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Category: Opinion

Spotting a fake email

I sometimes fantasise about finding scammers locked  in a room somewhere , maybe even catching them in the act and, as Marsellus Wallace said in Pulp Fiction,  “I’ma get medieval on your ass” But alas, all I can do is try and help people avoid their scumbaggery.  These examples of wasted DNA, these rat brained …

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Tesla and Apple CarPlay

Ask me what I think of Apple Car Play and you will have signed yourself up for a good hour of enthusiastic raving and overt hand gestures.  Since day one I found Apple Car Play (referred to as ACP for expedience) to be the greatest way to interact with your iPhone safely in the car. …

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Time to ditch the Time Capsule?

If you had more than one Mac or a laptop that was always moving around, an Apple Time Capsule was the best backup solution. End of story. At least it would have been if Apple hadn’t discontinued this marvellous product back in 2018. This stunningly stupid move left us in the hands of network hard …

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Outlook.com yes – Outlook, No

To stave off confusion I need to make something clear from the outset. I have been going around town promoting the use of outlook.com and outlook.com.au as an alternative email service to combat iinet, Telstra and just about every other email service being canned. Outlook, as a email address is absolutely fine. But, as you …

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iOS 16… finally

Over the last few years iOS updates have been a lot like Fast and Furious movies… more or less the same look, same plot with ever diminishing levels of interest. But iOS16 is a real update – its like the Fast and Furious writers decided to concentrate on character and study a book or five …

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