Will Kinect For Windows change the way you use your PC?
One of the more interesting things to come out of this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was Microsoft's official announcement of a Windows-compatible version of its Kinect camera. ...
2012’s Technology Secrets
As I'm writing this, the last few hours of 2011 are ticking away, taking with them one year while ushering in another. 2011's been an interesting year in the technology ...
Home Gadgets
Setting Up a Media Centre PCWith a few tweaks you can turn Windows into the ultimate entertainment centre. Last...
Turn Your Computer Into The Ultimate Lounge Room CompanionWith a little effort you can turn a humble PC into the one entertainment box to rule...
Femtocell To The Rescue?Optus recently launched a new product offering called the “3G Home Zone” to the...
PC Troubles
When’s The Right Time To Upgrade?No matter what kind of software you’re running, there will come a time when...
Can You Protect Yourself From Hack Attacks?The recent attack on Sony’s Playstation Network was followed up with a flurry of...
What does privacy mean for you online?There’s been a recent storm of protest regarding the revelation that Apple’s...
Latest Articles
How safe is your data?These days our PCs are much more than just computers, they’re our life. Most of, if not all, the important information in our life is now stored electronically on a computer. Whether it’s those precious family photos, that beloved music collection or critical business documents and financial records, everything is digital. Hardware failure, a virus,... [Read more of this review]
Why aren’t there more Aussie tech celebrities?Australia has punched above its weight in terms of contributions to the world IT industry — the CSIRO’s role in the invention of Wi-Fi being one of the more recent examples — and yet in terms of the world’s most prominent IT “faces”, we’re barely a blip on the radar. I was reminded of this recently due to the... [Read more of this review]
Google knows a lot about you, but is that a bad thing?Google’s a company with an interesting history. It rode into prominence in the early part of the previous decade, largely on the back of a search engine — something that in itself was already a highly commoditised entity — that worked more quickly and effectively than the competing search engines of the day. Google isn’t without... [Read more of this review]
Does Streaming Music Sound Right?The past couple of months has seen an explosion in services that offer streaming and stored music access for a set monthly fee. Sony’s got its Qriocity service, Samsung offers up its Music Hub, JB Hi-Fi offers its NOW service, and the latest service to launch is Rdio, another streaming service that’s been available internationally for some... [Read more of this review]
