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Does your mobile feel slower?  Here's why

Does your mobile feel slower? Here’s why

Advances in mobile broadband should find you enjoying everything the Internet has to offer on the go, but thanks to our growing demand for mobile data, speeds have actually dropped over the past 12 months. So just how bad is it?  Well in terms of 4G LTE Australia has gone from being number 1 12 months ago to 14th according[Read More…]

The end nears for Internet Explorer

The end nears for Internet Explorer

Microsoft’s Internet explorer may be the original default web browser of the Windows Operating system, but it hasn’t been the most popular web browser since 2008. Since then we’ve seen the Firefox top the most-used list a few years ago with Google’s Chrome now the browser of choice sitting at around 62 percent usage…compared to Internet explorer at 8 percent. With a[Read More…]

Play Pac-Man in Google Maps

Play Pac-Man in Google Maps

No it’s not an April Fool’s day joke.  Google has quietly slipped a special feature into Google Mapsam today that allows you to play the classic Atari game Pac-Man in your own street. Head over to Google Maps, navigate to your own street (or wherever you want to play) click on the Pac-Man box and away you go.

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…]