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How Heartbleed affects mobile device users

How Heartbleed affects mobile device users

Quite often I talk about online threats to your computer and privacy and what you can do to protect yourself from them but sometimes it’s simply out of your hands. Trend Micro reports that in the case of a new security issue called the “Heartbleed vulnerability” while the threat is very serious it’s not a problem with your computer or[Read More…]

Microsoft office now on your iPad

Microsoft office now on your iPad

Do you use Microsoft Office? Chances are you’ve used it on your PC or Mac over the years, well now Popular office programs like Word, Excel and Powerpoint are now available from the App store for iPad. For those who just want to read word documents and view excel data and powerpoint presentations there’s a free version of those Apps.[Read More…]

Win a copy of Trend Micro Maximum Security

Win a copy of Trend Micro Maximum Security

Entry is open to Australian residents only from 9/4/20014 until 16/4/2014. Limit of one entry per household. The winning entries will be selected Tech Daily staff based on their content and winners will be contacted via email. Winner selection will be final and no further correspondence will be entered into. Each winner will received 1 x boxed copy of Trend[Read More…]

Time's up for Windows XP

Time’s up for Windows XP

Are you still using a PC running Windows XP?  Well on April 8 this year Microsoft will officially cease support for the aging operating system that was launched back in 2002. I recently caught up with Emmanuele Silanesu, Commercial Product & Marketing Manager – Windows at Microsoft  Australia to talk about the final wind up for the operating system and[Read More…]

XTreme Guard - iPad Mini screen protector takes a beating

XTreme Guard – iPad Mini screen protector takes a beating

I walked into the Harvey Norman store at KNOX in Victoria on Saturday to find someone taking to an iPad mini with a hammer! See below. What you’re seeing here is an iPad Mini with an XTreme Guard protective cover – which is why the screen glass isn’t breaking.  If you’re wondering why the screen cover appears to move around[Read More…]