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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...
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Flock is a new web browser that’s based heavily on Firefox. It’s being termed a social browser offering the ability to interact with social networking services including Flickr, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Photobucket and more. One of the higher profile names on the project is Will Pete, co-host of CommandN. More @ http://flock.com/...
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Built on Windows Presentation Foudation (WPF), this is one of the best looking, most functional IM clients I’ve seen. I’ve been using Windows Live Messenger and MSN messenger before the name change, for years now. Given that Live Messenger now supports Yahoo contacts, if this new Yahoo messenger for Vista supported Live contacts, then I’d consider...
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Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2008, code name “Orcas” has reached another milestone – beta 2. The scheduled release date for Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 is February 27 2008. To download the Vista sidebar gadget that counts down to this date – click here. More @ http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx via...
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flotzam is a mashup of information from sites like twitter, facebook and you can even connect it to additional data sources. It’s been created using Microsoft Expression Blend and Silverlight. It comes 2 forms, an application and also a screen saver. It comes with a sweet UI created by the...
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Microsoft have announced that Windows Home Server has now been released to manufacturing (RTM). They are distributing Home Server to OEM partners to give them time to prepare for launch. Also announced was another OEM partner – Fujitsu-Siemens Computers (FSC). This now makes 6 OEM’s that have partnered with...
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Check out the vid below for an in-depth display of what Streamy can offer. Given there’s an abundance of social networking sites out there at the moment I was a little skeptical about what a new one could offer. However after watching this video I was quite impressed. Unfortunately...
