Google, Skype and Firemint release App store updates

Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:32 AM EDT

Google has tonight released a new update for it's Mobile App, adding speed improvements for search by voice and support for Australian and British English accents.

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google, skype, app, firemint

Apple's App store reaches 1 billion downloads milestone

Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:34 PM EDT

Apple's Application store has, just minutes ago reached 1 billion application downloads but now begs the question - can we expect to see 2 billion within months due to its amazing growth?

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technology, apple, 1billion, downloads, itunes, app-store

Hotmail suffers outage

Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:25 AM EDT

8.38pm AEST Update: Microsoft has now confirmed on their help site, windowslivehelp.com, that there was an outage and that all services are now fully restored.

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technology, microsoft, email, gmail, issues, down, hotmail, login, yahoo-mail

Broadband Music Fees? A new idea to combat music piracy?

Thu Apr 2, 2009 3:41 AM EDT

Here's a thought - what about adding a small fee onto your broadband bill each month to cover the costs of your ''illegal'' music downloads? Yes, another cost on top of the already expensive bills, but maybe it's something that the record companies need to look at instead of tryi …

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technology, record, companies, downloads, p2p

Skype for the iPhone - It's HERE NOW!

Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:12 PM EDT

After yesterday's Skype announcement for the iPhone, it has finally arrived to the iPhone App store. First Impressions? It's a great app that works well with most of Skypes services.

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technology, skype, iphone, apple, itunes

MySpace lets users back in

Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:16 AM EDT

UPDATE: It's now Sunday morning. and finally i can login. I now have a dialog box which asks me if I want to share my full name, but thats about the only change. All that for nothing? It's now 10pm AEST and I still can't get in. What on earth are they doing?

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technology, web-2-0, myspace, problems, social-apps

Live blog: Melbourne bushfire ceremony

Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:05 PM EST

Get all the latest from the Memorial Service in Melbourne starting NOW with our live blog, and after that our recap of the service.

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world-news, melbourne, australia-live, blog, bushfires

Microsoft rolls out Hotmail, Windows Live updates

Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:29 AM EST

Microsoft has begun rolling out additional updates to it's Windows Live Hotmail service, including changing the banner advert to the right-hand side of screen, and adding more space for users mailboxes.

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technology, windows, live, microsoft, updates, hotmail

Serena proves too powerful for Safina

Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:11 AM EST

Serena Williams has won her 4th Australian Open title after knocking off Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3, in just 58 minutes in a repeat performance of 2007.

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sports, serina, williams, safina, dinera, australian, open, 2009

Google Drive - The story so far

Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:11 AM EST

With many IT news sites such as ZDNet, CNET and many more reporting on rumour's about a service called 'G Drive' from Google, we decided to take a look at just what we know (or at least think we do) about the service so far.

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technology, google, g-drive, storage, cloud, computing

Google expands and disbands

Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:50 AM EST

As many would now know, Google has begun to cut back on it's costs as the financial crisis hits home, and instead appears to be investing in more in house projects instead of purchasing all ready setup businesses and bringing them under the 'Google Wing'.

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technology, google, image-ads, profit, finance

Mogulus - Pro the way to go?

Sat Dec 6, 2008 4:52 AM EST

Many of you by now would have heard of Mogulus, the online service which allows users to stream and edit live footage from devices such as web cams. It's made a few headlines recently with its plans to introduce the PRO packages.

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technology, mogulus, brightcove, video-streaming, multimedia, video, editing

Songbird: Out of BETA, into the real world

Wed Dec 3, 2008 5:14 AM EST

Songbird - the long awaited application set to rival the likes of iTunes and Windows Media Player, has finally come out of BETA and has entered a new stage in it's life.

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technology, songbird, new, beta, internet, firefox, mozilla, addons, music, apple

Facebook Connect - to use or not to use

Tue Dec 2, 2008 5:12 AM EST

With lots of media coverage recently, and as Facebook prepares to roll out it's new Facebook Connect technology to even more sites, questions have begun being asked about privacy, and if Connect is going to be another flop like Facebook's now reknown Beacon technology.

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technology, facebook, connect, myspace, google, friend-connect, facebook-connect, privacy, login, details

Joost - Boost or Bust?

Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:11 AM EST

Joost had a dramatic re-launch during September this year, after taking a break to work on it's services to try and catch up to other sites such as YouTube and Hulu.

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technology, joost, boost, bust, youtube

Apple - strict and controlling?

Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:05 AM EST

With the recent release of Google's iPod Mobile application which features groundbreaking voice recognition for search technology not being launched until Monday, two days after the expected release, some important questions need to be asked.

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technology, apple, ipod, iphone, developers, programming, itunes, application, google

Can social networks survive the global financial crisis?

Mon Nov 3, 2008 3:56 AM EST

With the current global financial crisis hitting many hard, many online ventures will soon go under. But can the sites that we love and so many of us become addicted to survive?

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technology, social, networks

Is the world really ready for touchscreen?

Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:43 AM EDT

With Microsoft unveiling it's new Operating System, Windows 7, at the Professional Developers Conference, it has become even more obvious that Microsoft is pushing towards a touch screen world. But is the world really ready for a full roll out of touch screen devices yet?

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technology, touchscreen, microsoft, windows, 7, windows-7

Where to work: Microsoft, Google or Apple?

Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:08 AM EDT

In light of Glassdoor.com winning an extra $6.5 million dollars in it's second round of funding, I thought it appropriate that we take a look at some of the results already showing from the site, which allows users to anonymously comment on the working conditions and salaries of …

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technology, microsoft, google, apple, glassdoor

Online Advertising 3.0?

Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:35 PM EDT

With all the financial turmoil at the moment, many are predicting that online advertising is about to freeze up. So are we about to experience one of the biggest challenges for the online advertising industry?

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technology, online, advertising, advertising-3-0, web-2-0

Apple rolling in cash - but what can it use it for?

Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:59 PM EDT

Recently I read a post on cnet about how Apple has a whooping $24.5 billion dollars to spend, even more than Microsoft currently has in it's bank account, and it got me thinking about my own list of things that Apple could invest in to make it better for all.

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technology, apple, cash, steve-jobs