Netgear slashes price on flagship 960 series Orbi Wifi system for one week only
If you were thinking about upgrading your home WiFi network to get the best performance possible,...
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Author: Trevor Long
Podcast – Movies: Basic Instinct
A murder mystery for adults only. Basic Instinct is a movie Stephen has seen many times, but Trev...
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Ecovacs X2 Omni Review – the new leader in household cleaning technology
There’s a real problem with having access to the very latest technology year on year –...
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Ford drops the price of the Mustang Mach-E ahead of deliveries this month
Ford has some cracking great news for those customers in line for the Mustang Mach-E, but also...
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Withings launches new ScanWatch Nova – Luxury style hybrid analogue smartwatch
The Scanwatch Horizon was an outstanding watch release from Withings because they took the best of...
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LG gram SuperSlim Laptop review – just stunningly light and portable
There was a time when Laptops were big, chunky things, until Intel created the...
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JBL Authentics Review – the new best choice for in-home Audio, and the smartest smart speakers available.
I fell in love with these speakers when I saw them announced at IFA in Berlin just a few months...
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Sky News launching $5 per month streaming subscription service in 2024
To capitalise on strong growth across their digital media platforms, Sky News has announced they...
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Why don’t more people recycle their old phones? Just 1% of us do
You’ve got that shiny new phone, and you might have handed your last one to a family member...
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Podcast – Movies: Liar Liar
Jim Carrey at his comedic best as a Lawyer stuck in some Moral dilemmas. He’s a fun dad, but...
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Why you should use Samsung Smart Calibration to tweak the picture on your TV
I’m pretty confident that 99% of people reading this have never done anything to really adjust the...
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NBN expands uncapped data plans to Satellite users with low and mid-tier options
Recently the NBN overhauled their regional Satellite plans to include a new Premium offering which...
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Telcos blocking scam text messages in the millions – on average 16 for every Aussie Adult!
Have you noticed a decrease in the number of scam messages you’re getting? If so, you can...
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Elon Musk signals the death of Twitter after telling boycotting advertisers to “go fuck yourself”
Yep, this happened. It’s not AI, It’s not a deepfake. This is Elon Musk, telling some...
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24 Hours of Seinfeld 7 Days a week – New channel launches on 9Now!
Somewhere in my house there’s this cool and rather large box set of DVDs featuring all 180...
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Podcast – EFTM – Scam Awareness Week – lots to learn, and still calls to take!
It’s National Scam Awareness Week and there’s a lot to unpack, mainly that we should...
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Why Voice Cloning is a real concern in the future of Scams – Listen to the Anatomy of a Scam podcast
This week, a new season of the successful podcast Anatomy of a Scam was launched and this time...
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Motorola expands G series family in Australia with the G84 5G at just $399!
We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to great brands, great value and well featured...
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Podcast – The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen – Oceans Eleven
When you put this cast in one movie, it’s bound to be good right? Brad Pitt, George Clooney,...
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Be alert for Impersonation scams – that random phone call might be trying to grab your money
I’ve got a real bee in my bonnet about scammers right now, I worry more and more Aussies are...
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Podcast – Two Blokes Talking Tech – The end of an Era at Optus, thank goodness and Gina’s calls for Facebook to lift it’s game!
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin steps down, so what is going on, and just how can the company...
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Hisense U7KAU Review – Why performance matters and Mini LED is awesome, plus go BIG or Go home
I’ve reviewed a bunch of Mini LED TVs already, and I know that this is technology that...
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How to Make Better Use of your Smartphone Camera – Understanding Key Camera settings
Capturing the essence of a moment through photography has become an integral part of our daily...
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Telstra let’s you improve your mobile speed or latency with Speed Optimiser for $10 per month
Telstra Mobile customers (postpaid or mobile broadband) can now pay an extra $10 per month to get...
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Podcast – EFTM – Bye Bye Kelly, Optus CEO is gone – plus online shopping tips and your tech calls
I don’t want to say I told you so, but I told you so. Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin is...
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Optus CEO GONE – Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns as Optus boss
After an 18 months she’ll never forget, Optus’ parent company Singtel has announced...
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Gina Rinehart writes directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling for action on Scams
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has written a strongly worded letter directly to...
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Fake Name or Alter Ego? Facebook allowing users to create “additional profiles”
While this seems to have launched in the US a few months ago, it appears Facebook’s multiple...
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How a mobile phone is made and tested – Inside Oppo’s Manufacturing Center and Labs
I don’t doubt any of us appreciate how complex it must be to make a mobile phone, today they...
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Podcast – The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen – Crimson Tide
It’s not red, it’s Crimson, the Crimson Tide tells the story of rules, regulations,...
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Podcast – Two Blokes Talking Tech – Oppo Tour in China and yes, more Optus
Travelling to Shenzhen China as guest of Oppo, Stephen and Trevor discover what it takes to test a...
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Optus CEO before Senate – why financial compensation is tricky, but the communications on the day still under scrutiny
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and her head of networks Lambo Kanagaratnam appeared in front of...
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Oppo readies ColorOS 14 roll out for the latest features
Oppo phone owners will get access to the Android 14 based updated ColorOS 14 over the coming...
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Optus Compensation Confusion – The Devil is in the detail
I’d love to be writing about something else right now, but Optus just keeps rolling out the...
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Get $20 from Optus After the Outage – YES!
Look, I’ve been pretty clear that I think the 200GB data offer to Optus Customers is a joke....
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Podcast – The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen – Collateral
From 2004 this one has a big cast, I mean – Tom Cruise – Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett...
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Podcast – Two Blokes Talking Tech – No news this week.. KIDDING
Look, let’s be honest – we’ve just endured the biggest telco outage in...
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Optus Data offer to customers is a joke worth laughing at
Hate to say I told you so, but I saw this coming. Optus has offered 200GB of free data to their...
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Optus confirms outage source and offers Data to customers
The outage began around 4am on Wednesday, was rectified around 10-11 hours later and now, a full...
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Giving Optus the boot – customers flock to rival telcos as Optus fails them
Last year when Optus led the way with the biggest data breach we’d seen in Australia,...
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Apple TV+ Now available on Fetch – The box just keeps getting better
In a sign of continued progress from the team at Fetch, today they have announced that Apple TV+...
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Time for a change – Optus Leadership under fire as 24 hours passes since worst outage in Australian history
Look I don’t want to sound like a broken record here, but it’s time for a leadership...
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Down Down: OPTUS IS DOWN – National Outage affecting Australia’s #2 Carrier
Australians are waking up to one of the biggest Telco outages in memory with the Optus Mobile and...
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Podcast – EFTM – I’m a bit angry this week
This week’s Talkback Technology podcast helps you with your questions about headphones,...
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RODE launches new NT1 Signature Series studio microphones including limited edition colours
RODE’s gone colourful with a fresh twist on the iconic NT1 studio mic! Say G’day to...
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Oppo Find N3 Pre Orders start tomorrow (November 8) – Folding phone wars begin!
The Oppo Find N3 is launching in Australia, with pre-orders starting Tomorrow (November 8th) at JB...
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Podcast – OUTBREAK – The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen
Outbreak is a 1995 American movie with a stunningly strong cast. None less than Dustin Hoffman,...
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Podcast – Two Blokes Talking Tech – The eight wave has hit while Apple has lots to show in a short space of time
Wrapping up a 30 minute Apple event and it probably takes Stephen and Trevor longer than that to...
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YouTube jacks up Premium Price by 21-41% – Let’s go back to watching ads
We are all at the mercy of those subscriptions we’ve signed up to and in some cases...
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Is this the real reason Apple set a night-time event? And the Aussie company that featured in every shot!
Apple’s “Scary Fast” event was a delightful day-time event for us here in...
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