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Self-balancing scooters about to hit the streets

Self-balancing scooters about to hit the streets

The self-balancing two wheeled Segway electric vehicle made its debut around 14 years ago…they cost thousands of dollars…and up until a few years ago there weren’t that many places in Australia that you could use one in public. Well get ready because a new wave of self-balancing scooters is about to hit the market.  The look more like hoverboards with[Read More…]

Microsoft announces the "Surface Book"

Microsoft announces the “Surface Book”

Microsoft has just annouced a new range of hardware devices designed for its Windows 10 operating system from smartphones to Notebooks / Tablets. One of the more notable devices from this annoucement is Microsoft’s very own Laptop.  The “Surface Book” is being branded as the ‘utlimate laptop’ by Microsoft with a combination of high performance and vertsatility (yes you can detatch the keyboard[Read More…]

Is this the Ultimate Vacuum Cleaner?

Is this the Ultimate Vacuum Cleaner?

The ultimate vacuum cleaner would have to be the one that doesn’t need you to push it around the room.  Now they do already exist with a number of compact robotic vacuum cleaners on the market, however iRobot has taken the idea one step further with the Roomba 980. This Robotic Vacuum cleaner doesn’t just suck up the dust and[Read More…]

Your computer held for ransom - A real threat

Your computer held for ransom – A real threat

Imagine if someone held the contents of your computer hostage and asked a random for its return. Well this is actually a growing trend according to the latest data from Trend Micro. I recently caught up Tim Falinski from Trend Micro Australia who explains Ransomware and the what happens if you become a victim and end up paying. Listen below.[Read More…]

MS DOS Games free to play in your browser

MS DOS Games free to play in your browser

If you’ve been using computers long enough to remember when they weren’t all connected to the internet here’s something fun  that will bring back some good memories. The Internet archive at www.archive.org recently made thousands video games from the 80’s and 90’s available to play online in your web browser. Originally designed to run on IBM compatible PCs these MS-DOS[Read More…]