Children and computers

Securing your Facebook account

September 2, 2011

More than 500 million people have signed up to social networking website Facebook. While the less discerning seem to have made it their goal to invite just about every other member to become their Facebook friend, the most paranoid of users have... Read more

Wikis

July 22, 2011

Wikileaks, the website which publishes leaked documents online alleging government and corporate misconduct, has been in the news a lot lately. You would have to have been hiding in a cave (perhaps in Afghanistan) to have missed the reportage around... Read more

Wireless Networking at Work and at Play

May 8, 2008

Do you find it boring sitting at the same computer desk to check out your latest Trade Me auction, finding an online recipe for tonight’s dinner, or checking out how your shares performed for the day? Imagine how much more convenient it would... Read more

What are the Kids saying?

November 1, 2007

Teenagers have developed a new techie language to communicate with friends via txt and instant messages. For us oldies (remember when you thought over 20 was old?) this new language may seem totally baffling. So with this in mind, here’s a... Read more

Children & Computers - What are they up to?

September 27, 2007

Technology advances at such speed it is difficult for people outside the industry to keep pace – the exception is that very large, very ‘quick-on-the-uptake’ group – children (‘digital natives’ if you want the... Read more

  • Nerd Online Backup

    We’ve had more than our fair share of disasters in New Zealand this year and disasters, both natural and... Read More

  • Smartphone - Bad Apps

    According to an analysis from some phishing sites, secure web services provider Trusteer found that people using... Read More

  • Mobile data

    A smartphone is a fantastic tool for the savvy owner, with a host of useful applications and features. There is however... Read More