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Organising your bills with Australia Post's Digital Mailbox

Organising your bills with Australia Post’s Digital Mailbox

Australia Post wants to see less bills in the letterbox out the front of your house…by moving them to a digital letterbox. Last week Australia Post launched the “Digital Mailbox” and no, it’s not just another email service. The Digital Mailbox is designed to act as a secure hub for for all in bills and communications from service providers like[Read More…]

Signing up for a New Mobile Phone? Read the fine print first

According to a 2010 survey by mobile service provider Amaysim, almost one fifth of mobile phone users are unhappy with their service contract and three quarters are dissatisfied with some aspect of their mobile service. Amaysim CEO Rolf Hansen, who offers up some tips for anyone thinking of signing up for a long term mobile phone contract. You can listen[Read More…]

Top Video Games racers take to the real track

Top Video Games racers take to the real track

Do you like to play driving video games like Playstation’s Gran Turismo?  Is it really possible to take those virtual driving skills to a real world track and race competitively? Well, it has been done and it’a about to happen again with the 5th season of GT Academy.  A competition that finds the best of the best virtual racers from[Read More…]

Ashes Cricket 2013 Video Game close to launch

In the latest edition of “The Weekly Update” on GameArena I drop into TrickStar games to see how Ashes Cricket 2013 is coming along, and manage to chat with Peter Sidder from the Aussie Cricket team. There’s also a quick look at what we can expect from the XBoxOne – due to replace the XBox360 later this year.

Frustrated with your PC? You’re not the only one

Frustrated by the performance of your PC? Well you’re not the only one. A recent survey revealed that many people would rather visit the dentist for a check-up than deal with computer problems. The website BeFriendswithyourPC.com suggests that cleaning out old content can really made a difference to your PC’s performance so if you’re having problems with a sluggish computer definitely consider doing a clean[Read More…]