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The Secret Life of Teens Online

The Secret Life of Teens Online

Australian teens are living a secret life online that their parents don’t know about.  That’s the disturbing revelation of new research from McAfee where 66.5 per cent of teens said their parents or guardians don’t know everything they do online. In the ‘secret life of teens’ study over 40 per cent of teens said they know how to hide what[Read More…]

Making your Phone Calls online

Making your phone calls using the Internet is a great way to shave dollars off your monthly bills. Many Internet service providers offer Internet Phone services, that allow you to make and receive calls without the need for a traditional phone line. If you have an ADSL broadband connection, you will still need to have the phone line connected, however[Read More…]

Windows 8 – Interview with Microsoft Aust. MD Pip Marlow

Windows 8 – Interview with Microsoft Aust. MD Pip Marlow

Managing director of Microsoft Australia, Pip Marlow, has certainly had a busy 24 hours as Windows 8 went on sale from Midnight last night. Just after this morning’s official launch event in Sydney. I caught up with Pip on the phone to talk about the launch, some of the press the operating system has been getting and what people can[Read More…]

Apple Introduces iPad mini

The rumours & speculation ends here. Earlier today Apple made the official announcement and gave details of a new ‘iPad Mini’ that will be available from November 2. I’ve always been a big fan of the smaller Tablet devices (owning a Samsung Galaxy 7″ tablet myself) and it looks like Apple can also see the advantages in scaling down their popular[Read More…]

Reviving a drowned Mobile phone

Reviving a drowned Mobile phone

Possibly the worst thing that you could do your mobile phone is get it wet…or even worse completely submerge it in any kind of liquid. Accidents do happen, from putting your phone though the wash to dropping it in the toilet or spilling a drink on it and usually the outcome is not great for the device. A new product[Read More…]