Tech journo Danny Gorog has written a good piece about new sheet-fed scanners that can scan in your bills (even double-sided ones) and save them as PDFs on your computer, eliminating the stacks of unsorted paper we all build up on…
Paper bills, online bills… bane of my life
May 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments
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What is the point of cashback deals?
January 6th, 2007 · 4 Comments
I've noticed more American-style "cashback" offers creeping into Australia catalogues recently. Most commonly, they're attached to $850 laptops, which come with $100 cashback, to bring the laptop price down to $750.
Why can't they just sell the laptop for $750? Can…
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Why I'm not happy with my Hitachi Travelstar 160GB notebook drive
November 18th, 2006 · 5 Comments
I am a sucker for more of everything when it comes to computers, so I had to upgrade my MacBook Pro's hard drive to 160GB — the biggest hard drive available at retail. (Of course, soon after I ordered it,…
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Lexmark e120n: 20ppm mono laser printer with networking for $163.94 NEW
September 8th, 2006 · 20 Comments

Is it normal to get this excited about a laser printer?
I've had my eye on the Lexmark e120n for some time now, and I ordered it on a whim a couple of days ago. (I got mine through EnByte…
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The day another Vista feature died
(and I stumbled on a scoop)
March 11th, 2006 · 3 Comments
It's one of the biggest thrills a journalist can experience: stumbling upon a scoop of worldwide relevance.
You hear a corporate executive say something in the midst of a stream of marketing fluff, and your adrenalin starts pumping… did I…
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Hello from SFO
March 5th, 2006 · 4 Comments
Hello from downtown San Francisco, where I am for the Intel Developer Forum which is starting on Monday (US time… Tuesday Australian time).
Intel flew journos business class (the first time I've ever flown it internationally) and it really was an amazing…
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Why Mac Mini sucks, or rather, it doesn't
March 4th, 2006 · 5 Comments
MacWorld in the US has posted a great analysis of why you shouldn't assume the new Mac Mini is crap simply because Apple has bumped up the price and included an 'inferior' Intel GMA950 integrated graphics chip.
Personally, I want one of…
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Microsoft redesigns the iPod
February 28th, 2006 · 2 Comments
This is totally, utterly, brilliantly hilarious.*
* Optimal system requirements may differ from minimum stated.
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