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The future of mass storage
More …: The future of mass storageThis offering from Western Digital, shows a major game changer in the idea of external storage. This is not a memory stick, it is a SSD external hard drive. Currently 1TB of SSD is around $370 and not available here yet, but soon. As we all know, the size will double over the next few…
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Backing Up
More …: Backing UpJust a reminder that you do need to backup your data. These days you can purchase a 4GB external drive for around £130. You can even use Cloud storage. If you lose your PC or get a virus that fry’s your PC you can replace it, but those photos, accounts, word documents are lost for…
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Even the best of us
More …: Even the best of usI got a call from a client who had purchased a cheap MP3 player to plug into a kiddies car. He could not get it to work. I got there, plugged in a headphone so I could hear it and plugged it into a PC and that saw it. After a few minutes of prodding,…
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Computer Problems – or Finger Trouble
More …: Computer Problems – or Finger TroubleRecently one of my clients asked me about a possible upgrade on his PC. He had been quoted around £150 to put 12GB of memory into his computer. I went and had a look and found which chips he needed and we managed to find a deal on Amazon for £75 for 4x4GB chips a…
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Watch Out
More …: Watch OutOnce again I hear from some of my customers that someone has called them from Windows Support and that my client’s computer has a problem. Firstly all Windows PC’s have a problem, so do Apple, so does your mobile phone. Any computing device that has software on it, plus downloaded patches etc eventually has conflicts or…
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Google Glass – The End?
More …: Google Glass – The End?Google have announced that they are stopping production of there flag ship product. They say this is not the end but they will need to rethink the product, and I believe the pricing. Currently priced at around £1000 when the parts only cost less than a £100 seems rather a big profit margin. The…
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Windows Technical Support Scam
More …: Windows Technical Support ScamWatch out for the Windows Technical Support Scam; This is doing the rounds again. Basically someone rings you up and tells you that you have a problem on your computer (everyone does by the way). After a lot of talking and showing you that you have an error (they are not really; and certainly not…
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Google Glass
More …: Google GlassThis last weekend I tried a set of Google Glass. First impressions is that they are comfortable and do not interfere with your vision. While I can see that they will have a place, I was not that impressed with the amount of screen I seemed to have displayed. This could have been because of…
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Bounceasy
More …: BounceasyWellis Technology has today delivered a web site for Bounceasy a local Bouncy Castle hire company. Click here to view the site.
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VB.Net and Object Parameters
More …: VB.Net and Object ParametersI recently had to update some code with a new parameter that needed passing between the calling code and a series of lower level business and data classes. Over a period of years the classes have had more and more parameters added and adding another one meant changing 50+ objects plus all the calling code.…
