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It’s long been known that Microsoft had already extended the sales period of Windows XP from the end of 2007 to June 2008. Well Windows XP Home edition will get yet another extension. The OS of choice for many new ultra-mobiles like the Asus Eee PC and the new...
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TwitterLocal lets you search for other twitter users that are located close to you. It is US-based so the distance units are in miles (ideally future updates would allow users to select miles or kms), that aside, simply input your location, select the radius of search area, hit go,...
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If you’ve ever wondered what Twitter is all about, check out this video below, it’s a great, really simply explanation of what twitter does and what you can get out of it. More @ CommonCraft...
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I just searched for a friend on Facebook. I found her profile, clicked the Add to Friends button and received this warning. “Warning! Your account could be disabled. You are using this feature to spam other users. Continued misuse of Facebook’s features will result in your account being disabled...
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Inside Facebook have a great breakdown of Facebook users by Country. Amazingly Australia rates high on the list. 4th in fact, only Canada, UK and Turkey with more users. An amazing 2.3 million Australians are now on Facebook. More @ InsideFacebook...
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Have a favourite Facebook app ? You may be seeing a lot more of it. Facebook have announced they will allow Facebook apps to be displayed on websites outside of Facebook.com. It uses a simply iFrame trickery to make this work. For companies who have spent time and...
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This hardly seems like hard news, however it’s been a frustration of mine (and a lot of others) since day 1 of joining Facebook. They force you to have Username is….. when perhaps what you want is, Username has…. or Username was…. So I’m glad they’ve finally heard the...
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I love it when Australian stories hit the front page of digg. Our very own Victorian government have decided they will move to using Windows Vista in schools. This is one of the largest corporate implementations of the latest Windows OS. As the article suggests most businesses have been...
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Amongst others the Register is reporting there are some very unhappy SysAdmins today. Those running WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) which is supposed to allow admins to have ultimate control over the rollouts of updates, something went quite wrong today. Windows Desktop Services 3.01 installed itself on corporate machines...
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Up to this point, I’d been fairly happy with the advertising on Facebook, it had largely been from companies or products that were either relevant or was that unobtrusive that I didn’t care. Well I’ve just seen Facebook take a turn for the worse. Check out the screen capture...
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Despite being part of the AVCHD official consortium, Adobe has no plans to include support for the AVCHD codec. After emailing Adobe on this issue, they responded with “Unfortunately, there is no information yet regarding your concern. From time to time, please visit our website for more details.” AVCHD...
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Microsoft have released a new service to a technology preview, titled Listas, the service allows you to store, maintain and share lists. So wether it’s your weekly shopping list or a list of your favourite sites, you may find a use for Listas. What’s really handy is your list...
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jaiku, the micro-blogging, social networking site has been purchased by the monster Google. Google’s plans for the future for jaiku are unclear at the moment, so we’ll watch this space with anticipation. More @ TechCrunch...
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Vuze, made by Azureus, is an application targeted towards the delivery of Hi-definition content, something close to my heart. I personally can’t wait for the day we live completely in HD. They’ve now opened the platform, allowing content producers to upload their own content. This will no doubt spawn...
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If you’ve ever used Facebook and interested in the guy who started it all, then check out this interview with Mark Zuckerberg (right), founder and CEO of Facebook, he’s interviewed by Mike Arrington (left) co-editor of TechCrunch. It goes for around 40 minutes, but provides a really interesting insight...
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If you haven’t heard of lightScribe, it’s technology that uses laser-etching on to the surface of the disc, you need a special drive + discs to make this work, however your not burning through ink to print labels. Those who own a lightScribe burner, you’ll be happy to...
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Direct from Microsoft the following information is what updates will be contained in Vista Service Pack 1. Security Provides security software vendors a more secure way to communicate with Windows Security Center. Includes application programming interfaces (APIs) by which third-party security and malicious software detection applications can work with...
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Hey guys, techAU now has a ‘Fans of techAU’ facebook group. If you like what we blog and podcast about, then click the link below. Fan’s of techAU Facebook Group (updated below) We’ll be adding photos and info about techAU all the time. Updated After Facebook added pages,...
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If your looking to spice up your Facebook page with some nifty apps, then Mashable has got U covered. This large collection of link features more than 150 scripts, desktop apps and addons. More @ Mashable...
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It was bound to happen sooner or later. CES are going to embed an RFID chip into attendees badges to keep track of which booths they visit. The data from this can then be used to see how popular a particular booth was, then obvious decisions can be made about that...
