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LaCie’s new USB-C Porsche Design external hard disk will be at least three times faster in transferring data with speeds up to 100MB/s – if you have a compatible device like the MacBook.

If you have not seen Vivid try to get to Sydney from 22 May to 8 June to see an amazing explosion of colours, lights, and more.

At least in the enterprise space everything is moving to the cloud – the latest buzzword is BaaS – backup as a service.

Hailed as the world’s most power-efficient high capacity 3.5” hard disk the new WD Re+ drive is built for data centres that want to optimise power use.

Android Lollipop 5.x was released ‘for general availability’ in November 2014. Why are only 1.4% of Android devices running it?

SSD – Solid-State Drives – have steadily dropped in price since the first 32GB models were introduced in 2006. Like all new technology, it simply gets better with time.

Microsoft has signed up nearly 40 partners working on multiple models of phone to come to market – most initially with 8.1 and all upgradeable to Windows 10 later this year.

Apple it seems does not like competition – it has apparently halted the sales of all of the competing wrist accessories from Apple Stores.

If you are long sighted and have a largish car then Navman’s 7” MYEscape III is perfect for you. It is also great for weekend off roaders, grey nomads, and travellers who want a premium GPS product.

It may be called a Broadwell ‘Core’ M but it is less powerful than a Haswell Core i3, i5 or i7. It is does however use only 4.5 watts for longer battery life and does not require a fan allowing for thinner, quieter designs.

Initial reactions to the new MacBook is that it is more a tablet with a keyboard than a real Mac. And the C word is for ‘connection’ – it only has one.

Internet of Things (IoT) – anything that connects to the internet, typically a device designed to perform specific actions. Brute force - a trial and error method used to decode encrypted data such as passwords or Data Encryption Standard (DES) keys, through exhaustive effort.

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO must think its customers are a bunch of sheep that will slavishly buy whatever it makes. Be warned – the only compelling reason to buy an Apple Watch is if you are an Apple Aficionado a.k.a. Fan Boy with a surfeit of funds who fawns over its very expensive products.

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile will be released ‘by the end of the year’ – is it worth the wait? Yes!

AT&T, one of the world’s largest U.S. telcos is offering fibre to the home in Kansas City with the option to pay $29 extra per month for ‘privacy.’

Samsung is usually first to market each year in the never ending race to smart phone superiority. The S6, slated for release on 1 March and a possible update to the Note Edge will keep speculators busy over the coming weeks.

Microsoft has announced the availability of a technical preview of Windows 10 for phones and ARM/Intel based small tablets and phablets.

As we enter 2015 traditional distinctions between personal and business mobility are quickly fading from view.

A feature/benefit/downside of the digital smart device world is that almost everything you say can, and may be used against you.

The addition of holographic capability to all Windows 10 devices has been heralded as the next major advance in computing – and it could well be.