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“Defraggle” your Hard Drive

One of the best things you can do you help your computer run better is to defragment its hard drive…but how exactly does this help? Well, when you fill a bucket with water, it fills from the bottom to the top. Your computer’s hard drive fills up in a very different way with programs and other data spread across different[Read More…]

Mobile Device Security Warning

Google Android is now the most popular mobile device platform, but with millions of devices and millions of users, Android has become an attractive target for attacks from cyber-criminals. A new study has shown that Malware on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is up 273% in the first half of 2011, compared with the same period in 2010.[Read More…]

Looking for a Tablet Computer you can hold with 1 hand?

If you like the idea of a Tablet device, but are looking for something smaller than a 10inch iPad, Motorola Xoom or similar that you can easily hold in one hand, here’s a couple of options. Samsung’s Galaxy Tablet was one of the first popular 7inch tablets but quickly disappeared in a market of new 10inch devices…although they can still[Read More…]

Apple co-funder Steve Wozniak compares Steve Jobs’ death to John Lennon

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak compared hearing the news of Jobs’ passing to hearing about the assassinations of John Lennon and President John F. Kennedy.

Talking set-top Box

The switchover from analog to digital TV continues across Australia, with regional Queensland next on the list to make the switch on December 6. For many this will just mean connecting a digital set-top box to their existing TV which is easily done at little cost and for the vision impaired there’s also now the option of a talking set-top-box.[Read More…]