DVD drive not working?

Do you remember the days when mum and dad would lovingly remove the vinyl record from the turn table and gingerly clean it with a lint free cloth? No, me neither, but apparently it used to happen. But what I DO remember is when CDs were the rage and everyone who had one of these …

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600,000 Macs infected… are you one of them?

It has been reported – wildly and with a fair amount of hysteria – that the flashback Java Virus has infected over 600,000 Macs around the world. First thing to do at a time like this is make a cup of tea and once brewed and whilst being enjoyed, go to your Applications folder, then Utiilies …

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Telstra Scams and more

Lets make a promise to each other…. NEVER, EVER, EVER ,EVER –  at ANYTIME – EVER email your personal details to ANY organisation that requests it. NO BANK, NO TELCO (Optus, Bigpond, Telstra, 3, ect) NO BUILDING SOCIETY, PAYPAL, EBAY, NO ONE – EVER will ask for your user name, password, date of birth, anything – unless hey are trying to scam you. What, I bet you are wondering, has prompted …

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mac services team to appear in Steve Jobs bio

The macservices team is very proud to announce that they are to appear in Sony Pictures Biopic; Steve Jobs. Negotiations began just before December when producers were on the lookout for an Apple service business that was small and, as they put it, “in line with the humble roots of Apple” There were, as you’d …

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Flipboard- better than a newspaper

I hadn’t read a paper based magazine or newspaper in ages. Not until this morning anyway. My primary reason for avoiding magazines is the news is generally old by the time I buy it, so the laptop I am reading about in the ‘latest’ Macworld has already been superseded by the time the magazine went …

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