Show Notes
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Spotify Expands Free Streaming to All Devices Spotify announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its free streaming option to all devices. This means non-paying users can listen to individual tracks and albums of their choice using the … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Microsoft invests in $8m Melbourne research centre The Microsoft Centre will identify new social applications for natural user interface (NUI) technologies. NUI technologies include voice recognition, gesture control, eye recognition and touch interactivity. Researchers at the centre will … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Microsoft could drop Windows RT devices chief Julie Larson-Green – who was until recently in charge of the Windows division – indicated that Microsoft has too many operating systems on the client side. There has been much … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Microsoft Australia telework initiative goes global Next week is National Telework Week and Microsoft Australia jumped in early and told staff to stay home last Thursday. The initiative, led by Microsoft Australia managing director Pip Marlow, saw the … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES It’s the final countdown to the switch off of all analog TV signals across Australia the final three regions prepare to permanently switch off analog TV signals in December, it is not long before all 8.7 million households … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Study Shows Playing Video Games Really Can Make Your Brain Bigger playing Super Mario 64 for 30 minutes a day over two months increased adult volunteers’ brain volume in their right hippocampus, the right prefrontal cortex, and the … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Telstra hits milestone for ‘Internet of Things’ Surpasses a million connected devices. Telstra has talked up its IT solutions clout, claiming to have surpassed one million machine-to-machine (M2M) services in operation. The milestone makes Telstra the … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Microsoft fixes glitch that bricked Surface tablets Microsoft pulled the Windows 8.1 RT update from the Windows store two days after launch, after “a very small number” of Surface RT users had their devices were “bricked” after downloading … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Google to support Chrome on XP until 2015 Google will support those on the Chrome browser for Windows XP until “at least” April 2015 – a year after Microsoft pulls the plug on its OS XP users … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Dell launches Windows XP migration tool Dell’s Windows Migration Fast Forward Service supports the migration of up to 5,000 PCs and offers “modules” for image engineering, inventory, application compatibility testing, application packaging, deployment planning, process … Read More