The computer users of the world have been getting more interested in open source and free software for some time now and Microsoft’s new Equipt subscription service is aimed at defending the Office franchise. As we reported the other day, the pricing model for Equipt will be $69.99 per year and you get a lot of [...]

This is the ASRock A780FullDisplayPort Motherboard and while it performs as well as the ASUS 780G motherboard, its lack of HDMI and bad placement of onboard connectors make it a little hard to recommend over the other 780G Micro-ATX boards. With AMD’s 780G chipset getting a lot of good press Tweak Town thought they would give [...]

Retailer Circuit City will be launching something new from Microsoft and they will also be the first to bring this new software service called Microsoft Equipt. By mid-July the consumer software subscription service will be at around 700 US based Circuit City stores and will include MS Office, Windows Live One Care, Messenger, Photo Gallery and [...]

There were many reasons why Nvidia issued a profit warning and these included a price war in the industry, a delay in new products being launched and weak demand. The moment Nvidia announced expectations of lower revenues; their stocks plummeted as much as 25 percent. To make matters worse they have also said to expect a [...]

A few weeks back we were all rushing to our computers to download Firefox 3.0 from Mozilla, and none of us could have imagined how popular the new Web Browser was going to be. Well Mozilla must have known something, as they had asked there users to try and make them hold the record for the [...]

This is breaking news and very good news at that, Adobe has new software that will make flash-created content more noticeable by search engines like Yahoo and Google. At the moment it seems that search engines like Google and Yahoo and other Web-search tools cannot easily recognize pages that have Flash-created images. Many times we have [...]

It’s been long known that Internet Explorer is the most used web browser but it’s also a known fact that it has been losing market share to Firefox for some time now. Today we are hearing that Safari and Firefox have been growing at the expense of Internet Explorer and if you’re a percent person [...]

This is Samsung’s cheap 2.5 32GB SSD drive and Samsung has managed to deliver a performance SSD that brings the cost of ownership closer to the masses. Typical Samsung traits here; the build quality is top notch and the performance is astonishing. Tweak Town have covered this cheap SSD in an 11 page hands-on review, in [...]

Microsoft retires Windows XP; Microsoft has stopped making available Windows XP to large computer firms such as Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo and even software retailers. There will be a few exceptions where Windows XP will in fact be unavailable to retail shoppers and computer makers; this is a big blow to some because it means forcing [...]

Apple yesterday released the all new Mac OS X 10.5.4 which will fix a few issues with AirPort, Safari, iCal and Spaces & Exposé. AirPort has now been updated and now addresses the reliability issues with 5GHz networks and of course issues that would have possible resulted in slower performance in Logic Studio or MainStage. What [...]

It seems that Mobile Linux Group LiPS has had to merge with the LiMo Foundation because of increasing competition from the likes of Symbian and Android, this merger will only help to advance their OS. On Thursday the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum announced that they will be rolling their activities and members into the [...]

We all know about the brand new Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and of course have downloaded it myself and must say it is great, well just weeks after the Firefox 3.0 the open-source developer has just put across new ship dates for the all new version, obviously if approved, they are hoping to produce an alpha [...]

Ok so you know what it is like, you are driving around and you need to check to see if you have received that important email that you have been waiting on. However; you never seem to be able to find a parking spot and see if you can find a Wi-Fi hotspot. Well worry [...]

When we go looking for a nice new television we buy for many different reasons and every brand has its advantages. Now if you bought a nice BRAVIA Internet connected LCD TV you may have bought it for the brand, features Internet abilities but whatever reason you will still get the chance to watch the [...]

It seems that more and more iPhone users have concerns over Apple’s data reset methods on their handset, but the computer giant have now taken some extra steps for a more secure data wipe function, this will be integrated into iPhone Software v2.0. Most people are familiar with the beta version of this software, and [...]

This is the Radeon HD 4870 In CrossfireX at 4GHz, Tweak Town were impressed with the Radeon HD 4870 graphics card so they thought about putting three of them in IBP’s 4GHz rig. The results have been covered over 11 pages and in their final thoughts they said “The first thing I have to say [...]

This is the ZOTAC NVIDIA 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard and it shows that ZOTAC are back with a board featuring the socket 775 platform; this board may not be in Australia yet but it has a lot of potential. The added wireless Ethernet is a great feature that we don’t normally see on 790i motherboards, [...]

Tomorrow will see a beta version of the next-generation BBC iPlayer launched, this will give UK license fee payers access to BBC TV and radio programmes on-demand. The new beta version will provide access to live audio and radio through a single interface, the current version does not allow BBC’s radio services and on demand [...]

It seems that Microsoft has listened to public demand; the software giant has decided to extend their offer of technical support of Windows XP. Microsoft will now offer extended support for updates and security patches on the XP operating system until April 2014. However it seems that Microsoft has not reversed their decision to stop [...]

We reported yesterday that Nokia rule the Indian phone market and they are also the biggest handset provider in the world, but Apple’s 3G iPhone, Google Android and Open Source are threatening this title. The next generation iPhone will be in 22 countries on July 11 and over 40 more after that date, then we [...]

This is the awesome XFX GeForce GTX 260 XXX Edition which has good performance and great value, the question is the GTX 280 XXX Edition which was posted yesterday is a good card also and choosing out of the two I would have to say the XFX GeForce GTX 260 XXX Edition is the one [...]

If you find that the Asus Eee PC is a little on the small side, then you might want to consider the MSI Wind low-cost laptop. The thing is many people have said that the keyboard and touchpad are a bit on the small side, but that is where the MSI wind addresses those problems. [...]

The world of software for computers, cell phones and other gadgets has been changing to benefit the consumer for a while now and today change is moving faster than ever. Thanks to the world of Open Source we have many options to get great software for free, sadly not every consumer knows this and still [...]

When the Asus Eee PC 701 was first introduced it was a revolutionary new product, then Asus launched the Eee PC 900, this UMPC rapidly refined the 701. Well now Asus have launched the Eee PC 901 and this is rapidly redefining the 900 UMPC as well. Many have wondered how Asus could reinvent the [...]

It seems that the world is still computer mad, the number of PC’s being used around the world has now exceeded 1 billion and according to Gartner, this will double by 2014. The most growth in PC sales is coming from developing markets, so not only are these countries having an affect in cell phone [...]

Today there is a new tool expected from Google and its aim will be to help advertisers reach their target audience. The new tool is said to measure Internet use and this will help advertisers identify the best places to buy ads. Google has always been at the forefront of keeping both the web publishers [...]

This is the XFX version of the GeForce GTX 280 XXX Edition and its had it’s memory bumped way up, XFX are known to be one of the aggressive graphics card overclockers and this version may not be the best value for money but the GTX 280 XXX Edition from XFX is still no doubt [...]

When looking at all the latest thin laptops you will be forgiven for thinking that they look almost the same, the main three are the HP Voodoo Envy, Apple MacBook Air and the ThinkPad X300. Yes they are all thin, but it is not just in looks where they are the same, when you look [...]

There is now a portable version of the latest Firefox browser from Mozilla. Thanks to portableapps.com, you can now take all your browsers saved information, and conveniently use it on any computer. Using a launcher from portable apps, you can then store your Firefox 3 browser on a USB drive and then use it again, whenever [...]

The new ATI Catalyst 8.6 driver for Radeon graphics cards has just been released by AMD and you may want to know how well this driver performs under Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Tweak Town take a closer look and show the results over 11 pages. They found that the new Catalyst driver has some [...]