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    • Hey Anthony. Yup it should work fine. Even though I use Squeeze Center, I can still see both of the Squeezeboxes listed on SqueezeNetwork (just showing as not connected). So I'm sure the Duet...

      7 months ago by beng

      in Logitech SqueezeBox Boom and Duet

    • This excellent service from Google will undoubtedly challenge the last bastion of the real estate industry - that issue of providing the address of properties. We have over 80,000 homes for sale...

      7 months ago by Alistair Helm

      in Google Streetview Available in New Zealand

    • Same here. But in my case, i upgraded my system from vista business to vista ultimate. Now it wont switch automatically like it was before. During a song playback (with a headset) it stops when i...

      7 months ago by modenotready

      in Vista Audio Device Management: Sucky?

    • I dont have any interest in running squeeze center, but I would like to use squeezenetwork. (All I really want this for is to tie to my rhapsody account) Question is (and from what I can tell you...

      7 months ago by Anthony

      in Logitech SqueezeBox Boom and Duet

    • Why on earth do you lot deceive people, there are two kind of this tea, one written in English while other written in some foreign language and they both have two different effects, this to my...

      7 months ago by jac

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    Google Streetview Available in New Zealand started by beng
    This morning Google turned on Streetview for New Zealand. Streetview has been available in a number of cities and locations around the world, and Google have been driving the highways and byways of New Zealand with their camera cars for close on 12 months. The coverage is quite incredible.
    The a
    Star Wars: Force Unleashed: Barrels of Fun started by beng
    I’m not a massive Star Wars nerd. I have seen all six of the movies, regardless of how badly I want to un-see the last one, but I wouldn’t know the name of any Wookie other than Chewbacca, or even how to bulls-eye a womprat in my T-16.
    Having said that, I do enjoy a [...
    Nutty Caterham Levante Powered by 11,000RPM V8 started by beng
    The Caterham Levante is the brainchild of a nutjob called Russell Savoury. Mr Savoury basically took two 1000cc 5-valve Yamaha motorbike engines, and connected them together to make a V8 that revs to 11,000RPM and sounds like a choir of demons. He then stuck this engine in a Caterham, which is
    FACT: Rock Band out-rocks Guitar Hero: World Tour started by beng
    In a stunning turnaround, I have switched from a Guitar Hero fanboy to a Rock Band aficionado in the space of a weekend. After cutting my fake plastic rock teeth on Guitar Hero 3, I desperately wanted to like Guitar Hero: World Tour. However once faced with the facts, I have to come down %5
    Star Wars Force Unleashed started by beng
    Wow. Star Wars: Force Unleashed is a barrel of fun on the XBox 360. Throwing people and stuff around, light sabering. All good!
    Nokia E71: Speed Metal started by beng
    There are two things you need to know about the Nokia E71 they are:

    It’s very fast; and
    It’s very metal.

    It’s sad that I describe a phone as fast simply because it responds to key presses the way you would expect: you press a key, and stuff hap
    BBQ Reviews from TVNZ Breakfast started by beng
    This morning I reviewed barbecues. I normally do technology, but I seem to be straying from the one true geek path lately. First sewing machines, and now barbecues. Next time it might be spanners or something equally un-tech.
    The video link is here, and the items reviewed were:
    Model:
    Brilliant Customer Service from BankDirect started by beng
    They say that angry customers tell 3,000 friends, while satisfied customers only tell 3. A couple of weeks ago I got the regular helpful little card from my bank, reminding me that it was time to re-fix a portion of my mortgage. Like the brokers tell you to do, I’ve broken the mo
    The (f)utility of Twitter started by beng
    If you ever wondered why Twitter exists, I believe this single tweet explains it perfectly.
    Saturn V - One Giant Gadget started by beng
    Gizmodo has a wonderful post on the anniversary of the first Saturn V launch. Flinging people into space on top of these brutal fire-breathing beasts still seems to be utterly primitive. The technology and scope is mind-bending, but the physics is as dumb as a hammer. That’s what makes
    Sewing Gadgetry started by beng
    I was on TVNZ Breakfast again this morning reviewing sewing machines. The approach I took was to review 3 machines from right across the spectrum:

    A brand-new Singer hand-cranked mechanical machine. Beautiful, if somewhat impractical.
    A nice mid-range electronic Janome 4900QC.
    The insan
    Blu-ray Copy Protection Cracked started by beng
    It should be common knowledge by now that digital copy-protection is a futile endeavor. Even if you ignore the analog hole, the fact is that viewers will always be in possession of both the encrypted content and the complete method to decrypt that content. Security experts will point out the funda
    Software and Business Patents Invalidated started by beng
    A US Court of Appeals has made a pretty stunning ruling. They’ve ruled that most software and business method patents are invalid based on basic tests of patentability.
    The Dubai Oneupmanship Continues Apace started by beng
    Dubai is a haven of mad architecture. It’s hard to disregard the poor treatment of their blue collar workers, but if you can park it for a fraction of a second, check out the two latest crazy towers (images link to articles):
    _
    Ultimate Ears super.fi 5vi Review started by beng
    I’m not an audiophile. I don’t believe that placing different feet on your CD player will “bring out the finer details and ambience”. So it troubles me to say this: I am hearing new things in songs I have listened to hundreds of times.
    I’%
    Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster started by beng
    Damn it feels good to be a gangster*. Pimpin’ in the Westin Presidential Suite, completely decked out with Samsung’s latest and greatest. Two bedrooms, three bathrooms (complete with skin-thrashing high power showers), separate loung and dining, room-service Ang
    Zindane: A 21st-Century Portrait started by beng
    Regardless of how you feel about his ignominous exit from the World Cup, Zinedine Zidane is one of the greatest football players of the modern era. UIP France gathered some pretty incredible technology, including HD cameras with enormous zoom capability, and targetted parabolic microphones,
    Telecom Announces Partnership with Xero started by beng
    Telecom, in a conference call with Rod Drury this morning, has announced a partnership with local accounting SAAS provider Xero to help support local small businesses. Initially set up as a joint marketing push through Telecom’s BusinessHub website, the partnership will eventually
    Thrust SSC Team Aims for 1600kph started by beng
    The team that broke the sound barrier with a car (although we use the term car very loosely), for the first time is not resting on their laurels. They are in the planning stages of an effort to break 1000 mile per hour (1600km/h). Wing Commander Andy Greene had this to say about the expe
    RSS Back Online started by beng
    Oops, looks like my RSS feed was broken for a couple of days. I blame the recent upgrade to Wordpress 2.7 beta. All fixed now.
    Sony Ericsson W980 First Impressions started by beng
    Straight up: this is a very sexy looking phone. SE call it “Piano Black”, and it sure does have that deep glossy black look. The screen and buttons on the front are hidden behind a reflective cover and are invisible until they are needed. The clear Perspex block at the bottom of
    Testing Quickpress started by beng
    This is a quickpress post from the Wordpress admin dashboard. It should show up as an “aside” based on my configuration.
    Radio Controlled C-17 Globemaster III started by beng
    Now this is a gadget:

    Powered by four jet turbines, apparently it weighs about 120kgs.
    [via Gizmodo]
    Apple Refreshes MacBook Lines started by beng
    Today Apple has announced a complete refresh of all of their notebooks: the Air, the MacBook Pro and the MacBook. The Air gets an incremental feature upgrade, and the MacBook and MacBook Pro get a whole new look, a new multitouch glass trackpad, and a bevvy of tech upgrades.
    The new look
    New business cards started by beng
    I’m really happy with my new business cards and can highly recommend the services of Print100.com.
    Mad Scientists Create Black Silicone started by beng
    In an excellent mad-science type event, a couple of Havard scientists decided to fry some silicone (similar to that used to make computer chips) with a fricken laser. In an unexpected result, the product - dubbed “black silicone” - has been shown to be extremely light
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