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Computer recycling targeted for increase

Some of the largest brands in Technology have teamed up to combat the amount of household waste generated by old computers and televisions. Members of the Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform have been tasked to boost the recycling rate for televisions and computers from 17 percent in 2010 or 80 percent by 2022. Some of the IT and TV[Read More…]

Google Movie Rentals

Online movie rental services are everywhere you look online with offerings from Apple, Bigpond, Microsoft, Sony and more…plus now Google. It’s a natural progression for the company that owns YouTube to now offer an online rental service…but how does it differ from the others? Well in terms of price it’s about on par with its competitors with new releases prices[Read More…]

Make your own Website with Amaya

If you’re creating a website for business and don’t know where you start the best option it to have someone who knows what they are doing create it for you.  It’s may not be cheap, but the outcome will be much better and the process less frustrating. If however you simply want to create a personal website or a perhaps[Read More…]

Parents keep tabs on kids’ Facebook accounts

Parents keep tabs on kids’ Facebook accounts

How can parents know exactly what their teenage kids are up to?  How about by spying on their Facebook account.  Sounds a bit sneaky right?  Well according to the latest digital diaries global study from AVG, that’s exactly what parents are doing. The study has revealed that 42 percent of Australian parents with 14-17 year olds are concerned that their[Read More…]

Cyber-bullying film wins award

A short film about Cyberbullying, produced with the help of school students, has picked up a silver medal at the recent New York International film and television awards. The film, called Tagged, was launched in September last year as part of the government’s 125.8 million dollar cybersafety plan and was produced to help educate young people about cyberbullying, sexting and[Read More…]