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Skylanders: Giants – Out this week

A year ago, Activision released a game that combined real world toys with a video games. “Skylanders: Spyro’s adventure” was a top selling hit and this week the sequel, Skylanders Giants, arrives to continue the adventure. The good news for those who invested quite heavily in the first game, buying all the various character figures, you’ll be able to use[Read More…]

20 Years of ThankPad

20 Years of ThankPad

20 years of Thinkpad, free image graphics software and finding good cheap batteries for your camera..all thanks to AVG PC Tune-up. 20years of the Thinkpad The ThinkPad has just celebrated it’s 20th birthday. Back in 1992, portable computers were far from what we know now but they did exist and back then IBM was leading the way with the Thinkpad.[Read More…]

Video Report – EB Expo 2012

Following the success of last year’s event. Last weekend EB Games held their 2nd annual Video Games expo, the “EB Expo”, with Sydney show grounds playing host. I attended the event on Saturday reporting for Bigpond GameArena.  You can view my findings below…  

Australian Tablet Ownership stats revealed

This may come as no surprise but Apple’s iPad dominates the Australian market as the most popular tablet device. The findings of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association’s 8th annual mobile phone lifestyle index also revealed big jump in tablet device ownership, up from 16 percent to 40 percent over the past year. Additionally, among those who didn’t already own a tablet[Read More…]

Twitter Safety Tips

Twitter Safety Tips

Like Facebook, Twitter has made made a big impact on the way people communicate socially online…but among its users are spammers and cyber criminals. AVG’s tips on staying safe on Twitter include encouraging users to be weary of unusual activity from other users, think twice before clicking on a link and to be protective of their own private information. If[Read More…]