It pays to shop around and that principle applies equally to the web as it does to traditional shopping. I’ve had a couple of good online purchasing experiences in the past fortnight. The first bargain was picking up a Sony Ericsson K800i 3G mobile phone for $518 including postage from Are-Jays. The same phone was [...]
Malignant freeware
After getting a new Windows Vista PC I visited my favorite freeware site to look for a free FTP program to upload files to my various web sites. I’ve used the open source FileZilla in the past, but had some issues with large transfers dropping out. Anyway, I had to upload WordPress today for the [...]
10GB free webmail service
Jubii is offering an innovative 10GB free webmail service “for a limited time only”. It’s still under development but the ultimate goal is to integrate email, chat, Voice over IP, uploading and sharing of files. The interface is a little unorthodox but I think this service is one to watch. I found it slow to [...]
Telstra’s online ordering
I’ve struck out a couple of times trying to switch my Telstra GSM mobile phone to a new plan and handset on the wizz-bang flash Next G network via online ordering. The first time, in October last year, I received this response a few days after placing the order: The mobile number you have supplied [...]
New PC and Windows Vista
We have a new Dell Dimension PC running Windows Vista. Setup yesterday went well enough. It’s always exciting to unwrap a new computer and get it going. It’s like getting a new car; the smell is unique. First impressions of Vista are positive. That’s all they are though at the moment, just impressions, so anyone [...]
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