We’re starting to see the first leaks of the next version of Windows, Windows 8.1 or ‘Blue’ but while the leaks haven’t shown anything seriously different (apart from the new ‘Kiosk mode’), there are rumours starting to float around that Microsoft might actually go back to providing the old Start button and menu. While you [...]
Will Windows 8.1 bring back the Start button?
Apr 22 2013
Telstra to launch shared data plans
Apr 22 2013
If you have all of your broadband devices hooked up to different accounts (your phone and your 3G tablet for example), keeping track of the data allowances remaining on each device can be a pain to remember. Telco giant Telstra looks set to provide a simpler solution by offering data plans that allow you to [...]
New 4G Nexus 4 rumoured for May
Apr 22 2013
Google’s Nexus 4 has become one of the most popular smartphones on the market (if you can get hold of one) thanks largely to its big 4.7-inch screen, fast quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064 processor and it’s comparatively low price tag. However, two features that are commonly mentioned as being missing are 4G/LTE network connectivity [...]
Chip maker AMD has turned in its first-quarter results for 2013 and while they don’t make for happy reading, they’re not as bad as was seen in the preceding quarters. The struggling chip maker saw revenues reach $1.09billion for the first three months of the year, six percent less than the last quarter of 2012 [...]
While tablet sales in general are booming, a report from digitimes.com suggests sales for Apple’s smaller iPad aren’t doing too well. The Taiwanese online news site is claiming sources in the iPad Mini supply chain that expect to see a 20-30% decline in shipments for the device due to a lack of demand. Apple’s iPad [...]