yARN: RIP Steve Jobs, a real personal hero of mine
I’ve just watched Twitter go beserk, and for the past 30 minutes, the only tweets I’ve seen on my feed have the hashtag #RIPSteveJobs attached to them.
Stories by Matthew Sainsbury
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App of the Day: Disney Comics
Let’s face it. If you have an iPad, and you have children, the children are going to hijack said iPad on weekends, evenings, and every other time in between.
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Brennan IT invests $1.5 million to upgrade Cloud services
Brennan IT has made a $1.5 million investment in Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) in anticipation of substantial and long-term growth in the area.
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Startup reseller, Virtual Graffiti, plans good growth after just a year
Virtual Graffiti is a plucky startup reseller in Australia with solid backing from its US homebase, and some substantial growth plans.
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Nextgen Distribution announces its first vendor partner
Nextgen Distribution part of Oracles goal to expand its channel presence within Australia.
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yARN: Are patents all that great in IT?
While I was in Japan touring Toughbook facilities, one of the more interesting discussions I had with one of the Japanese execs was in regards to patents.
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IN PICTURES: Panasonic shows off its sustainability vision, and other toys
Most impressive was the tour through the zero carbon household that Panasonic has designed to show off to visitors.
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IN PICTURES: A tour of Panasonic's Toughbook factory
Panasonic took a team of journalists through its Toughbook factory in Kobe, Japan, where products are tested for their rugged credentials, and are built from start to finish. It was a rare opportunity to get some great photos.
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IN PICTURES: A tour of Panasonic's Kounosuke Matsushita Historical Museum
Panasonic took a group of journalists on a tour through the museum that preserves the life and times of its founder, Kounosuke Matsushita.
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APP OF THE DAY: Pages
Anyone who hasn’t downloaded this yet probably should because, while it’s arguable whether the iPad will ever be good for more complex work documents such as spreadsheets, there’s no doubt Pages is better than its Microsoft counterpart.
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Dicker Data adds on Buffalo
New partnership a big opportunity for both, Dicker claims, with Buffalo a strong player in its homeland
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yARN: Has Panasonic found the answer to the iPad?
The successful counter to Apple's iPad and its dominance of the tablet market may well be coming from somewhere nobody thought of - Panasonic.
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Hanspeter Eiselt lands in his new role
Operating out of Melbourne, the integrator is looking at ramping up its presence in the market, and later New Zealand, and one of Eiselt’s first roles will be to establish a Sydney office.
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Yahoo!7's Moneyhound sniffs out savings
Yahoo!7 has launched a service it claims will save Australian families up to $11,670.
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APP OF THE DAY: nxCricket – Cricket Score Book
It’s hard to find good cricket apps on the iPhone app store. After all, unlike, say rugby or football you’re looking at a market of just 10 nations or so.
