Platforms Copyright © 2008 4 Square Media http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:19:00 GMT Platforms on www.smarthouse.com.au newsfeed.sichbo.ca While Microsoft Fiddles, Apple Plans WWW Domination http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/U9C5R2F8 It seems Apple is not content to just dominate laptops, phones and other mobile devices or slick new retail stores, as reports from the US show, it seems it now also wants to remake the internet in its own fruit-flavoured image. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:19:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/U9C5R2F8 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080625092149f99af.jpg AMD Pounces With Puma Platform http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/A3J4V5C6 AMD announced a new platform called Puma at the recent Computex trade show in Taiwan, which includes the Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor combined with the ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series graphics chip. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:16:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/A3J4V5C6 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/2008060609175079c0b.jpg Quality Issues Delay Intels Centrino 2 Launch http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/H3V5T4G7 According to reports, Intel is delaying the launch of its new Centrino 2 platform for laptops in order to resolve chipset and antenna issues. Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:04:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/H3V5T4G7 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200806020905277ce1e.jpg Apple Buys Chip Company For $300 Million http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/W4S5U5X6 In what could only be interpreted as a peek into the future for the iPhone maker, Apple has announced its decision to buy PA Semi, a microprocessor design company for almost $AUD 300 million. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:51:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/W4S5U5X6 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080424115304b629d.jpg Australia To Get New Intel Chip First http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/Q4G6P9K3 According to a number of overseas reports, the first few processors belonging to Intel's latest Centrino 2 mobile platform will be launched on an Australian PC platform. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:50:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/Q4G6P9K3 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200804141252199a650.jpg Reboot Redux Coming Up For Microsoft http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/S5M7K9L4 According to techworld.com, within days Microsoft will resume the automatic distribution of a failed Windows Vista update that some two months ago sent many PCs into an endless and frustrating wave of reboots. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:07:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/S5M7K9L4 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/2008041111092281a7d.jpg HP Rolls Out Desktop Thin Clients http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/N6N2X9G3 HP has released two new desktop thin client products, called the Compaq t5730 and the t5735. The HP Compaq t5730 is based on Microsoft Windows XPe and select models include integrated WLAN. Based on Debian Linux, the HP Compaq t5735 supports a variety of open source applications. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:57:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/N6N2X9G3 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080407125919a1a10.JPG Windows XP To Remain For Cheapie PCs http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/N2C3G8C5 According to reports from the US, Microsoft says it will keep Windows XP available for ultra-low-cost PCs like the Asus Eee PC which comes with Linux. But Microsoft is sticking to its June 08 cut-off date for Windows XP on all new PCs other than ULCPCs. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:37:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Platforms/N2C3G8C5 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080407083915f1b30.jpg Official Release: Vista Service Pack http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Security_And_Support/U7F7A5P7 From March, Vista users will be able to purchase a Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack that aims to secure the over 100 million Vista licenses sold since launch, the owners of which have experienced problems with compatibility and reliability. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:06:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Security_And_Support/U7F7A5P7 Sarah Falson http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080205050822c440b.jpg Your New Computer Is Ringing http://www.smarthouse.com.au/J5T5C6Q6 A new computer era is dawning but this time you don't need a desk or even keyboard and mouse. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:42:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/J5T5C6Q6 Wire Service: Inc http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080204055733d8bd6.jpg