Category: Opinion

Technology ages like dogs

It’s not unreasonable to think that your technology should last longer but it’s a mistake to think that manufactures make them to breakdown early. The truth is technology ages like dogs and a five year old computer is actually in its retirement. A computer that lasts longer is, in technical terms, a zombie. The decline …

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Don’t Keep MacKeeper

There are a vast number of system optimization tools out there for the Mac. Normally, at best, they do nothing at all and at their worst they ruin your Mac. Normally this isn’t an issue because these tools don’t advertise themselves very well and many people don’t know anything about them so the fallout is …

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Telstra Scams and more

Lets make a promise to each other…. NEVER, EVER, EVER ,EVER –  at ANYTIME – EVER email your personal details to ANY organisation that requests it. NO BANK, NO TELCO (Optus, Bigpond, Telstra, 3, ect) NO BUILDING SOCIETY, PAYPAL, EBAY, NO ONE – EVER will ask for your user name, password, date of birth, anything – unless hey are trying to scam you. What, I bet you are wondering, has prompted …

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mac services team to appear in Steve Jobs bio

The macservices team is very proud to announce that they are to appear in Sony Pictures Biopic; Steve Jobs. Negotiations began just before December when producers were on the lookout for an Apple service business that was small and, as they put it, “in line with the humble roots of Apple” There were, as you’d …

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iOS is growing, Android and others are dying

Just a couple of days after RIM (makers of Blackberry) announces that they ‘Got it wrong’, Neilson releases a report showing that the hemroid – sorry, Android, has stalled, iOS is growing and the others are dying a slow death. None of this is a great surprise – everyone knows that the Blackberry is so …

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