Mar 27, 2011

Apple’s iPad 2 went on sale in Australia this week, with Apple outlets commencing shop floor sales of the device on Friday last, at 5 pm. As usual, there were people queueing outside Apple stores for days in advance, even though iPads could also be easily obtained at other retailers, commencing at the same time. Online sales commenced early on Friday...

Mar 27, 2011

An 8 weeks old springer spaniel was taken to a pound in Ireland after being abandoned by her owner because she was deaf. The staff at the centre where Alice was surrendered knew that she would be a difficult dog to place, due to the special training and attention such an animal would need. Not being able to hear commands is a serious impediment for most people...

Mar 20, 2011

This week I was privileged to pay a visit to Google’s Sydney headquarters, and have a look over, and a ride in, one of their two Mitsubishi MiEV electric vehicles. Named “Plug” and “Play”, Google have acquired these cars in order to help assess and promote the viability of electric cars within the general community. These cars...

Mar 20, 2011

Earlier this week Microsoft made the latest version of their internet browser, Internet Explorer available for all to download. Internet Explorer 9 is a relatively small download, and first impressions are that it’s a significant improvement over its predecessors. It’s faster, with seemingly better functionality. You can download IE 9 from...

Mar 20, 2011

Together with federal law enforcement officials in the US, Microsoft has taken action and had the Rustock botnet taken down. A botnet is a network of compromised computers. They can be contacted by a remote master computer, and used to perform tasks such as sending out spam emails on behalf the network’s operator. It has been estimated that this network of...