD 1.5billion, following a review at its power generation, mobility division and IT Solutions and Services operations.
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Security Companies Attacked By Hackers
Leading security Company Trend Micro has said that "not even security companies" are safe from attack. The comments follow revelations that the web sites of several leading security Companies have been hacked with up to 10,000 pages infected during the pa few days.
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