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Smarter Washing machines could save you from a year of laundry

Smarter Washing machines could save you from a year of laundry

According to new research from LG, most Australians will spend just over a year (384 days) of their lives doing laundry…working though just over 9200 loads. The good news is that washing machine technology is getting better so perhaps you can get away with less time spend on Laundry. For starters the latest from LG includes machines with a 14[Read More…]

Recover from Ransomware - Free Tool

Recover from Ransomware – Free Tool

If you’re a victim of ransomware that locks you out of your files or computer with a demand of money for the key help for full recovery is limited, however last week Trend Micro released a free tool that may help some users.  I spoke with Tim Falinski from Trend Micro Australia last week about the new tool and the growing[Read More…]

Who is connected to your Wi-Fi Network?

Who is connected to your Wi-Fi Network?

Is it possible that your next door neighbour is helping themselves to your Wi-Fi internet? If you haven’t protected your Wi-Fi with a strong password this could be the case…but how can you tell? Well a quick audit to reveal which devices are connected to your Wi-Fi is what you need.  A free program called Wireless Network Watcher can quickly[Read More…]

External Hard Drive Rescue - Tips

External Hard Drive Rescue – Tips

External hard drives are a great way to expand your computer’s storage capabilities, are easy to use and quite inexpensive…but what do you do when one suddenly stops working. Your first thought may be that you’ve suddenly lost every file on the drive…but that may not necessarily be the case.   It may simply be that the external casing around the[Read More…]

Suffering from Mobile Messaging Fatigue?

Suffering from Mobile Messaging Fatigue?

Some new research from Amaysim has revealed that many of us are suffering from mobile messaging fatigue. This phenomenon has come about as a result of an overload of choices when it comes to how we communicate with friends, family and work…but is everyone really stressed out by this? Today I spoke with Ged Mansour from Amaysim to dig a[Read More…]