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Windows 95 is fifteen years old today

Fifteen years ago today, Windows 95 was released. (Who’s feeling old now?) Many would remember the adverts, which hit TV screens around the world, to the tune of the Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up”. It was arguably the first modern version of Windows (despite it still apparently having DOS under the hood), and arrived just  ... [More]

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Consumerism Net

ANZ free wifi

The ANZ-sponsored free wifi at Southern Cross Station is a nice idea, and would be quite useful… if it worked. I tried for several minutes one day the other week to get it working, and couldn’t. My mobile could detect both an ANZ Wifi and a “Free public Wifi” network, but neither seemed to actually  ... [More]