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Tag Archives: Technology
Six, already?
Today, Apple released iTunes 6. This is the most gratuitous major version bump I’ve ever seen. Sure, new iPods came out today that play video. It’s about time. And the iTunes music store also carries short films and TV shows … Continue reading
Posted in General, Movies and TV, News
Tagged Apple, Bump, Itunes Music Store, Music Videos, New Ipods, Selling Music, Short Films, Technology
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Microsoft Student: It’s like, totally lame
Today Microsoft released a new software suite for students. It’s aimed at secondary-school students, and offers them resources to help them complete assignments in standard subject areas like maths, science and so on. Students would probably be best advised to … Continue reading
Posted in General, News
Tagged Academia, Apple Computer, Decent Product, Haircut, Keanu Reeves, Kick In The Ass, Kidz, Launch, Microsoft Student, Mtv, New Software, Opinion, Pauly Shore, Poster Child, Publicity Team, Reeves Keanu, Relic, Secondary School Students, Side Kick, Software Suite, Technology, Visible Braces, Xbox 360
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MIT Blog Survey
Today I did a survey that MIT is carrying out. The questions focus on what your blogging practice is like, and on what kinds of people you know personally. If you read this and keep a blog, give it a … Continue reading
Apple on x86: a gamer’s perspective
In today’s WWDC keynote, Steve Jobs officially announced that Apple is beginning to switch its CPU-based products from the PowerPC architecture to x86. Online responses have been varied, commenting on what effect the move will have on Apple’s sales, Linux, … Continue reading
Microsoft copies Ubuntu logo
The MSN Spaces service recently passed out of its beta phase. On visiting the service’s home page, regular readers of OSNews will likely recognise a shocking degree of similarity between the Spaces logo and that of distro-of-the-moment Ubuntu Linux. The … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Beta Phase, Blog, Circles, Distro, Human Heads, Lawyers, Linux, Logo Side, Logos, Microsoft, Msn Spaces, Similarity, Tabs, Technology, Ubuntulinux
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The halo effect
Macworld UK - Oz Mac sales double – IDC Apparently sales of Apple computers are really taking off in Australia. Macworld UK quotes IT analyst Michael Sager saying “Apple seems to be finally benefiting from the iPod halo effect.” I … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged 80gb Hard Drive, Airport Express, Airportexpress, Alumnium, Apple Computers, Apple Os, Best Music, Design Index, Designmuseum, Dialog Boxes, Firewire Drives, Halo Effect, Jonathan Ive, Mac Owners, Mac Sales, Macworld, Memory Resident, Music Collection, Music Player, Technology, Useless Memory
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Wiping Linux off my hard drive
If there’s anyone who wasn’t quite sure if I’m a computer geek, this is the post to prove it… Ever since I went to the Digital Arts and Culture conference at RMIT in 2003, where I presented this paper, (many … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Arts And Culture, Broadcom, Computer Geek, Culture Conference, Expresss, Faf, Gnome Org, Harddrive, Installing New Software, Mac Person, Mum And Dad, Package Management, Political Arguments, Powerbook G4, Pppoe, Preview Release, Rmit, Rurouni Kenshin, Technology, Ubuntulinux, X86 Pc
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WordPress 2.6 and Freshy
In the absence of genuine content updates, the long-overdue announcement that this site no longer uses WordPress 2.5 or K2, but is now on WordPress 2.6 and a new theme. I spent several weeks looking for a new base theme … Continue reading →