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Telstra looks at technology in the year 2020

Telstra has today revealed its predictions of how we will live with technology in the year 2020. Sorry, there’s no talk of flying cars here, it’s more about how technology will seamlessly be integrated into out lives, hopefully making things easier. Back on the topic of flying cars, I should clarify that there is a vision for road users with[Read More…]

Did you miss World Backup Day?

Yesterday was, among other things, World backup day, so if you’ve yet to make copies of your all important and irreplaceable files this is the time to get onto it. Using an external hard drive both Windows and Mac operating systems make it very easy to create a simple backup of files and folders selected by you, however there are[Read More…]

Doing your Banking on Facebook

Social networking and online banking have become one with the introduction of Kaching for Facebook from the Commonwealth Bank. With the Kaching App users can make payments from their commbank accounts to any of their facebook friends or anyone with a mobile number or email address.  There also a feature where you can request payment from others that might owe[Read More…]

Pay your Telstra bill with PayPal

There are now even more ways to pay your Telstra bill online with Telstra introducing PayPal as a secure payment option for customers. If you already have a PayPal account and want to give it a go, simply head to telstra.com/paymybill armed with your Telstra account number, then simply select PayPal as your payment option. From there you can select[Read More…]

Australians at risk from counterfeit software

Looking to expose the dangers of counterfeit software, Microsoft Australia recently purchased twenty copies of pirated Windows and Microsoft Office software from markets around Melbourne. I spoke to Clayton Noble, legal counsel at Microsoft Australia, about the results of their buy up of dodgy software and how consumers can play it safe when it comes to buying software.  Listen below. Software Piracy_Clayton Noble interview[Read More…]