[ad_1] (Image: NBN) Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) company has commenced building its fibre-to-the-distribution-point/curb (FttDP/C) network, starting with a trial of its construction and installation process in Coburg, Melbourne. FttDP brings fibre closer to premises than NBN’s fibre-to-the-node (FttN) network, with plans to deploy it up to the driveways of ...
Read More »Hunt: Showdown is a Cool Mix of Several Genres
[ad_1] Share. Horror-themed PvPvPvE looks great. By Jon Ryan I’ll be honest and say that I was not expecting the coolest thing I saw at E3 to be a multiplayer shooter. But it was – even though calling Crytek’s Hunt: Showdown just a “multiplayer shooter” is a massive understatement. Hunt ...
Read More »Sony Xperia XZ Premium (2017) review – CNET
[ad_1] Sony’s XZ Premium flagship has just about everything you could ask for from a top-end phone. A 4K display, insanely powerful processor and a unique super-slow motion camera all make this handset great. And yet I’m not completely smitten. Beyond the headline-grabbing spec list, the XZ Premium needs more ...
Read More »Microsoft's Pix for iPhone: Now AI gives your photos an art makeover
[ad_1] Microsoft’s deep learning gives your iPhone photos an artistic makeover in a variety of styles. Image: Microsoft Microsoft has added a new editing feature in its Pix iPhone camera app that lets you transform photos into styles reminiscent of famous works of art. When Microsoft launched Pix, it originally ...
Read More »$1,000 iPad Pro vs $3,000 2017 MacBook Pro: Speed tests say it's a close call
[ad_1] The 2017 iPad Pro bumps up against the MacBook Pro in CPU and GPU performance Image: Bare Feats You might not believe Apple’s claim that the iPad Pro can replace a PC, but the newest models are bumping up against Apple’s own top-specced MacBook Pro in performance benchmark tests. ...
Read More »Keep your Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus free of smudges with a screen protector
[ad_1] Update: Added offerings from ZAGG, Skinomi, IQ Shield, iTURBOS, and Olixar. The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus have gorgeous curved displays that you’ll want to protect. It’s worth looking into Galaxy S8 cases, screen protectors, and other accessories now. If this particular aspect of owning a new phone is usually ...
Read More »'The Lost Legacy' takes 'Uncharted' back to basics
[ad_1] Chloe and Nadine The Lost Legacy will, however, continue the studio’s trend toward deeper and more complex character portrayals. The slower, low-key moments from Uncharted 4 will return, giving the player time to learn and think about the lives of Chloe and Nadine. “We try to see what these ...
Read More »Nostalgia still marks the way forward for Nintendo
[ad_1] Nostalgia sells. No one knows that better than Nintendo. Much of the company’s intellectual property is well past the 30 year mark at this point, and yet it manages to find new scenarios for its most popular franchises year in and year out, reinventing its stable of characters for ...
Read More »The Juiced Board is a valiant attempt at securing the budget electric skateboard market
[ad_1] When it looks, feels and is packaged like a competitor’s, is it really competition or just a knockoff? The Juiced Board comes dangerously close to echoing that sort of sentiment. Juiced and Boosted are words that loosely share the same meaning, but it’s the appearances where both electric skateboards ...
Read More »Workwell wants to make your corporate intranet suck less
[ad_1] If you’ve been working for a large company, chances are that your intranet sucks. It takes too much time to find the right information, it’s not tailored for mobile and it doesn’t integrate well with the services you actually use. French startup Workwell is a mobile intranet that you’ll ...
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