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Alex Kidman
A multi-award winning journalist, Alex has written about consumer technology for over 20 years. He has written and edited for virtually every Australian tech publication including Gizmodo, CNET, PC Magazine, Kotaku and more.
Tech tips for working or studying from home
With flexible working arrangements here to stay, it’s important to get your home workspace set up correctly. Some people are still working from a kitchen...
ACMA Moves To Secure Mobile Number Porting Safety
If you’ve ever changed the provider for your mobile service, you will have encountered the interesting state of mobile number portability. Australian consumers have been...
Samsung Galaxy Book S Review: Great battery life but it’s not quite Windows as you know it
I’ve recently had the opportunity to test out one of the first Samsung notebook PCs to grace our shores for some years. Overseas Samsung is...
Google Maps Hits 15 Years As It Looks To Its Future
Google is best known for its dominance of the online search market, but that’s far from the tech giant’s only software offering. Outside of search,...
Microsoft reverses its position on Windows 7 updates in the weirdest possible way
Typically, when a company announces that a tech product is no longer supported, it’s because it doesn’t intend to provide any support for that product....
How long should tech products get updates for?
It’s one of those “how long is a piece of string” questions in one sense, but I’m sure most of us have been through the...
If you’re running Windows 10, you need to update it right now
Statistically speaking, you’re probably running a Windows PC – it’s still the world’s most-used operating system, and not by a small margin, and it’s fairly...
How to select your next mouse
You can’t do much at all about the trackpad on your laptop in terms of usability and sensitivity for the most part, but what you...
How secure are your passwords?
A friend of mine recently went through an issue with his Facebook account. Unbeknownst to him, it was posting links to dodgy “investment” opportunities seemingly...
Windows 7 support is about to end: Here’s what you should do
Windows 7 was first introduced by Microsoft back in 2009, which means that’s just a shade over a decade old as I write this. While...
Apple MacBook Pro 16 Review: Serious computer, serious price
Apple recently released the latest in its long running line of MacBook Pro laptops. While Apple has somewhat muddied the water around what it means...
Twitter backflips (mostly) on its inactive account push.
Social Media can have profound effects – for good or bad – on the lives of many people, but what do you if your name...
Google’s Cloud Print runs out of ink
Google is a company most closely related to search and search-based products, which is why it’s nearly always teetering on the edge of becoming a...
Disney+ in Australia
This week we’ll see the local Australian launch of Disney+, the latest in a very long line of streaming subscription services. While there’s still clearly...
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 Review: Third time’s the charm
Microsoft used to be a software-only company, leaving the practical work of actually building PCs to partner companies such as Dell, HP, Lenovo and others....
Apple iPad 7th Generation review: Good basic value for most tablet buyers
Apple recently refreshed its basic iPad line of tablet computers. I’ve got to be very careful in describing them, however, because while you might think...
Which keys are vital on your keyboard?
While there’s been an explosion in touch-led interfaces in recent years as we’ve all adapted to using devices such as smartphones and tablets, the humble...
macOS Catalina: New features and problems mean it’s worth waiting
Apple released the latest full version of macOS for its range of desktop and laptop computers recently. It’s a free upgrade to macOS Catalina as...
Microsoft’s new Surface range could show the future of Windows
When Microsoft announced its very first range of Surface laptop computers, it very prominently stated that it wasn’t going into direct competition with hardware partners...
How much battery life is “enough”?
If you’re a notebook user, there’s nothing worse than that alert that comes up to let you know that your battery is running low. Depending...
Apple’s sweetening its TV deal for hardware buyers
The launch of the Apple iPhone 11 was, not surprisingly, mostly about the iPhone 11. Well, to be strict, it was about the iPhone 11,...
Wi-Fi 6 aims to make your Internet connection quicker
We’ve seen a steady increase in the capabilities of Wi-Fi over the past decade, along with a dizzying array of acronyms to go with it....