GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Carbonite is no longer distributed by Avalanche 21st November 2012, Carbonite Australia Pty Ltd (Carbonite.com.au) will cease to distribute Carbonite Inc’s range of Online Backup software. Your backupYour files will continue to be backed up by Carbonite Inc … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES ACCC wins $7 million in three months The ACCC won almost $7 million in court penalties and recorded 46,000 complaints and inquiries in the three months to September 30 this year. One case involved the local operation of … Read More
GLENN’S SHOW NOTES Microsoft ditches Messenger Microsoft currently has 100 million Messenger users, which will be merged into Skype’s user base of around 280 million, according to The Next Web. Messenger will be retired in the first quarter of next … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Microsoft sued over Windows 8 UI “We developed the concept of Tiles in the 1990s, which was ahead of its time,” SurfCast CEO Ovid Santoro said in a statement. “Microsoft’s Live Tiles are the centerpiece of Microsoft’s new … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES EU warns Microsoft over Windows 8 browser option EU antitrust regulators have told Microsoft not to repeat the mistake of denying consumers a choice of rival web browsers in its new Windows 8 operating system, in a dispute … Read More
GLENN’S SHOWNOTES Facebook’s new Want button deepens e-commerce inroads Only a few weeks ago Facebook unveiled its new Gifts feature in the US (as yet unavailable in Australia) which allows users to purchase and send physical items to one … Read More