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June 14th, 2013
The West Australian
PDF Converter
January 20th, 2004
January 20th, 2004
According to PDF Converter’s Australian distributor, retyping documents provided in PDF format can cost your organization up to $200 per document. To say nothing of the time involved, that makes PDF Converter a pretty serious productivity tool.
Bluesonic Bluetooth Speakers
May 30th, 2006
May 30th, 2006
Just press a key on the speakers to put it into pairing mode and your phone will show it up straight away. For your PC to find it, you have to plug in the Bluetooth dongle — a small device like a flash memory disk.
Tivo HD
May 6th, 2009
May 6th, 2009
It works by recording TV content to an onboard hard drive, but at only 160GB, it’ll fill up fast if you don’t get through your saved collection quickly (an hour-long TV show is about 300Mb). With a Pay TV-style program guide, selecting the shows you want to record is a world away from the old VCR days of programming a lock and hoping for the best.
Sony VAIO S28GP
March 10th, 2005
March 10th, 2005
Some members of the sleek and stylish VAIO family from Sony are guilty of this transgression, but they seem to have found a happy medium with the S28GP.
NEC Versa S940
September 27th, 2005
September 27th, 2005
Those products are all constrained by the limits of technology to the same proportion, and the only difference from one to the other might be the shape of the logo slapped on the casing.
It’s cool to hack
March 27th, 2015
March 27th, 2015
Described by PIAF as Australia’s first ‘art hack’, participating entrants have 24 hours to create a digitally interactive artwork. Whether an app, website, robotics or a projected presentation, if it’s interactive and it’s art, it will find a place in Hack The Festival.
Game for some nostalgia
One of the first video game/movie tie-ins was 1982's ET; The Extra ...
Radiation Fallout
Cigarette manufacturers fought a PR war against regulators and public opinion for ...
April 18th, 2011
Hiptop Slide, Network Magic Pro, Canon PIXMA MP610
Hiptop Slide
RRP: $679
The Telstra co-branded Motorola Hiptop Slide isn't like any mobile ...
February 26th, 2008
Telstra Bigpond Mobile Card
It says something about both Telstra marketing and wireless broadband access when ...
January 16th, 2007
CenTIE takes a broad approach
A new technology initiative launched by Senator Alston in April successfully showcased ...
May 27th, 2003
Sudio Brio, Final Cut Studio 2, Sony VAIO VGN-FZ18G, Samsung U3 MP3 Player
Sudio Brio
$149
Bluetooth phone speakers are becoming as common as mobile phones. This ...
January 15th, 2008