Tips and advice

Where to watch TV on the web

Jun 26th, 2009 | By Emily Price | Category: Internet, Tips and advice, Web sites, podcasts and videos

tvTelevision as we know it is becoming more and more prevalent on the web. If you miss your favorite program when it originally airs and didn’t set your DVR or VCR to record it, chances are you can still catch it a few days (or insome cases just a few hours) later on the world wide web. If you’re new to watching television on your computer, here are some of the best sites to catch all your favorite television shows.



What is “crss.exe” and how do I remove it?

Mar 8th, 2009 | By Justin Montgomery | Category: Microsoft, Tips and advice, Windows

What is crss There’s a misconception with the crss.exe process as to whether it’s a virus or a necessary Windows process.  Let’s dig a little deeper to understand what it is and how it differs from other processes with similar names.



Australia hoarding PCs that could be recycled

Jan 21st, 2008 | By Leslie Poston | Category: Apple, Microsoft, Tips and advice

Australia hoarding PCs that could be recycled In the news is a story on the large number of older PCs “in the wild” that could be recycled. It seems of the 7 million out there in a recyclable condition, only 500,000 will be recycled. Apparently the rest go to landfills or rust away in storage.



Using the Internet to help keep those New Year resolutions

Jan 3rd, 2008 | By Leslie Poston | Category: Internet applications, Tips and advice

Using the Internet to help keep those New Year resolutions The Internet is a fabulous place full of both distractions and tools. Those free and low cost tools come in handy when you are trying to keep track of your life, including keeping those New Years resolutions. Much more than just a social place, the Internet can be useful in ways you never imagined.



NetObjects Fusion 10 still great for web design

Dec 24th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Internet, New products, Tips and advice, Web sites, podcasts and videos

Want to create your own website, but don’t want to mess around with HTML? NetObjects Fusion came out years ago promising to make web design easy, and although it has gone through at least a couple of owners over the last 10 versions, it’s still a great way for people wanting a ‘normal’ website (and not a blog site) to create one easily.



NORAD to track Santa once more

Dec 22nd, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Internet, Tips and advice

For over 50 years, the US Defence organisation NORAD has been on high alert on Christmas Eve as the operation to track Santa on his journey moves into high gear. Thankfully, 2006 is no different!



Free Software Foundation doesn’t like Vista

Dec 21st, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows Vista

A campaign called ‘Bad Vista’ from the Free Software Foundation is trying to tell Internet users that Vista is bad and that they shouldn’t use it.

             



The low down on Vista with Paul Thurrott

Dec 19th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows Vista

If you’re interested in reading a very indepth review of Windows Vista and other Microsoft technologies (with occasional Apple and other reviews as well), then you need to know about Paul Thurrott.



Vista - the OS upgrade we had to have

Nov 29th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: New products, Special features, Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows Vista

Once you see Windows Vista in action, you’ll want it. It’s Microsoft’s best operating system yet, and it’s arriving tomorrow!

  



Chinese prefer fake tech to the real thing

Nov 28th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Technology news, Tips and advice

It’s a really funny and strange world we live in. Chinese manufacturers are copying the circuit boards and designs of products from Japan and Korea, and they’re doing it so fast that by the time the originals arrive in the marketplace, they’re seen as the fakes.



Pando lets you send big attachments through email

Nov 24th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: New products, Products - storage, Technology news, Tips and advice

Sick of not being able to send big emails to friends, family and colleagues? Finally, a new web service lets you send email attachments of up to 1Gb in size. It’s simple and it’s free!



HD DVD add-on drive comes to Xbox 360

Nov 18th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: New products, Products - gaming, Technology news, Tips and advice

Want an HD DVD player without spending an absolute fortune on a standalone player? If you’ve got an Xbox 360, the HD DVD drive comes early next year to Australia.



5 reasons to hate the Vista haters

Nov 17th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: New products, Products - software, Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows Vista

My colleague James Cornelius came up with 5 reasons to hate Windows Vista. Well, I’m a Vista user myself right now (still on RC1, no RTM goodness for me yet), so here’s my comic response to James’ Vista rant.



Zune’s wireless feature just isn’t an original idea!

Nov 17th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: New products, Products - mobile phones, Products - media players, Technology news, Tips and advice

Microsoft wants us to believe that Zune’s wireless feature is innovative and original. But hey, any mobile phone with Bluetooth can do the same thing today and has been able to for years. C’mon, Microsoft, show us some REAL innovation!



Want a PS3? Wait in line, like they are at US stores

Nov 17th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: New products, Products - gaming, Products - media players, Technology news, Tips and advice

Fancy waiting in line at a US story to be the first to get your hands on a PS3? No? Well the lines have already started with only hours to go before the PS3 launches and they’re already all sold out.



Microsoft mistakenly claimed Gmail contained virus

Nov 15th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Internet applications, Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows, Windows Vista

In a bit of an oopsie daisie, Microsoft’s OneCare anti-virus and Internet Security service claimed that Google’s Gmail contained a virus. It’s yet another false positive by protective software - will we ever be rid of the false positive syndrome?



An Xbox 360 game with better graphics than PS3 version?

Nov 14th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: New products, Products - gaming, Technology news, Tips and advice

Should Sony be concerned that an Xbox 360 game has graphics that look better and more detailed than its newer version for the PS3?

 



Vista chief changes tune: use anti-virus in Vista!

Nov 12th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Internet, Products - software, Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows, Windows Vista

If you thought Jim Allchin meant you could run Vista without anti-virus, he now says we misunderstood him and he should have been clearer. His clear advice is to always use anti-virus and security software, no matter what computer you use.



Is Windows Vista virus proof?

Nov 11th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Internet, Technology news, Tips and advice, Windows, Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows Chief Jim Allchin let his seven year old son run Vista without any anti-virus software and claimed he suffered no infections. The news has spread across the globe, with some thinking Allchin is crazy. But I’ve run XP without anti-virus for months earlier this year, and I didn’t get infected. Why did I do it, and why no infections?



German Wikipedia hacked and infected

Nov 7th, 2006 | By Staff Writers | Category: Education, New products, Technology news, Tips and advice

The German version of Wikipedia has been hacked to spread malware to unsuspecting users. Will the sneaky ‘social engineering’ attacks of the hackers ever end?