Ian Paul - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 24/05/2013 Microsoft turns Siri against Apple in hilarious new Windows 8 ad

After coming out swinging a few days back with a Surface ad that focused on Office, Microsoft has a new ad that confronts the iPad head-on. And here's...

Article | 21/05/2013 Yahoo's 1TB of Flickr storage may signal bigger cloud plans

When Flickr announced its 1TB free storage giveaway on Monday, the company said it was offering you enough storage to "take a photo every hour for for...

Article | 16/05/2013 Windows Phone claims third place in the smartphone wars, but challenges await

Microsoft's Windows Phone may be struggling to gain a foothold in the US, but the software giant and Nokia are starting to see results on a global sca...

Article | 7/05/2013 Hands on with Dropbox competitor SpiderOak Hive; first look at new Android app

The cloud is great if you want the convenience of accessing your files everywhere.

Article | 7/05/2013 Asus readies small, sub-$US300 Windows slates for release

Would you pay an extra $US50 for a pint-sized tablet if it ran Windows 8 instead of Android? Asus thinks you might.

Article | 7/05/2013 Hands on with Viber's new desktop app: It's no Skype

Mere days after the Skype announced plans to integrate video calling with the Outlook.com web service, Viber has delivered a counterpunch with a new d...

Article | 29/04/2013 Intel starts countdown clock for next-gen Haswell chips

In just a few weeks, Intel's one-chip-fits all family of core processors will finally meet Microsoft's one-design-fits all operating system, Windows 8...

Article | 23/04/2013 Western Digital rolls out ultra-slim 5mm Ultrabook drives

The drive towards dirt-cheap Ultrabooks is getting a big boost with the release of Western Digital's new ultra-slim spinning hard drive, a barely ther...

Article | 18/04/2013 Nokia's Lumia lineup finds little love in the US

Nokia offers a wide array of Windows Phone 8 handsets to woo smartphone users, from the fully-loaded Lumia 920 flagship phone to the budget-friendly L...

Article | 12/04/2013 BlackBerry challenges reports of high Z10 return rates

BlackBerry is mad as hell and it's not going to take it anymore. The smartphone maker came out swinging Friday, one day after several market analyst r...

Article | 11/04/2013 Samsung Mega-sizes the phablet with a 6.3-inch display

Just when you thought phablets couldn't get any bigger, Samsung has super-sized... no make that Mega-sized its Galaxy lineup with two more devices tha...

Article | 10/04/2013 HTC First smartphone will please Facebook junkies

Smartphone connoisseurs may be anticipating the upcoming release of the HTC One, but the rest of the world can't stop talking about another HTC phone ...

Article | 5/04/2013 Hands on: Nokia Music app for Windows 8 hits the right notes

Following on the heels of an updated Windows 8 Music app from Microsoft, the software maker's BFF in the mobile space has released its own Windows 8 m...

Article | 3/04/2013 Google tweaks counting method; usage jumps for its Jelly Bean OS

What a difference a month makes. Less than 30 days ago, Google reported there were finally more devices in active use running Android 4.0 and up than ...

Article | 19/03/2013 Gmail for Android adds reply/archive buttons to notifications bar

Google adds more functionality to the Android notifications bar with a new Gmail for Android app that lets you archive and reply to messages with one ...