– Tip & Tricks As we head toward the sad demise of our printed paper, I will try to make the most of my remaining articles before they are only available online. After the end of June they can be accessed via the Morning Bulletin online portal or via our own website. Todays’ article is […]
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Top Tips for Printing Properly Making sure that this column also looks at the technical aspect of IT this week we will look at some printing tips that may save you time and money. At the top of the money saving list is the often overlooked option of not printing at all. This is rarely […]
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Avoid Junk Software to Keep Your PC Fast Part 7 of 10 – Computer Ownership This article is the seventh of our 10 part mini-series of self-help articles covering all facets of computer ownership. This week we cover the topic – how do I maintain my PC? This is a complex topic as you are […]
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Setting Up Your New Addition Part 4 of 10 – Computer Ownership This article is the fourth of our 10 part mini-series of self-help articles covering all facets of computer ownership. This week we cover the topic – what happens when I get it home? So you’ve brought home or into work some cardboard boxes […]
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Where Should I Buy My PC Part 3 of 10 – Computer Ownership This article is the third of our 10 part mini-series of self-help articles covering all facets of computer ownership. This week we cover the topic – where should I buy my PC? This is not as simple a topic as you would […]
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Hazards to self Installing New PC The number of new customers coming to us replacing a 6 to 10 year old Windows XP computer before Microsoft drops support for them in 3 days’ time, is simply astounding. This also forms the basis for another Byte Me article – I have just got my new computer […]
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A Few Tricks with Pix on your PC Last week we looked at how photos are stored on a PC (in digital format) and how they are made up of literally millions of individual pixels (coloured dots). Modern scanners and cameras can capture a picture and store it as a digital image in a split […]
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Going Dotty for Digital Images The response to the new [email protected] email address that was announced in last week’s column has been great and included 3 readers who wanted to know more about pictures and pixels. This is a good topic and one which is little understood by the average computer user. So what is […]
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Let Us Bridge the Gap Left by New Windows Windows 8 has now been on the scene for around 8 months – yes time never stands still and my first guess was that it was only a few months ago! If you have used (or tried to use) this latest operating system with its new […]
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Printers, it’s a throwaway society 1 December, 2012 Right now you are reading this article because some ink or coloured toner powder has been sprayed or baked onto a sheet of previously white paper. Prior to what we know as a printer this had to be manually done with a pen or quill or a […]
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