What Downloads Do You Need? Last week we wrote about the now happening NBN debacle and looked at exactly how inferior and redundant it is to be considering fibre to the node as opposed to the original NBN idea of fibre to the very doorstep of Australian premises. This week we expand on the subject […]
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Making PC a Totally Teenager-Free Zone Most often the source for these articles is what we have seen happen during the week at the shop. This is the case again today as we have recently had a number of work / business computers brought in with problems which only stem from their use. The term […]
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Built in Video Cards Will Suit Most People Looking back over the Byte Me articles for the last 3 years I see that it has been a while since I have written anything about video cards. This article should help to remove some of the misconceptions that exist in the industry and should be a […]
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Portable Devices Can Access PC Software Last week we talked about all of the different devices that are available today – from smart phones through netbooks, tablets, and laptops to All-in-ones and desktop PCs. The main difference between all of these devices being their physical size (all are capable of browsing the Internet). With an […]
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No Perfect Single Device For Everyone We often get asked the question – “what should I buy” when it comes to choosing between smart phones, netbooks, tablets, ultra-books, laptops, all-in-ones and desktop PC’s. And it is little wonder as there has been a plethora of different devices released in the last 5 years, with many […]
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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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How Apple Stacks Up Against Regular PC’s Only 5 years ago when you used the ‘Apple’ name in the average Australian household you were referring to a piece of fruit – how things can change! Apple with their iMac (desktop PC), MacBook (laptop), iPad (tablet PC), iPad Mini (mini tablet) & iPhone(mobile phone) have a […]
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Server Myths and Lies Those of you that read last Saturday’s article know that I went to an Innovation Forum – basically a technology expo here in Rocky, pitched at local businesses to provide sound IT advice. It was a great idea hosted by a good organisation but sidelined by the sponsors. I left at […]
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Cloud Computing Not Always Best Solution I have just finished attending the Festival of Innovation – a Thursday event hosted at the Rockhampton Leagues Club. Several guest speakers including the ‘Gadgetguy’ and local business presenters extolling the virtues of our technological age and all things that connect to the Internet. The advantage of these technologies […]
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When the Expert Help Doesn’t Quite Work A day in IT can mean a big difference. This is certainly the case for a local mechanical business who first called us around 10am one morning with ‘computer problems’. An hour later I was onsite with Brad – one of our computer techs finding an absolute kaleidoscope […]
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