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The Ultrabook Boom

2012 is the year of the Ultrabook with Intel expecting over 75 designs to be on the market by the end of the year from brands like Dell, HP, Samsung, Toshiba and more. Ultrabooks are the newest segment of the portable computer market hitting a sweetspot between power and mobility however not just any computer can wear the ‘Ultrabook’ label[Read More…]

Students Advise Govt. on Cybersafety

Over 3000 School students are now assisting the Government to educate Australians about staying safe online. The Youth Advisory Group on Cyber Safety is made up of students from around 400 schools and gives primary and secondary students the opportunity to give direct input on a range of internet safety issues. One of the group’s recent successes is “The Easy[Read More…]

The Week in Video Games – March 23 edition

My Weekly video feature on Bigpond GameArena, covering the latest news from the world of Video Games.

Tips to Save Paper when Printing

How much paper do you waste when printing? It always seems to be the case that whenever you print something, especially for the web, most of the page space is filled with content that you don’t really need to print, which isn’t exactly environmentally friendly. A program called GreenPrint promises to solve this issue to analysing each job you send[Read More…]

Gaze into the night sky from your Computer

Gaze into the night sky from your Computer

If you like to gaze into the night sky, but can’t tell a planet from a star here’s a great free download to help you out. Stellarium offers a virtual view view of the night sky based on European Space agentcy data, but it’s laid out just as you would see it with the naked eye or through a telescope.[Read More…]