In what looks like a potential emulation of the concept of “liking” something on Facebook, Google quietly rolled the ability to “+1” (or “plus one”) a piece of content you might come across on the internet in the last few months. Furthermore, it also allows your searches to be enriched (or potentially polluted depending how …
Jun 05 2011
How to Claim Your Free PS3 Games on PSN
I’d be very surprised if there isn’t a PS3 owner out there that doesn’t know about their entitlement to two free games given the prolonged outage to the PlayStation Network (PSN). What people may have trouble working out is how to actually claim these games so I thought I’d provide some instructions on how to …
Jun 04 2011
Draft R18+ Guidelines for Computer Games Released
For those gamers amongst us as well as concerned parents the developments of an R18+ classification for computer games would have been on the radar over the last year. In particular, we have seen more than the usual musings over support or opposition given the turnover of state governments over the same period of time …
Jun 02 2011
Uninstall and Remove EasyBits GO
Following on from my previous article about EasyBits GO riding on the coattails of the most recent Skype update it appears that there is now an official removal tool from EasyBits Media. In a statement released from EasyBits media they have released a new tool to uninstall this software from affected computers. Running the tool …
May 30 2011
Where Did “EasyBits Go” Come From?
Over the last two days, an increasing number of users of Skype have noticed that software going by the name of “EasyBits GO” has been installed on their computers primarily due to a shortcut appearing on their desktops. Double clicking on the shortcut brings up a game organiser window similar to the below: Whilst …
May 29 2011
Sometimes Secret Questions Aren’t So Secret
When you are signing up for an account on a website or a new service you are prompted for a whole stack of information which may include items such as: your name, e-mail address, password, date of birth, postal address information, gender. In additional to the above, you may be asked to select a secret …
May 28 2011
Check Your Laptop as HP Extends Battery Recall
Here’s a heads up for those of you out there with HP laptops that are a few years old. As is usually the case with battery recalls most are undertaken as a precaution to avoid widespread fire hazards, overheating and explosions from occurring. Unfortunately, unless the message is broadcast from manufacturers direct to consumers or …
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