Oct 17, 2010
Adobe have just made available new versions of their Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premier products. As well as simplifying the user workflow, and especially for those who are new to the workflow requirements that digital image processing imposes upon us, improved Mac compatibility was also announced with this new product range. I recently was able to catch p...
Oct 10, 2010
Hands up if you’ve ever wanted to fly a plane. Me too. In fact, I have. Many years ago, when I was living in Dallas, I took the controls of a Cessna 172 and flew it around the skies of east Dallas. Relax, Dallas is safe again, but it was a very enjoyable experience. Apart from that, I’ve enjoyed many hours at the controls of software such as...
Oct 3, 2010
This week PC Tools launched their 2011 suite of products, which includes tools to help you to combat threats from various types of malware, including spyware, viruses, malicious email and social networking threats. The tools include PC Tools Spyware Doctor, PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus, PC Tools Internet Security, PC Tools Registry Mechanic and...
Sep 12, 2010
In a recent survey, eBay discovered that Australians are holding on to a lot of value in unused stuff that is just sitting around the house. In NSW, for instance, they discovered that the typical household has over $800 worth of stuff that is sitting around, unused and unloved. This week our Gadget Gorilla, Gary Stark, chatted with eBay’s Jenny Thomas to...
Sep 5, 2010
The concept of a pocket WiFi router is one that has always appealed to me. This sort of device reduces your reliance upon over-priced internet services that you may need to acquire when traveling, such as in a hotel room, or perhaps at a coffee shop or an airport. I’ve been using an earlier version of this pocket router for most of this year, and have been...
Aug 29, 2010
Every year, Microsoft Australia hosts a major technical event for developers and IT professionals, known as Tech Ed. For the major part of the last week, I was fortunate to be able to have attended this year’s event as a guest of Microsoft. Although my attendance was as a member and guest of Microsoft’s Open Source Convergence group, this conference...