Blog

    Everything made of glass? Do you think that’s really possible? The popularity  of laptops and tablets continues to increase, pushing PC over the ledge. Plus the rise of touch computing  is dumping more and more slow, bulky desktop computers into the tech grave. The IDC (Intl. Data Corp) could bring more bad news… View Article

  Can you imagine life without a phone? For those of us living in metropolitan Australia, communication has been a big part of our daily life. We’ve got home phones and mobile phones, you’re probably checking for texts or missed calls several times a day and making sure your battery life is topped up. Who… View Article

The orange box.  It looks kinda rustic. But this bulky iron clad equipment can help improve the lives of many indigenous Australian communities . This orange box is a new computer system called, the Digital Doorway (DD). What is the Digital Doorway? Digital Doorway (DD) is the name given to a technology from South Africa… View Article

Think about your typical busy household. Dad’s trying to watch the game, mum’s talking to her sister on Skype, brother’s trying to woo his girlfriend back by sending her a video of him strumming a few romantic songs with his guitar, and sister’s checking out her arch nemesis on Facebook! My, what a busy home… View Article

Our TV viewing experience has evolved rapidly. Years back, a handful of local channels had to suffice. Then, cable TV arrived – we had access to shows from around the world, and in real time too.  With so many TV choices available, we could stay home the entire day and never tire of the things… View Article

Activ8me Fixed Wireless PLUS is available at any nbn® Fixed Wireless location, at no extra cost! Activ8me is pleased to offer all of our Fixed Wireless customers nbn® Fixed Wireless PLUS. nbn® Fixed Wireless Plus is a new version of Fixed Wireless services offered by certain nbn® RSPs (Retail Service Providers). The major advantage of… View Article

Not Blinking Enough Causes Dry Eyes A reduction in frequency of blinking can result in dry eyes, tearing, irritation, ache or a burning sensation in the eyes. A person normally blinks around 20 times per minute. This is sufficient for the eyes to be replenished with tears, and also gets rid of unwanted debris. This… View Article

Does your satellite internet slow down in bad weather? Or does it go out? If so, is this expected? Normal 0 false false false EN-PH X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:””;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Normal 0 false false false EN-PH X-NONE X-NONE Since Australia is a large country made up… View Article

Today’s high speed broadband connections like the NBN Fibre and NBN Fixed Wireless, can provide you 10 megabits-per-second (Mbps) download speeds or faster.  Most internet users this year (2013) get approximately 25 megabits-per-second.  However, if you are getting less than 8 megabits-per-second, don’t curse your ISP just yet – find out what went wrong. Various… View Article

Satellite Internet (otherwise known as satellite broadband) is ideal for rural Internet users. It doesn’t depend on cable systems or telephone lines, but instead uses a satellite dish for two-way data communications. Satellites in space transmit information back and forth between the satellite dish at your house. Modern Internet service like DSL and cable has… View Article