Jul 7, 2010
The Austalian Tax Office’s excellent e-Tax software, available now for the PC platform for about ten years or so, is still not available for that ever increasing group in the population that chooses to use a platform other than Windows, Computerworld Australia reported earlier this week. In that article, James Hutchinson mentioned that the ATO was...
Jul 4, 2010
McAfee Software, in conjunction with the Queensland Police Department, have been looking at dating scams, where people will try and rip off the lonely and the vulnerable. Scammers will look at those who are looking for love on the various romance and dating sites, and even social networking sites, in order to try to put their hands into your pockets. Our...
Jun 27, 2010
It’s the end of the financial year, and computers have never been cheaper. Intel’s Kate Burleigh has lots of great advice to offer in terms of what to shop for, and how to get the best value computer for your hard earned dollars. Listen to the Kate Burleigh Interview This interview was originally broadcast on Sunday, June 27, 2010 Podcast: Play in...
Jun 27, 2010
As does the whole Internet, in fact. ICANN, the people who determine who gets what internet domain name, have finally given their approval to the xxx top level domain.This will mean that many sites containing adult content will be isolated (in a good way) and more easily identified. And for Senator Conroy, more easily filtered. Not that the filter is going to...
Jun 20, 2010
Each year, Symantec, the manufacturer’s of Norton’s security products, conduct a survey examining how computers are used by families all around the world. We spoke with psychologist Andrew Fuller about the results of this year’s survey, and what they mean for families within Australia. Andrew Fuller Interview Pt 1. Andrew Fuller Interview Pt...
Nov 17, 2009
In this article, I told about how I was setting up a computer for my mom. She had never used a computer before, and is now in her 80s. In starting to teach her how to use the computer, I noticed that the concept of double-clicking was not something that she was comfortable with, and so I looked for alternative solutions, the obvious one being that of just...