Rodney Gedda - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Rodney Gedda

Article | 5/08/2008 Apple's iPhone 3G gets version 2.0.1 software upgrade

Apple has issued a point release upgrade for its iPhone and iPhone 3G products to version 2.0.1 of the firmware, weighing in at a hefty 249MB.

Article | 31/07/2008 Aussies strike it rich with $15m Google buyout

Australian entrepreneurs Ryan Junee, Julian Frumar and Simon Ratner are laughing all the way to the bank as their online video start-up Omnisio was ac...

Article | 24/07/2008 Telstra unveils Next G mobile broadband WiFi router

Telstra, in conjunction with Netcomm and Sierra Wireless, has released a portable HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Ethernet router that can be used to share an Intern...

Article | 18/07/2008 Eee PC 1000H arrives with Windows XP, not Linux

ASUS' latest addition to the Eee PC family, the 10-inch 1000H, is now available in Australia sans the Linux operating system than made it famous.

Article | 21/07/2008 Optus launches unlimited mobile caps

Telco Optus has launched two mobile phone plans that allow unlimited calls on local, national and GSM networks in Australia and thrown in a bit of mob...

Article | 18/07/2008 Internode first ISP to offer IPv6 service

Australian broadband ISP Internode claims to have become the first in the country to give national direct access to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)...

Article | 10/07/2008 From desktop to data centre: SA's green IT revolution

If you're pining over how to go green and reduce your organization's energy consumption, consider how IT can be used to reduce power inside and out of...

Article | 9/07/2008 Photonic switching beckons 100x Internet speeds

Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed technology that could boost the throughput of existing networks by 100-fold without costing the...

Article | 8/07/2008 FreeRunner Linux phone sells out, more on the way

Less that one week after going on sale via its own e-commerce site, the 900MHz version of OpenMoko's Neo FreeRunner Linux phone has sold out, but don'...

Article | 9/07/2008 BlackBerry client comes to MOTO Q

Motorola and Research in Motion have released the BlackBerry Connect client software for the MOTO Q with local mobile service plans.

Article | 7/07/2008 KOffice 2.0 Alpha 8

One of the release goals of the next-generation KDE office suite, KOffice 2, is to make the package run on Windows and Mac OS X in addition to Debian ...

Article | 3/07/2008 Linux phone to (finally) call down under

Linux nuts longing for a mobile phone that runs their favourite open source operating system needn't wait much longer with the much-delayed OpenMoko N...

Article | 26/06/2008 Open source telephony new star at TV producer

When TV production company FremantleMedia Australia had an opportunity to move to IP telephony during an office refurbishment, the open source Asteris...

Article | 25/06/2008 Vodafone goes after small business unified comms

Mobile carrier Vodafone has launched an aggressive push into the unified communications space with the launch of Vodafone Business One, a partnership ...

Article | 19/06/2008 New Eee PC arrives, Linux same price as Windows

ASUS has announced the release of the new Eee PC 901 and the reduced prices of the previous 701 and 900 models.