Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones Will Not Upgrade To 7
March 6, 2010 by Mike
Filed under Technology
According to www.simbasics.co.uk, Windows Mobile 6.5 phone users won’t be happy to hear that they won’t be able to upgrade their phones to the 7 series due to lack of compatibility. Microsoft are now explaining that the Windows Mobile 6.5 phones won’t be compatible with the advanced Window 7 series operating system – and vice versa. The apps that designed for Windows Mobile 6.5 – a whole 20,000+ apps in the Windows Marketplace – won’t be able to run on the Windows 7 Series. The new 7 Series...
Add Your Support For R18+ Games
March 4, 2010 by Mike
Filed under Technology
Media Release: On the 28th February, submissions closed for The Commonwealth Government’s discussion paper on the pros and cons of creating an R 18+ classification for computer games. Keeping the Pressure on ALL State Governments And tomorrow leading national Video and PC games retailer, GAME, along with gaming news website, Pal Gaming Network (PALGN) will also launch a campaign to keep the pressure on governments to support an R 18+ game classification. Why keep the pressure on State Governments? ...
Windows Phone
October 7, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Technology
Today can be marked as the last day of the “Windows Mobile” device brand as Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Phones worldwide at an exclusive event in NYC hosted by Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division. The devices announced today ship with Windows Mobile 6.5, which has been a long time coming. So what is a “Windows Phone” one might ask? “Our lives increasingly have become this complex mash-up of our professional...
Google Maps Live Gridlock-breaker
September 17, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Technology
THE creators of Google Maps have taken the technology further down the information superhighway to launch a feature that allows Australian commuters to view up-to-date traffic flow information. The feature, which is displayed in the Google Maps format, is available in the capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, as well as Wollongong, the NSW Central Coast, Geelong, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast. Traffic information about motorways, as well as major and minor arterial routes, are...
ARM Targets Intel With 2GHz Multicore Chips
September 17, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Technology
UK-based chip company ARM has today announced the development of dual-core, quad-core and eight-core Cortex-A9 processor designs, explicitly aimed at markets currently served by Intel’s x86 chips and IBM’s PowerPC. “This is a huge departure from what we’ve done in the past”, Eric Schorn, vice president, marketing for ARM’s processor division, told ZDNet UK. “We really wanted to take off the handcuffs and see what could be done with performance, performance,...
PlayStation 3 (Slim)
August 31, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Technology
To the casual observer, there’s nothing particularly slim about the new Sony PlayStation 3’s ($299.99USD direct) sleek black housing—it’s only when you compare it with its nearly three-year-old counterpart, the previous-gen PS3, that you see how much smaller it is. The bigger news here, however, is the $100USD price drop; the original PS3 retailed for $600 when it launched in 2006, and up until last week, the least-expensive PS3 you could buy was $400—and that was for a console...
Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Available
June 24, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Technology
Microsoft today released the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) beta via Windows Connect (which requires a Windows Live ID), the sign up process for the beta includes a seven-question survey. MSE is Microsoft’s free, real-time consumer antimalware solution for fighting viruses, spyware, rootkits, and trojans. The beta is available in English and Brazilian Portuguese for the first 75,000 users and although Microsoft says this is a target number, it is willing to increase it if necessary....
Halcyon Works MC Chassis
June 1, 2009 by dgaust
Filed under Technology, Windows Media Center
If you’re looking for a high end case for your HTPC, you may just have another option with a new player, Halcyon Works soon to enter the market. Halcyon Works, based in the UK, plans to start shipping two new cases in the near future, the M2 – a svelte low profile case measuring in at 85mm high and the M3 – a slightly larger version at 115mm high. Both cases share the same interesting features, including: A modular hard drive caddy – allowing you to free up space in the case if you don’t...
64-bit Office 2010 Confirmed
April 18, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Technology
Microsoft is set to announce its next version of Office, (code-named Office 14) which will be branded as Office 2010. All related applications will carry the 2010 stamp and will be ready and shipped to manufacturers in the first half of next year. Chris Capossela, senior vice president, Microsoft Office has advised that after the productivity suite is shipped to manufacturers, it takes six weeks to four months or more to reach PC users. Of course, the availability of the Office 2010 suite will...
iPhone 3.0 OS
April 8, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Technology
Apple have previewed the new iPhone operating system upgrade designated 3.0. This upgrade will add over 100 new features together with provding significant changes to the SDK thereby allowing developers much greater flexibility in creating new rich applications. The most welcome changes to the OS will include: Copy & Paste text & photos When you double-tap over text, you will get a “cut, copy, and paste” bubble dialog. Double-tap again and a “paste” bubble will...
