Category: computers and IT

There’s mounting speculation that the recent launch of the iPhone in Australia is responsible for a number of communications outages in the Optus mobile network.

There have been at …

There’s a very nasty new virus that has just been released. Businesses that use courier services like UPS are particularly vulnerable. That’s a lot of businesses !

You can imagine how easy it could infect an office manager’s computer:

1. Office happens …

Total-geek has an interesting story about iPhone owners and why we hate them so much.  Apparently iPhone owners are as popular as 4WD owners, door-to-door …

By combining the iPhone’s web browsing capabilities with Google Docs, it’s possible to set up a very simple data capture system that is fast to implement and very low cost. Maybe …

The long anticipated 3G iPhone was released in Australia today, with thousands of people lining up for hours at a time to get their hands on the latest in mobile phone …

30 June 2008 - Telstra secures iPhone 3G on our world leading Next G network

Telstra and Apple have signed an agreement to bring iPhone 3GT …

The long-awaited 3G iPhone will make it to Australia and soon. According to Apple Australia, the 3G iPhone will launch 11 July 2008.

If you have a …

You may or may not have heard about a search directory called Big Roo. According to the Way Back Machine Internet Archive, Big Roo started life as a mobile phone reseller and it appears it has …

The last few days I’ve been playing around with the latest Ubuntu Linux release (8.04), aptly named Hardy Heron. I suspect the next release will be called Ingenious Iguana.

I love the way the Ubuntu crowd increment each release with …

A laptop computer, or simply ‘laptop’, is a small battery powered personal computer that usually weighs around 1 to 8 kilograms.

These days, many office workers use their laptop as their primary source for computing using an external mouse, keyboard and …