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Planning for your digital legacy shouldn’t take long, but it could save a lot of trouble.

Digital legacy: How to make sure your family is not locked out

Security keeps people out of our documents, photos, financials, and secrets. How do you make sure family can access them if you die?

  • Tim Biggs

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Google takes fight to Apple, Microsoft with new high-end laptops

The web giant’s new line of Googlebook laptops will bring Gemini AI to the laptop in an attempt to compete with Apple’s MacBook and Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs.

  • Tim Biggs
The first iPhone hits stores in the US on June 29, 2007.

Apple’s 50-year history has redefined technology, culture and comebacks

An improbable odyssey began on April Fools’ Day five decades ago, when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak signed a two-page document that created Apple Computer Co.

  • Michael Liedtke
A lack of digital skills in an online world is leaving many elderly and vulnerable Australians on the fringes of everyday life.

I have become my mother’s IT help desk, like millions of other adult children around the country

Turn on MFA. Sign this PDF. CRN number? Password? Swipe up. Scroll down. For many older Australians, dealing with today’s digital world has become a nightmare.

  • Stephanie Wood
For a custom computer build, RAM is now typically the second most expensive component. But the impact goes far beyond DIY gamers.

Why the prices of laptops, phones and game consoles keep rising

The AI tax is making memory more expensive, and it doesn’t show any signs of letting up.

  • Tim Biggs
The MacBook Neo evokes classic iMacs with its bold colours.

Apple begins a new era of laptops with cheerful MacBook Neo

Compared to other laptops available at the same price, Apple’s cheapest-ever MacBook is incredible.

  • Tim Biggs
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Apple unveils its cheapest-ever laptop

Apple has made its biggest push yet into low-end laptops, aiming to challenge Windows PCs and Chromebooks for budget-minded shoppers.

  • Tim Biggs
MSI’s latest business laptop has power, longevity and graphics to rival a MacBook Pro, thanks to a new Intel chip.

After years of Apple’s dominance, Intel wants its mojo back

New Intel-powered laptops will have power, longevity and graphics to rival Apple’s laptops, without the compatibility worries of some recent Windows machines.

  • Tim Biggs
Belinda Finlay  (bottom), with her two youngets daughters Merlinda (left), and Mackye (right).

Most schools require a computer. What happens for those who can’t afford one?

For Belinda Finlay, not having a computer was threatening to pull down her daughter’s grades.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Apple’s cheapest Mac currently is the M4 MacBook Air, which starts from $1699.

Apple prepares to sell low-cost laptops for the first time

The tech giant is developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs. The move would represent a strategic shift for Apple.

  • Mark Gurman