Raspberry Pi – $35 PC

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What is Raspberry Pi (No not Pie, Pi)?  It's the words cheapest PC on the market, well nearly.  Pre-Orders are currently being taken. Raspberry Pi is a  revolutionary credit card sized single-board computer from the Raspberry Pi Foundation is now available to pre-order from RS websites around the world. Raspberry Pi was created for educators, programmers, developers and IT enthusiasts, … [Read more...]

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Download now available

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Microsoft have released a Consumber Preview of Windows 8. The  Consumer Preview ISO files (.iso) will be provided for those who wish to try this new version of Windows before its official release shortly. “With Windows 8, we reimagined the different ways people interact with their PC and how to make everything feel like a natural extension of the device, whether using a Windows 8 tablet, … [Read more...]

Bigpond down – telstra say nothing

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Bigpond Down, Bigpond down.  Not only Bigpond ADSL, Cable, 3G, 4G, Foxtel, Wireless Everything. Wonder if the NBN would fix this Kevin and Julia! Telstra, Australia's largest ISP have suffered its first major outage today in months but failed to notify any of its users.  The Service Updates page at bigpond.com wasn't updated, leaving millions of Australians confused. The outage seems to … [Read more...]

Barnes & Noble Introduces NOOK Tablet™ – 8GB For Incredibly Low Price of $199USD

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The new Nook Tablet is here.  Barnes & Noble, Inc.  the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today expanded its portfolio of bestselling NOOK® devices with the introduction of NOOK Tablet – with 8GB of memory, a tremendous value for the company’s fastest and lightest tablet at just $199. NOOK Tablet – 8GB version offers reading and mobile entertainment … [Read more...]

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga – Windows 8 Tablet And Ultrabook

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A Tablet?  An Ultrabook? How about the two in one?  Lenovo have announced the soon to be released Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga Windows 8 Tablet And Ultrabook all in one. The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga is a 13.3-inch Ultrabook which runs Windows 8, with a dual hinge design allowing you to bend back the screen 360 degrees so you can make use of the product as a tablet. Unline various other models such as … [Read more...]

Tablet News from CES 2012

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CES always delivers great new innovative technology and reports from CES 2012 suggest nothing less with a plethora of new tablets being intoduced to the market.  The following are just some of the new tablets we at tabletnews.com.au are looking forward to getting our hands on in 2012: Toshiba Excite X10 This super-thin (8mm), light and well-equipped 10” Tablet features a slim design, … [Read more...]

Asus to release boot unlocker for Transformer Prime Tablet

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The ASUS transporter prime, with its clever add on keyboard was one of the Android Tablets marked as the netiPad killer, but like so many before it failed to live up to expectations. After a monumental consumer backlash after it was discoverd Asus locked down the Prime’s bootloader, ASUS have agreed to release a boot unlocker and Android 4.0 will be available for the device in mid January … [Read more...]

Kindle Fire And iPhone 4s top Google Zeitgeist 2011 as most searched

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The 2011 Google Zeitgeist is in listing the popular searches of 2011 and the fastest rising searches. Suprisingly the iPad2 is behind the Kindle Fire in the fastest rising consumer electronics searches globally:     Kindle Fire     iPhone 4S     Sidekick 4G     HP TouchPad     SPB Shell 3D     iPad 2     HTC Sensation     Samsung Nexus Prime     … [Read more...]

Media Tablet Shipments Miss Third Quarter Targets, fourth quarter growth expected

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Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels rose by 23.9% on a sequential basis in the third calendar quarter of 2011 (3Q11) to 18.1 million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker. Compared to last year, that is an increase of 264.5% from the same quarter, but lower than expectations Highlights: Apple … [Read more...]

Ice Cream Sandwich preview on Archos G9 – Android

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With the dawning of $99 tablet PC's, the latest Android release Android 4.0.1  (better known as Ice Cream Sandwich) may be the one that starts eating into the dominance of the Apple IPad / iPad2 in the world of MObile computing. Here a demo of the Archos Tablet PC  is showing a preview of Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich running on the OMAP4 based Archos G9 tablets to be finalized during Q1 … [Read more...]