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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE Review: Does it offer the best of both worlds?
Back in 2020, Samsung released its first “FE” handset in its popular Galaxy line of smartphones. According to Samsung, “FE” stands for “Fan Edition”, but...

Phone updates: When should you upgrade your software and hardware – and how?
Smartphones need a little refreshing every once in a while. That’s not just a matter of switching them off and then on again in classic...

Microsoft expands its Surface range of devices and jumps back into the phone game
For nearly a decade now, Microsoft has produced its own line of (mostly) laptops under the Surface branding. Recently, Microsoft announced new Surface devices, which...

Samsung’s new foldable phones: More robust and less expensive, but can they become the next big thing?
Australians love a smartphone, with research from Telsyte suggesting that there’s something like 21.6 million smartphones in use across Australia. Given our population is around...

LG exits the smartphone business – so which phone should you buy?
LG recently confirmed something that had been doing the rumour mill rounds for a couple of months. The South Korean technology giant has declared that...

Lenovo’s IdeaPad Duet Chromebook sings a different laptop song
Chromebooks are laptops that use Google’s Chrome browser as the basis for their operating system. We’ve discussed them before but to date most of the...

Epic Games takes on Apple and Google, but there’s more than gaming at stake
Chances are decent that even if you’re not a gamer, you’ve probably heard of Fortnite, the massively successful online battle shooter game produced by Epic...

How to Remove Malware From Your Mac or Android
It’s a popular trope that Androids and Macs don’t get viruses or malware, but that’s incorrect. Whilst they may not be as susceptible to them...

Chromebooks: Pros and Cons
Back when Google introduced the concept of a Chromebook – a laptop computer not running Windows 10, Linux or Apple’s macOS, but instead an environment...

Adobe Photoshop Camera: Some fun filters (and some limitations)
Adobe is one of the big names in productivity software, with the vast majority of creative professionals relying heavily on applications like Premiere Pro, Audition...

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is surprisingly fun, but not cheap
At the IFA trade show in Berlin, I had the opportunity to go hands-on with Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold. Not for quite long enough to...

Samsung and Microsoft team up for the Galaxy Note10
Samsung has long pitched its “Note” line of larger smartphones as being perfect for folks with a productivity focus for their smartphone work. A few...

Google’s search is going visual in a big way
Google has just held its annual I/O developer’s conference, where it lets the folks who do the hard programming work into making apps and services...

Are smartphone cameras reaching their peak?
I’m old enough to remember the days when you’d buy a roll of film, put it into a camera and take pictures that you never...

Are you making the most of parental controls?
If you’ve got kids, you may well be concerned that they’re far more tech-savvy than you are. Having grown up with technology as an absolutely...

Google sees AI as the future of hardware
At its recent “Made By Google” event, Google unveiled a range of new smartphones, new home smart speakers, a new laptop, standalone camera and new...

Netflix offline won’t solve your travel watching woes
Australians generally have taken to online streaming services with extreme gusto, despite the generally woeful state of our broadband services in world terms. The Australian...

Freeview app puts live television in your pocket
Australia’s free-to-air broadcasters are moving with the times, with the Freeview FV mobile app letting you watch live television on the move. The five major...