NZ TechBlog™
Thursday 31 January 2013
[News] 50 million devices prone to UPnP attack!
Tuesday 29 January 2013
[Review] Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam
Want to Skype your family or mates in High-Def? Well you can't go past the Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam! This webcam delivers brilliant high-def video, whether you're recording videos for Youtube, or just Skyping your mates! You can easily capture full 1080P video clips or take 15 megapixel photos and upload them quickly on your social media sites Facebook, Youtube and more! Plus, Logitech Fluid Crystal Technology makes your videos more detailed, vibrant, crisp and real; more true to life. Being heard is also just as important as being seen, so that's why there are two mics on either side of the webcam that captures natural stereo audio! Read on for the full review!
Monday 21 January 2013
[News] Nokia Lumia 820 owners will be able to customize their phone with 3D printers
Nokia is again looking for ways to make its products stand out in the community. It will be the first company to embrace the 3D printing company by making available the files that will let smartphone users create their own custom shell/s!
[News] Google hopes to "kill" the password by using hardware as a password
Sometimes usernames and passwords are very hard to remember these days, with different online companies having different requirements for a good password - long, short, numbers, case sensitive etc. Then you would have to remember all these different passwords for doing different online things - email, bank, social media, Newspaper sites etc. Well Google hopes to remove these terrible thoughts by experimenting with different hardware that will act as your "online password", with examples being a smart ring for your finger, a cryptographic USB stick, or a token embedded in smartphones.
Wednesday 16 January 2013
[News] Expect the Sony Xperia Z in New Zealand in March 2013
Sony Xperia Z will launch in New Zealand in March 2013 |
Monday 14 January 2013
Attempting to purchase a Netgear DGND3700v2 modem/router
I am trying to buy the Netgear DGND3700 v2 at PB Tech, but they have none in stock at both my closest stores in Auckland! I guess I will have to wait for a few more days.
A quick phone call to both stores tell me that stock will arrive in 1 to 2 days time. The price of these is around $210 (inc GST) at current; PB Tech don't normally include GST in their prices unless you look closer at their in-store price tags, or if you're online, to have to remember to check the box on the right which says "GST Inclusive". This "trick" of theirs used to get me a lot as I thought to myself... Wow! These prices are a great bargain!" Only to find out that they haven't included GST! Good marketing trick though...
The reason I wanted to get this modem/router is because first of all, it has an ADSL2+ modem built, and a gigabit WAN port for when my fiber connection gets connected, and it also supports IPv6, so I know I will be future-proofed!
Before I went with my gut to buy, I decided to do some research on the internet and found a heap of review sites that gave this device a mere 9 out of 10! I again thought.. Wow! I guess I definitely will be buying this model!... until...I read some real User Reviews on forums.. Whirlpool, Netgear's own forum, that this model was not a very good model at all! Disconnections to the internet, WiFi range very bad, etc... But they did have a solution that this v1 model was going to be discontinued and was to be replaced with a v2 model.
More research on the v2 model revealed that all problems with the v1 model had been resolved and that it was "safe to buy!"
Great! Everything is back to normal! I will wait for when this model is in stock and will whip around to one of their stores!
A quick phone call to both stores tell me that stock will arrive in 1 to 2 days time. The price of these is around $210 (inc GST) at current; PB Tech don't normally include GST in their prices unless you look closer at their in-store price tags, or if you're online, to have to remember to check the box on the right which says "GST Inclusive". This "trick" of theirs used to get me a lot as I thought to myself... Wow! These prices are a great bargain!" Only to find out that they haven't included GST! Good marketing trick though...
The reason I wanted to get this modem/router is because first of all, it has an ADSL2+ modem built, and a gigabit WAN port for when my fiber connection gets connected, and it also supports IPv6, so I know I will be future-proofed!
Before I went with my gut to buy, I decided to do some research on the internet and found a heap of review sites that gave this device a mere 9 out of 10! I again thought.. Wow! I guess I definitely will be buying this model!... until...I read some real User Reviews on forums.. Whirlpool, Netgear's own forum, that this model was not a very good model at all! Disconnections to the internet, WiFi range very bad, etc... But they did have a solution that this v1 model was going to be discontinued and was to be replaced with a v2 model.
More research on the v2 model revealed that all problems with the v1 model had been resolved and that it was "safe to buy!"
Great! Everything is back to normal! I will wait for when this model is in stock and will whip around to one of their stores!
Thursday 10 January 2013
[CES2013] [News] Samsung shows off world's first OLED curved TV
Samsung's first curved OLED TV (CNET Asia) |
Starting to get bored of those "flat-panel" TV screens? Then here's something to ponder about! Samsung has just unveiled their (first of its kind) curved OLED TV, that is curved! (obviously!)
This TV was not mentioned in its press conference two days before, but it was stated in December that Samsung would be showing off a 55-inch bendable TV at CES 2013.
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