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Aussies living in fear of large phone bills

Aussies living in fear of large phone bills

Had any surprising mobile phone bills lately?  Well according to a recent survey by Amaysim more than half of us live in fear of Monthly mobile bill shock. To break out of that cycle financial expert Chris Magnus says that users need to closely examine their bill…then make appropriate changes.  Earlier this year I spoke to Chris who offered up[Read More…]

Dallas buyer club - Should Illegal downloaders be scared?

Dallas buyer club – Should Illegal downloaders be scared?

That’s the question on the minds of the thousands of Australian internet users who illegally downloaded a copy of the movie last year (allegedly). Earlier today I Jason Matthews and Darren Curtis from Gold FM on the Gold Coast called to get some clarity on the situation – listen below. Some say this will be no deterrent for users who[Read More…]

Win a copy of Acronis True Image 2015

Win a copy of Acronis True Image 2015

You may not think that making a regular backup of the contents of your computer(s) is important, but come the day that it gets stolen or suffers a critical failure (and I pray it never will) then you will be more than just kicking yourself for not organising such a simple thing. Easy steps to protect your data. 1. Connect[Read More…]

World Backup Day - don't forget your mobile devices too!

World Backup Day – don’t forget your mobile devices too!

March 31 is world backup day.  Of course you should be thinking about making a backup of your important data on more than just one day per year but today is timely reminder of just how important it is. Why backup? Well your computer hard drive may be fine now but what will become of all your files (digital photos,[Read More…]

Speed up your PC with and SSD

Speed up your PC with and SSD

If you’re computer isn’t ancient but is acting a bit sluggish, one way to ramp up performance is by replacing your old hard drive with a Solid State Drive. I did this recently with my home desktop computer and I have to say the performance difference is definitely noticeable, starting with the time it takes to boot up into Windows. Last[Read More…]