You may remember a little while back that I covered iTunes' free university lecture videos. Well, here is another site that offers wonderful videos of university lectures for free: Academic Earth. The brainchild of a US professor, Academic Earth o.. Read More
Sites | 02.9.10 | No Comments
Keyboards no longer belong chained to your desktop. These days they need to be used in all manner of places performing a range of functions, from the home office PC to the lounge-room media centre. Microsoft's new Arc keyboard, so called for its s.. Read More
Gadget Reviews | 02.3.10 | No Comments
I don't know about you, but I have an absolute obsession with cookbooks — too many are barely enough! So the promise of free electronic cookbooks really got me excited. While researching a feature on cooking sites recently for a magazine I write.. Read More
Sites | 01.31.10 | No Comments
Today, 40 nimble-fingered contestants will battle it out for the title of Australia's fastest Rubik's Cube puzzle solver. These Rubik's Cube tragics train like athletes to get to this elite level of competition, but you too can master the darstard.. Read More
Sites, games | 01.30.10 | No Comments
Security software company F-Secure today issued an alert for a particularly nasty little ransom Trojan doing the rounds that aims to part you and your money. When the W32/DatCrypt Trojan infects a computer, it makes it seem as if some files, such .. Read More
Security | 01.27.10 | No Comments
I often receive PDF documents that I'd like to edit, but there's no way that my budget will stretch to a copy of Adobe Acrobat to do so. I have used a couple of freeware solutions in the past, but have not been 100% satisfied with them. Fortunatel.. Read More
Software | 01.26.10 | No Comments
If you're planning to upgrade to Windows 7 and you are currently a Windows XP user, you'll find it vastly different and probably pretty bewildering — it looks totally different and nothing is where it used to be. It's not so much of a leap from .. Read More
Software | 01.25.10 | No Comments
While booking some accommodation recently, I came across a site that you should check out if you are considering a hotel stay of more than a couple of days. Not1Night.com.au facilitates bookings for hotels, motels and serviced apartments in Austra.. Read More
Sites | 01.24.10 | No Comments
It's almost time for kids to return to school and I'm betting that it's right about now that you're running out of things to keep them amused for those final few days — you've seen all the G-rated movies, been ten-pin bowling, or gone broke buyingÂ.. Read More
Sites | 01.22.10 | No Comments
I think I'm a pretty good packer when I travel. OK, so I take way too much, but if your plane crashes and you have to survive on a desert island for months, believe me, you'll want to be washed up on the beach next to me — you'll want for absolute.. Read More
Gail Lipscombe has worked for some of Australia's hottest tech magazines for over 10 years. In her blog, she focuses on demystifying technology, gadgets and the web for average consumers.
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