Conroy comes out swinging on Broadband

Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has laid the opposition’s broadband plans to ridicule in a fiery televised speech.

Though marked as an update to NBN construction progress, Conroy used his address before the National Press Club in Canberra on Tuesday to target opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull and what the Government claims is a negative and inconsistent approach from the coalition.

Accompanied by new adviser and telco expert, David Havyatt, Senator Conroy's speech marked a significant change in tone for the communications minister who has, to date, made small criticisms of the Turnbull's alternative policy but neglected to address it head-on.

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Windows XP turns 10

Ten years ago today Windows XP first hit retail shelves, and it was still the most popular operating system in the world until the beginning of this month.

However the sun is finally setting on the stalwart OS that has powered countless home and business PCs (it crossed the 400 million mark way back in 2006), as it recently slipped to number two -- right behind it's youngest brother Windows 7.

And it's about time too; XP was, and still is a great OS. But as the title states, it is now beyond ancient (2 years is typically a dinosaur in the tech world). It's time to move on and upgrade to Windows 7 now (trust me you will not regret it).

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Asus Transform Prime Tablet Is Coming

Asus' Transformer Prime, the company's next-generation Transformer tablet.

It was practically a given that the company would bust out a second edition, and now the particulars are starting to take shape. It'll be based on NVIDIA's next-gen quad-core Tegra 3 chip, and will share the same lid design as the Zenbook.

In laymans terms. It's beautiful to look at. And should easily outperform any other tablet currently on the market.

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Microsoft no received royalties on half of all android sales

Microsoft's general counsel and deputy general counsel (Brad Smith and Horacio Gutierrez) have co-written a new blog entry detailing Microsoft's latest licensing achievement. Yesterday's broad cross-licensing agreement with Compal Electronics means that Microsoft has now negotiated licensing terms with the ODMs (original Device Manufacturers) that build over half the Android devices on the market.

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NBN Co names 28 new fibre locations

NBN Co has laid out its network construction plans for the next year, planning fibre rollouts to 28 new cities and towns across Australia.

Unfortunately no joy for the Sunshine Coast just yet.

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Microsoft nabs Samsung Android Royalties

Microsoft’s chief legal counsel has used a patent royalty deal it struck with smartphone giant Samsung to shoot down Google’s claim that patent enforcement will kill innovation.

The agreement will see Samsung pay royalties to Microsoft for its smartphones and tablets running Android, which should avoid the need for Samsung to alter its devices to escape similar litigation battles to those it faces with Apple.

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Apple Confirms October 4 iPhone Event

The October 4 iPhone event date has been confirmed by Apple, as has the rumored location of Apple's Cupertino campus. There's no question what the star of the event will be: the event is called, "Let's Talk iPhone."



Although it's expected that Apple will launch other products on October 4, in particular, it's the iPhone that will be the focus for consumers, tech gurus, and analysts.

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