– Be wary online at Christmas time Christmas 2012 is approaching faster that a jet powered Santa sleigh! Even our shop has got in on the act – with decorations and flashing USB powered Christmas trees, which one of techs loves so much! However amongst this cheer we also see a huge increase in the […]
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‘Bargain’ PC’s end up as an expensive buy 17 November 2012 Well it has been a crazy week and I can’t remember us being this busy before. The pre-Christmas rush is already well under way! Laptops certainly seem to be the flavour of the week and they have been going out the door like hot […]
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It’s simpler listing what we don’t do 9 November, 2012 What do we do? We are constantly getting asked this question as well as getting asked whether we will also look after home computer users. So, yes we do also look after home users however when it comes to IT a more simple answer is […]
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Latest computer technology has small business users in clouds 3 November, 2012 Pentium, IP Telephony, 64 Bit, Blu-Ray, Bluetooth, Gigabit & Wireless – these have all been major catch phrases that we have heard in computing circles. Now we have a new one – the cloud! So what is cloud computing and will it work […]
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Windows 8 system is pointer to the future 27 October, 2012 If you have read the first few pages of this paper you will have already seen my news article on yesterday’s release of Microsoft’s latest operating system – Windows 8. This is certainly a milestone in the Information Technology world and one that we […]
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– What our technicians do in staying updated 20 October, 2012 Information Technology (IT) – some people hate it, some embrace it and some just try to ignore it! I think in many respects one of the deciding factors here is if you are a person that likes change. For those that don’t, certainly the […]
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-Sometimes it’s better to ditch it… not fix it 13 October, 2012 I know that we are supposed to be encouraging ‘green’ living but the pace of technology and the cost of wages often makes this harder. We had an interesting example this Wednesday when a new customer bought in a fairly standard home laptop. […]
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-Got a need for speed? – Delete junk software 15 September, 2012 Would you buy a V8 car but forever drive it around with 4 of the plug leads missing? This is effectively what happens to the performance of nearly every new ‘off the shelf’ PC or laptop that I see nowadays. The retail solutions […]
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1 September, 2012 Does the average Joe really appreciate the pace of technology? I found myself in Mackay early this week installing a new server. While there the customer also asked me to take a look at one of their computers that was running slow – which turned out to be the understatement of the […]
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-Keep PC software disks safe 25 August, 2012 IT is already the end of August and soon the big retailers will tempt us with their Christmas wares. A year goes too quick and after only 3 or 4 of them that ‘new’ PC that you bought ‘recently’ has pretty much lived its day. Unfortunately at […]
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