April 27 marks the 32nd anniversary of the very first publicly available computer mouse in 1981. A year later Microsoft introduced its first computer mouse, however it was only 15 years ago that we saw the demise of those frustrating mice with the little rubber ball inside. Here’s an interesting video that shows a brief history of the mouse, which[Read More…]
It’s long been thought that Australians are paying too much for the latest technology but the news isn’t all bad. Last week Comsec’s ipad price index revealed that Australia is ranks at number 13 out of 51 for the price of the latest iPad with Argentina having the highest price at close to $1000. If however you do feel that[Read More…]
Quite often I talk about online threats to your computer and privacy and what you can do to protect yourself from them but sometimes it’s simply out of your hands. Trend Micro reports that in the case of a new security issue called the “Heartbleed vulnerability” while the threat is very serious it’s not a problem with your computer or[Read More…]
When it comes to the latest video games it’s easy to get caught up with the amazing realistic graphics, surround sound and deep storylines…but sometimes you just can’t beat a classic arcade style game. On the Playstation Vita, that game is Luftrausers. You start out flying a world war 2 style plane battling other aircraft and boats as you dodge[Read More…]
Do you use Microsoft Office? Chances are you’ve used it on your PC or Mac over the years, well now Popular office programs like Word, Excel and Powerpoint are now available from the App store for iPad. For those who just want to read word documents and view excel data and powerpoint presentations there’s a free version of those Apps.[Read More…]
