Archive for May, 2011

Monday 23 May, 2011

Autodesk 3ds Max

Autodesk 3ds Max software provide powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing tools that enable artists and designers to more quickly ramp up for production. The two versions share core technology and features, but offer differentiated experiences and specialized toolsets for game developers, visual effects artists, and graphic designers on the one hand, and architects, [...]


Monday 23 May, 2011

Unreal Development Kit

What is it? UDK is Unreal Engine 3 – a complete professional development framework. All the tools you need to create great games, advanced visualizations and detailed 3D simulations on the PC and iOS. The best tools in the industry are in your hands. Who’s it for? Anyone. Everyone. You. Unreal Engine 3 has been used [...]


Monday 23 May, 2011

Dual-Core Android Smartphone


Friday 20 May, 2011

Facebook, the most annoying form of blogging

The social network Facebook is the most common form of blogging. Its also the most annoying. Some people post a status every 5-10 minutes, I wont name names but you all knwo who I mean. People post everything imaginable. Ranging from what they did today all the way to how their current relationship is going. Accepting friend requests is like subscribing to [...]


Friday 20 May, 2011

Bloggin’ – Like writing in a diary, but without all the Carpel Tunnel

Blogging. It’s something a large proportion of us all do. It gives us (and any others who may read it) a source of news, entertainment, or general rantings. Blogs of today originated from online diaries, but to todays crowd, they now act as more of source of current events. For those who do not use [...]


Friday 20 May, 2011

Nokia X7-00

Have you been wondering what Nokia plans to do between now and whenever it launches its first Windows Phone handset? We have, too. It turns out it’s business as usual for the number one smartphone manufacturer, with today’s announcement of two new Symbian-powered phones, one of which is the X7. But this isn’t Symbian as [...]


Friday 20 May, 2011

For all those Xbox Haters – PS3 in a Sony HD LCD TV

Well I like Xbox’s, so please expect a bias blog post here… Along with Sony’s great TV range and their gaming console; this was always going to happen. They have combined a good gaming console into one of there best new TV’s, allowing for full HD viewing of you most watched programs and instant switching [...]


Friday 20 May, 2011

web accessibility

1                    What is Web Accessibility? Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. 2                    Why is so important? It is essential that the Web be accessible in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with disabilitiesProvide [...]


Friday 20 May, 2011

Web accessibility – It’s a big world out there.

If you couldn’t capture the title, this has to do with the differrent ways of accessing the Internet (Preferably not 4Chan) and the duties required to provide a sustainable system. Web accessibility is ensuring that Articles, Media, etc. on the Web, are able to be viewed and understood under different circumstances. These circumstances can relate [...]


Friday 20 May, 2011

iiNET – BoB’s Big Brother

BoB. It’s so cool they spelt it’s name wrong at birth. (Broadband in a box > >). But the old BoB many of us have is made in America from a well known company. Because of this there has been many problems. From day one iiNET said it would make it’s own router and hardware [...]


Friday 20 May, 2011

Web Accessibility – The Interwebs for all…

The internet has been created for every single person on earth, no matter how different. Some people can’t listen to speach, or read the text on a website; but companys and websites are trying there best to make it better for those with a disabilitiy. Because of this, when a website is being created special [...]


Thursday 19 May, 2011

ICT Trends – iPad’s In-Classrooms

A recent article posted on Mashable (prob. a week ago now) looked at the Apple iPad trial in schools and whether iPad’s and in deed students are ready. http://mashable.com/2011/05/16/tablets-education/ The following topics are covered: Tablets are the Best Way to Show Textbooks Classrooms Are Ready for Tablets Tablets Fit Students’ Lifestyles Tablets have the Students [...]


Thursday 19 May, 2011

The Interwebs – Usage :)

The Internet (Also called the Interwebs). It’s a beautiful world. Full of infomation, publications, games, YouTube, Facebook and other less-inviting aspects*. Every single day there is something new on the internet, not to mention every second. It’s been looked at as a huge help for people at work, allowing them to colaberate with others around [...]


Thursday 19 May, 2011

Blogs – The Development Over the Years….

From the start of the interwebs, people have been opening up their lives for the world to see. In the early days when the first blogs on the internet were created, they were usaly in a diary format; being very simple and easy to use only containing a few images and text. Over the years, blogs have [...]


Monday 16 May, 2011

Eduwise Pc

The Eduwise Pc by Intel is $400, although titled as a “Pc” it is in fact a laptop. It is cheap and simple alternative for those with a lack of money and resourses. These people with lack of money, education and resources compared to those who can afford and are able to fully understand and work technology are the people who make up the digital divide. The Eduwise Pc [...]


Monday 16 May, 2011

Eduwise Pc

Eduwise Pc is a personal mobile computer which is used for the learning enviroment for teachers and also students around the world. The ‘project’ is aimed at spreading the latest technology and trains students and teachers in what they call a ‘real sense’. The ‘Eduwise Pc’ is well priced at $400, and it includes features such [...]


Monday 16 May, 2011

The XO series Laptops – Bringing technology to children Worldwide

http://www.tech-news.com/imagesap/xo-1pc.jpg While the main priority to people of developing countries is generally to provide the big 3 – Water, Food and Shelter, The ICT community is also helping provide another important resource: Technology. The use of technology to developing nations helps further their economy by shifting up the global status, while also improving morale. The [...]


Monday 16 May, 2011

Ipad 2

  It’s 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter, so it feels even more comfortable in your hands. Two powerful cores in one A5 chip mean iPad can do twice the work at once. With up to nine times the graphics performance, game play on iPad is even smoother and more realistic. And [...]


Monday 16 May, 2011

AMD Geode & The Digital Divide

AMD and Intel alike have started to work on improving the Digital Divide over the world by intergrating older styled technology into computers that can cost less then $100 dollors Australian. By using CPU’s created in the 90′s, the companys can offer these processors for a very little price tag, and even offer some for [...]


Monday 16 May, 2011

What is Software Piracy?

Unlike other things you purchase, the software applications and fonts you buy don’t belong to you. Instead, you become a licensed user – you purchase the right to use the software on a single computer, but you can’t put copies on other machines or pass that software along to colleagues. Software piracy is the illegal [...]


Friday 13 May, 2011

Digital Divide

The above video is about the adoption of technology in Uganda, peoples attitudes towards technology and the Digital Divide. The above video is about the Rasberry Pi micro computer which has recently been developed


Friday 06 May, 2011

Intel Tri Gate 22nm Technology

Intel Tri Gate 22nm Technology First benchmarking test with Intel’s new Technology