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XBox One minus kinect sensor coming for $499

If you’ve been putting off buying an XBox One games console due to the $600 price tag here’s some good news. From June 9 you’ll find a new xbox one console priced at $499.  The reason for the price drop is that this particular version doesn’t come with the Kinect movement sensor.  In the video below XBox explains the reason[Read More…]

Outlook.com - New features to put you back in control

Outlook.com – New features to put you back in control

How does your email inbox look right now?  Overflowing, never ending?  Thanks to the growth of webmail, that inbox is potentially a bottomless bit and you may even feel like it’s something you’ll never really have much control over. Last week I spoke to Melissa Dewick from Microsoft Australia about the growth of webmail services, some of the problems we[Read More…]

TomTom saves 13million couples from breakup

TomTom saves 13million couples from breakup

Can technology really help saved a marriage?  Well if argument prevention could be considered a marriage saving tool then according to TomTom they’ve saved over 13 million couples from splitting up. Celebrating 10 years in the business of GPS navigation TomTom reports that they’ve sold 75 million navigation devices in that time which apart from preventing agreements around driving directions[Read More…]

LinkedIn meets online dating

LinkedIn meets online dating

The professional networking website LinkedIn is a great place to make good business contacts, find your next job or even recruit new employees but now it has also become a useful dating tool. The makers of a a new App called LinkedUP suggest that as people spend so much of their lives at work there’s nothing wrong with looking for[Read More…]

Nokia launches  Lumia tablet

Nokia launches Lumia tablet

Nokia has now entered the competitive market of tablet computers.  Following in the footsteps of the popular Lumia smartphones, the Lumia 2520 tablet is now available Australia and Nokia is promising big performance for work and play. Running Windows RT 8.1 the Lumia tablet featuers a 10.1 inch display boasts up to 11 hours of battery life for video playback.[Read More…]