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08/09/2014

Microsoft has tweaked Office for iPad, adding the ability to sign up for a month-by-month subscription from within the app. While Office for iPad has ...

30/04/2014

If you own a Windows 8 machine then you need to read this.

Microsoft has announced the release of the Windows 8.1 Update (Note the capital U). This update will be the new baseline for Windows 8.1 which means that if you don’t install it you will no longer receive patches for your Windows 8.1 machine! This is causing a lot of grief in “computer land” as all…

16/04/2014

Office 365 Now Available on iPad!

A couple of weeks ago Microsoft released brand new Office apps for iPad. The apps they made available are Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These are free, as long as you only want to read documents. That’s disappointing! To be able to use the full functionality of these apps you need to be an Office 365…

20/03/2014

Do you know who can see your Facebook profile?

Try this test. It takes about 10 minutes to answer the questions. You may be surprised by the results.

Friend Inspector ist eine unabhängige Facebook-App mit der du testen kannst, wie gut du dein Facebook-Profil und vor allem deine Privatsphäre-Einstellungen kennst. -- Friend Inspector is an independent Facebook application which allows you to check if you know who can see your Facebook profile.

18/03/2014

Microsoft is ending support for XP! So what!?

You may have heard around the place that Microsoft is ending support for it’s 12 year old operating system XP. Here are some facts to help clear this up for you but, first things first; Do I have XP? Well I’m glad you asked! You can quickly tell by looking at your Start button located …Share it now!...

10/03/2014

In the market for a new computer? Here are some things to look for.
Free buyer checklist to download too!
Happy to answer any questions you may have. :)

Thinking about buying a new computer? This checklist will help you through the process. This computer will be suitable for things like internet browsing, doing homework, watching movies, listening to music and saving photos. In fact it will be suitable for 90% of home users. If you are shopping on a...

26/01/2014

Happy Australia Day!

Enjoy , , or whatever takes your fancy! :)