Tag: life

Top 5 iPod features you'll never see

All signs point to a new crop of iPods in September, and while I'm as interested in the rumours and blurry "leaked" photos as the next fanboy, I'm also preparing myself for disappointment.

KNFB Reader: life-changing technology

With its startling accuracy and portability, the KNFB reading technology has the power to change lives.

Pirelli microchipped Cyber Tyre hopes to improve safety, performance

Pirelli hopes that by embedding electronics in the Cyber Tyre, cars will be more in tune with the road and, therefore, making them more responsive in potentially life-threatening situations.

Father's Day Gift Guide

Let someone else buy the ties and tool kits for Dad. If you really want to win him over, get him one of these tech presents.

Intel's wireless power means no more batteries

Intel has shown showed off a wireless electric power system that could revolutionise modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.

Telstra, Unwired revamp wireless plans

Unwired and Telstra today both revamped their wireless broadband plans: in the same week that Optus and Virgin unleashed new wireless offerings.

Toshiba's XDE technology "revitalises" DVDs

Toshiba may have pulled the plug on HD DVD, and conceded the HD format war to Blu-ray, but the company has a new HD technology up its sleeve.

SanDisk: "Show us your slot"

Memory merchant SanDisk is so concerned that you don't know where your slot is, and what to stick in it, that it is seeking partnerships with media outlets to entice you to stuff a SanDisk memory card in your empty slot.

3G iPhone gets Gartner approval

Apple's iPhone 3G smartphone is fit for business use, according to analyst house Gartner.

Can Spore meet its lofty expectations?

Electronic Arts' much-anticipated game Spore comes out 7 September. Can it live up to expectations?

Is that a pint-sized projector in your pocket?

An Aussie company is promising big things ahead of its pocket-sized projector, namely a 50-inch image projected on your wall.

Aussies to get Spore Creature Creator in newspaper promos

Spore pre-release taster to be given away in selected Aussie newspapers this weekend.

Whaddyareckon?: The End

Crank up Green Day's Time of Your Life and keep the aloe vera tissues close to hand, because it's time for the final instalment of Whaddyareckon?

iPhone faithful still queuing

One week after the Australian launch of Apple's much-anticipated iPhone 3G handset, locals keen to buy the device are still queuing outside the company's only Sydney retail store.

Centrino 2 launches in Australia

Centrino 2 is among us — with three laptops already on the shelves, and significantly more due by August.

Video game technology gets smarter

Recent advancements in video game design — and new game consoles with dazzling computing power — have endowed computer-controlled characters with a sense of self-preservation and unpredictability not seen even a year ago.

Panasonic sponsors the Australian Museum

Panasonic is spending some of the profits from all the Viera TVs and Lumix cameras we're buying in a socially responsible manner by taking up a scientific sponsorship with the Australian Museum.

Telstra reveals iPhone 3G pricing

Telstra finally revealed its full iPhone 3G pricing this morning, with a full gamut of plans ranging from $30 to $350 per month.

CIOs pass their verdict on the 3G iPhone

CIOs of top Australian organisations spilled the beans to ZDNet.com.au on what they think of the 3G iPhone, and whether they will let the device, launched early this morning, into their enterprise.

Australia's cheapest iPhone plans

Finding it hard to figure out which iPhone deal is the best value for money? We've got our calculators out and read the fine print to bring you this easy to follow breakdown of Australia's iPhone pricing.

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