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Hi Everybody! I've been laying low for a while, in read-only mode, sorting, filtering, evaluating and generally catching up on stuff! So, why break radio silence now? Well, I'm popping up to offer a quick endorsement for the Mesh platform, which was recently
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A new year, another new laptop, incorporating the lessons learned from last time . Interesting choice of nomenclature for the new Dell tablet range. <memory lane> My first PC (mostly-)compatible was an XT-class machine . I think we got it in 1988,
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Back in the day, software used to be quite cheap around here for employees. Then, due to a confluence of unfortunate factors, all involving complicated acronyms (like FBT), Aussie 'softies started paying what could be politely described as unspectacular
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The Media Center dev team have been working to address a couple of problems that have particularly affected some Australian Media Centre users, and we now have updates available from Product Support. While the fixes are available, the KB articles documenting
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Before I get into the rant: I am thoroughly ignorant of any and all video standards. Do not expect this post to contain much in the way of factual value. I'm housesitting at my parents' place at the moment. They have a recent-ish 32" Panasonic LCD TV.
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Sunshine on IMDB . Well . If it had ended about four minutes before it did, it would have been a classic in my book. In fact, when I buy the DVD, I might make a "Tristank's Cut" version that skips the very end. Or maybe mashes it up with Jurassic Park,
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"Experience" is a lovely word for a corporate blog. Discuss. Anyway, my experience was that it didn't work the first time round. That was at 7pm. it's now 9pm, and I've just finished my first laps around Barcelona in RFactor , using the Wireless Racing
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About time! March brings us Aussies the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on. $249 looks like the magic number - nicely equivalent with the US RRP. Can't wait to watch MI3 and Superman Returns... And Kotaku said it even ships with King Kong in the box ! Awesome! I
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On Wednesday, my care package from Tegatech arrived - a brand new P1610! I thought there must have been some sort of mistake when the Mail Guy handed me the package, as it was obviously far too light to be a laptop and included bumf. Plus, it was just
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If you've got an Xbox and broadband but haven't upgraded from Silver, give it a go! It's free until 10pm Sunday. I've been playing Gears of War this week, and am *itching* to take it online, but my phone line decided to suddenly choke my ADSL connection
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Back from Fiji. The resort and the people were lovely, the snorkeling amazing, and I'm told the diving was pretty good too. Right back to business: I need some serious retail therapy. I went away with a powerful laptop I barely used (I actually set a
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Today: 1. Saints Row should become available locally for the Xbox 360. Liked the demo. On the subject, did anyone try out the Just Cause demo from Marketplace? That was really over-the-top latin american fun! I wonder if it'll have Live capabilities,
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Quick reminder that it's The Day Of The Mother for Australians this Sunday the 14th May. If you haven't bought a gift yet, well, lunchtime is good, right? I got mine a Logitech Harmony 880 remote (kinda a both parents present really) and spent 4.5 hours
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I was really keen on getting a Samsung Q1 Ultramobile (Origami) until I learned a little more about the specs from Samsung's UK site: Damn. I was kinda hoping for an ultra mobile PC I didn't need to use a semi-trailer to haul around! :) (from here , close
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Note #1: This post links to discussion boards that use colourful language. If you don't like that sort of thing, don't click any non-numerical links below. Note #2: If Elected, I Solemnly Promise: As a suggestion to governments for next time around: If
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