Why don't tech companies just say what they mean? As a journalist, I'm sick of receiving essentially dishonest announcements from big tech companies.
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Telstra's PR minder lays into me
Intel won't admit it, but Apple's an abusive partner
Kathy "breasts" Sierra on baggy tech tee-shirts
Paper bills, online bills… bane of my life
John C. Dvorak explains how he [...]

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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 someone with some marketing knowledge explain to me what the benefit of making the consumer [...]

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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, 200GB drives started becoming available and Hitachi announced 250GB notebook drives… bastards).
Anyway, it's a Hitachi [...]

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