Robert Strohmeyer - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 14/08/2011 Share Files Wirelessly Between Android and Any Computer

Between my Android tablet and my Android phone, I've been creating a lot more content on the go than I may ever have expected to. Between pictures and...

Article | 11/08/2011 myBantu brings social productivity to Android and iOS

The concept of social productivity is gaining momentum, and I've covered some prominent social productivity tools previously on this blog. As a genera...

Article | 29/07/2011 5 more PC upgrade mistakes (and how to avoid them)

As PCs get more powerful and easier to use, the challenges involved with upgrading them have remained about the same. For the novice, a hard drive upg...

Article | 17/06/2011 Astrid serves up awesome to-do lists on Android

There's no shortage of terrible to-do apps in the Android Market, yet there are only a few good ones. Astrid ranks high on the short list of great And...

Article | 31/05/2011 Cloud storage services keep data safe and accessible

Your PC's hard drive may have half a terabyte of data on its platters, and you might not remember the last time you backed any of it up. In all likeli...

Article | 19/05/2011 Control your PC from your Android tablet: App roundup

Controlling your PC remotely from your smartphone sounds useful in theory, looks cool as an experiment, and generally proves impractical in everyday u...

Article | 23/04/2011 Three great mobile mind mapping apps

All this week, I've been talking about how amazingly useful mind-mapping is for a variety of creative and business tasks. In my last post, I looked at...

Article | 24/03/2011 Monitor Your Employees' PCs Without Going Too Far

Do you know what your employees are doing on the Web? At a minimum, they're probably goofing off watching YouTube videos. At worst, they could be stee...

Article | 12/04/2011 Smartphone notifications are key to productivity

When you're on the go, your phone is your lifeline to the connected world. It doesn't just deliver your messages and make calls. It also tells you wha...

Article | 7/04/2011 Leaving your job? Take your data with you

Nothing lasts forever, and in the 21st century, most people's employment is anything but guaranteed. What should have some permanence, however, is our...

Article | 30/03/2011 9 awesome mobile must-haves

Secure phones: Smartphones are notoriously vulnerable to data-security and privacy breaches. Lookout Mobile Security locks down your Android, BlackB...

Article | 8/01/2011 Gets serious with tablets, 4G, NAS, pocket projectors

CES 2011 has plenty to offer the consumer world, but increasingly it brings major business tech advances, too. This year, we're seeing a flood of new ...

Article | 4/12/2010 Master your e-mail (so it doesn’t master you)

I've seen a few reports that say kids these days think e-mail is passé. Heh. That may be, but for people who have actual work to do, the inbox remains...

Article | 15/09/2010 Root Google Android the easy way

Google's Android operating system is riding a wave of popularity that has rapidly eclipsed Apple's iOS, and by the end of 2010 it's expected to overta...

Article | 11/11/2010 12 amazing productivity boosters

It's official: I can no longer think of a single person I know (unless, of course, you count my two-year-old) who doesn't have more work on their to-d...