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Australians buying Apple’s new high-end computers, Apple Power Mac G4 and Power Book G4, can make an AU$900 saving on Adobe’s Design Collection Bundle.
The most sought-after location in San Francisco's Moscone Center this week? Along the wall, next to the plug.
The components that make up a modern datacentre often look disturbingly like commodity items: a server here, a rack there, spaghetti tangles of cable everywhere. But there's one item that is still something of a rarity -- and no, I'm not talking about the expertise needed to run it.
Pronouncing that a given device doesn't need any more storage is a near-foolproof recipe for looking stupid somewhere down the line. However, I'm sceptical that many people need a 16GB mini-SD card for their phone.
If there's fibre running to the node down my street by the end of 2009, I'll eat my own shoes with mustard sauce.
Mobile phone companies have seen the green bandwagon go by and are flinging themselves on it faster than you can say "lazy, greenwash-spewing me-too merchants" but in the pantheon of would-be eco-friendly mobile makers, Nokia is coming up with some of the best and worst ideas on the market.
As Christmas roars in upon us and the Rudds, Trujillos, and Conroys of the world hang their Christmas stockings, everybody is casting an eye to 2008 and the changes it will bring.
Green IT is all about saving the environment, or so we are told. In reality, 'greening' only became popular once companies realised that it provided a benefit they understand well saving cash. Discover everything you need to know about Green IT in this ZDNet.com.au superguide.
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To winemaker De Bortoli, Linux has provided the opportunity to save money and free up IT staff.
Most PCs are equipped with power management functions, but people turn them off. Turn them on, says Simon Mingay, research VP, Gartner. Savings can be achieved in datacentres also. Most companies run test and development centres constantly, but some are changing their ways.
Apple Computer created its new Keynote software to let its boss, Steve Jobs, make it through speeches without a hitch. But early customers say it is anything but bug-free.
Unanswerable questions of our time, number one: If you're so smart, why ain't you rich? And number two: If your new PC's so much better than your old one, how come it don't work properly?
In the face of an identical hardware platform, Toshiba's netbook fails to bring a unique point of difference.
A solid business laptop with excellent battery life, the EliteBook 6930p won't disappoint, but there is little in this laptop to warrant the 'Elite' label.
The Dell Inspiron 13 is great for those hampered by a tight budget, but who still want a competent and power-efficient thin-and-light notebook with a decent design.
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