Interview

Sunbeam survey – Swap your power tools for a cake mixer guys

Sunbeam survey – Swap your power tools for a cake mixer guys

Want to keep your wife/girlfriend happy?  Throw away the power tools and get busy with the cake mixer. According the results of a new scientific study by home appliance brand Sunbeam, women are happier watching their guy in the Kitchen than doing the usual ‘bloke’ chores around the house. The experiement  monitored 20 real life Australian couples as the male partners performed a[Read More…]

Is my Smart TV safe online?

Is my Smart TV safe online?

TVs, home security cameras even refrigerators…so many of appliances around the home are now connected to the internet but are these smart devices safe online? Trend Micro Australia says that the devices you really need to protect online are those that store personal information.  I spoke to Tim Falinski from Trend Micro Australia about the Smartification of our homes and[Read More…]

Report: SPAM volume up in 2014

Report: SPAM volume up in 2014

Chances are you can’t go a day without SPAM email making its way into your inbox…and it’s not going to stop any time soon. New research from Trend Labs has revealed a massive jump in the amount of junk email over the past year.   I spoke to Tim Falinski from Trend Micro Australia about the report.  Listen below. Tips[Read More…]

Want to work in special effects for movies?

Want to work in special effects for movies?

Many of the latest movies rely heavily on computer generated special effects and animation but exactly how do you land a job like that and what do you need to study? Earlier this year I put that question to Dave Clayton who was the visual effect supervisor for The Hobbit: the desolation of smaug.  Listen below.        

At what age should your child have their own smartphone or tablet device?

At what age should your child have their own smartphone or tablet device?

The answer, according to a new survey, is 10.6 years. According to the Trend Micro Australian Children & Mobile Device Survey, 63% of children aged between  8 and 11 and 73% of children aged between 12 and 15 either have their own mobile device or use their parent’s mobile devices. It will come as no surprise that the survey discovered that[Read More…]