Many new Notebook computers now come standard with, or have the option of having a solid state hard drives…but what’s the difference between one of these and a traditional hard drive? Well for years we’ve all been using magnetic hard drives that use layers of spinning metal disks to store information and there are plenty of moving parts inside. Solid[Read More…]

Do you eat at or around your computer? If so your computer keyboard is probably full of all sorts of muck and will be due for a good clean out. For starters, turn your computer off, unplug the keyboard and turn it unside down giving it a gentle tap…you may be surprised to see exactly how much dust, crumbs, hair[Read More…]

In just 3 decades the humble mobile phone has come a long way… Coverage – in August 1981 the mobile network was limited to greater Melbourne (the service launched in Sydney in December 1981, Brisbane in 1983 and reached all Australian capital cities by 1985) – and today the Telstra mobile network covers 2.1 million square kilometers and reaches more[Read More…]

When Nintendo launched the 3DS earlier this year, plenty of keen gamers forked out $350 a piece to be the first to own a 3D portable system that doesn’t require special 3D eyewear. If that was a little on the pricy side for you at the time, the good news is that from this Thursday the suggested retail price on[Read More…]

The idea is simple enough. Create a ‘box’ that integrates Internet and phone services into one package and which also goes beyond what you might expect to find in the average ADSL broadband modem. The good news is (for those who don’t have the attention span to keep reading) iiNet has definitely done their homework and come up with a[Read More…]