Recent stories

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…]

Friday Play - Cannon Penguins

Friday Play – Cannon Penguins

Today I’ve found something fun for you to play on your Android Mobile device.  The game is ‘Cannon Penguins’ and before I go on I should say that yes you can hand this to the kids as it’s also somewhat educational. Now as you might expect, in this game you control a cannon that fires penguins with the aim to[Read More…]

Cross-platform attacks threaten all your devices

Cross-platform attacks threaten all your devices

Cyber-criminals are now finding ways to infiltrate and infect every single online device you own. In their latest mobile report, Trend Micro reveals some recent examples of mobile apps that are not only capable of stealing information from infected mobile devices but which can then deliver a secondary malicious payload onto a PC connected to that device. Some examples; ANDROIDOS_USBATTACK.A,[Read More…]

Keeping track of your Passwords

Keeping track of your Passwords

When it comes to keeping your personal and financial information safe using a secure password is a must. The only problem here is that chances are you you multiple secure websites or even computers that require a use name and password, so how do you remember them all? Well most web browsers will offer to remember user names and passwords[Read More…]

Tax Time help with some apps from Microsoft

Tax Time help with some apps from Microsoft

With the new financial year upon us you may be wishing that you were a little more organised with your tax receipts. Now while it may not help with last year’s mess Microsoft has some great Apps for Windows devices that may help you out for this financial year.  I spoke with Jaron Cohen from Microsoft Australia about some of the[Read More…]