Some months ago, unfortunately Twitter stopped the delivery of SMS messages to international numbers that were outside of the US and Canada. Since then, there have been several startups that offer the delivery of your Twitter message, but sadly not for free. Twe2 however, helps you fill your twitter-less void, and for free.
IT’S OFFICIAL..ish! You can now access your Windows Live Hotmail emails for free through POP3 (previously this was only for users who paid for Hotmail Plus). This means you no longer have to use Windows Live Mail or Outlook combined with the Live Connector. Microsoft is slowly rolling this out to all users, so if it’s not working for you just yet, hold tight. Read more
IN THE PAST, Symantec’s Norton suite of programs have often been associated with being slow, clunky and classified by many as bloatware. With their 2008 suites however, they went back to the drawing board, looking at streamlining and simplifying the end-user’s experience. This resulted in a much simpler and faster overall end product, but there was still work to do. With Norton Internet Security 2009 however, I think they’ve finally won me over. Read more
TODAY Federal Communications Minister STEPHEN CONROY released a timetable for the switchover from Analog to Digital TV.
Conroy has announced plans for the switchover to be gradually rolled out with Mildura (Victoria’s north-west corner) getting the axe on June 30, 2010 ending with Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, remote western, central and eastern Australia moving to be digital-only by the end of 2013.
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If you’re on the internet, you’re probably part of a social network, or three. Heck, I could list ten networks I use regularly straight off the top of my head. They’re everywhere, from MySpace, Facebook, Bebo through to last.fm, Flickr and Twitter (just to name a few). They all have an ‘About Me’ or ‘Bio’ section, and a place for an avatar, or profile picture if you want. This is all well and good if you’ve only got a couple to maintain, but if you’ve got more, it can become a confusing mess to keep them all updated, and in sync with each other. Your interests change, you fall in and out of relationships… you get the general idea. Read more
So, you’ve got a shiny new iPhone or iPod touch, and you’d like to load all those shiny apps that everyone keeps talking about. But, oh noes! You don’t have a credit card, or the App you want isn’t available in your country’s store. Or, you’re sick of this week’s Free Single Of the Week. This guide will let you create a free account for any country the iTunes store runs in. Interested? Good, let’s continue! 
