| Rooftop Solar Part 3 – working as it should Rooftop Solar Part 3 is the third in a four-part series that explains the issues of installing solar panels and, optionally, a battery and what we consider best practices.You should read these first to get the backstory. Rooftop Solar Part 1 – where do I begin? examines my decision to go solar and what I found in dealing with the better-known solar installer brands. Rooftop Solar Part 2 – All you need to know before you start looks at some of the shonky tricks to get you to order a system—whether it suits you or not. We looked at the incidence and tricks of upselling as not one of our readers paid the ‘super low advertised price’. READ MORE.. |
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| Guests and Topics on the Show |
| This week we spoke with Dean Williams, Partner Specialist Systems Engineer at Norton, about the alarming rise in love scams. He explained how scammers manipulate emotions to steal money and shared practical steps to stay protected. During the call Dean discussed their FREE app ‘Norton Genie’ that will assist in helping you tell if something is a SCAM OR NOT. Dean mentioned they make it free so they can feed their database with lots of current scams so it can help you more. More details from the report – Australians looking for love online invest an average 8 (7.93) hours of effort a week and scammers are exploiting this, resulting in financial impacts. The 2025 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report – Online Dating reveals among current dating app users who have been targeted by a scam (44%) common types of dating scams for those who admit to falling for a scam 43%) include:Romance scams – 47% Catfishing – 29% a Fake Dating site – 26% Visa or immigration scams – 25% Sugar Daddy/Sugar Baby scam – 19% The findings are part of the 2025 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report – Online Dating, exploring Australians’ dating apps approach and the associated risks. |
We also caught up with Nathan Rigger, Head of Product & Services – Mobile at Samsung Australia, to discuss the Samsung S25. He broke down what’s new, and why you should consider this as your next device.
The Samsung Galaxy S25-series represents its best ‘glass slab’ offerings in 2025. Australia gets the S25 Ultra (SM-S938), S25+ (SM-S936) and S25 (SM-S931).
This year, they all use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, a slightly overclocked version of the standard SD8 Elite (4.47 vs 4.32Ghz). Samsung says that’s not the only change under the hood. READ MORE..
And you can pre-order it from Harvey Norman and take advantage of a lot of the bonuses that come with pre-ordering.
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