 Business social networking website LinkedIn has sent emails to everyone of their first one million members, including myself, to thank them for being an "early adopter" and "help[ing] lead the way" with […]
For the last year we've all been talking about tablets. They've been the technology of the moment for some considerable time now and their appeal doesn't seem to be diminishing. It's still […]
I get all manner of emails in my weekly mailbag, but one of the most common is about repairing a corrupt startup. I have a video on YouTube explaining how to use the […]
I've written about hundreds of Windows 7 troubleshooting tips in my book Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out but one of the most useful tips, at least for business customers, is how you can add […]
I've written a lot about tablets over the last few months and indeed I now own a Windows 7 tablet myself, the ExoPC Slate. It didn't take much use of this device […]
It's that old chestnut that rears it's ugly head now and again, but usually with some alarming regularity. What am I talking about, well my apparent bias towards Microsoft of course and […]
The tablet market is exploding and growing exponentially, but it's still not reaching a critical mass with the general public not embracing them in the way they did netbooks. So why is […]
One of the biggest problems with Windows, every version in fact is that there is a different installation DVD for each version. Whether that's Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate […]
Sometimes there's nothing you can do when your copy of Windows is malfunctioning other than a complete format and reinstall. This is always a pain, but how can you take the pain […]
I took delivery of my new Windows 7 Tablet today, an ExoPC Slate, on the day ironically when Apple unveiled the iPad 2 to the world. It's thinner, lighter and has two […]
If you can't log into your Gmail account this morning it could be because engineers at Google are trying to recover all your emails that they accidentally deleted last night. Some estimates […]
Tech blogger Long Zheng has today published an article directly comparing the Previous Versions feature in Windows 7 to the Versions function in OS X Lion, the forthcoming update to Apple's desktop OS. He […]
All web browsers are getting serious overhauls with the most recent being Internet Explorer 9 with its new one box. This is a unified address and search box and it makes sense […]
When Intel first announced its new LightPeak device connection technology the sweaty masses got very excited indeed. This replacement for USB would be based on fibre-optic technology and offer gigabits of data […]
There has been considerable complaint caused by people in countries where same sex marriages, otherwise known as civil partnerships or civil unions, are allowed. Now social networking giant Facebook has finally submitted […]
It's been the question that people have now been asking for a couple of years. Why do Apple just have one iPhone on the market at a time? If you look at […]
Some amazing charts have been released today by Digital Surgeons showing the demographic breakdown of who actually uses the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. It reveals some extremely interesting data. This includes […]
Microsoft have outlined the changes that they'll be bringing to their new Windows Phone smartphone platform in 2011. The announcement was made on the Microsoft website in a press release earlier today […]
The call "There's nothing on TV" has long been a common phrase in households around the world, but now I'm beginning hear people express disappointment with the quality and availability of good […]
Nokia is having a turbulent week, first the CEO's secret email to staff about the company being in trouble is leaked to the press, then they announce an historic strategic partnership with […]
It's been reported that the first update for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system has been delayed until March 8th. The report by NeoWinsays that sources have told them the update […]
The inimitable Sinclair ZX Spectrum is to be reborn for its 30th birthday with an interesting twist. Games company Elite, which wrote many of the best-selling titles for the original home computer, […]
The Huffington post has now confirmed that its been bought by AOL for $315 million. The website, which was launched in 2005, is essentially a news aggregator featuring coverage of politics, media, […]
I'll come clean and say that I've still not been drawn into the whole Angry Birds phenomenon, but that's not to say I haven't heard about it. It's very difficult not to […]
It's great to see new, different and exciting ways that new technology is being put to. The latest is Google Earth, which has been used to study potential archaeological sites in Saudi […]
A proposal from Apple shareholders has been backed by the influential US investor advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). The proposal wants Apple to lay out a succession plan for the company […]
Unless you work in an enterprise environment, IBM isn't a name you hear very often these days. But this small typewriter manufacturer gave birth to the PC revolution that we have today, […]
In a move that's reminiscent of the famous Pentium floating point bug, Intel has issued a recall of all new Sandy Bridge PCs and laptops that run its latest generation of processor. […]
There's no confirmation about this, but the buzz about the long-anticipated first Windows Phone update is that it will be released on Monday February 7th. The news which was being broken by […]
I'm not known for applauding Apple so I'll give you a moment to pick yourself off the floor before I get into the thrust of this article. I genuinely believe though that […]
It's got the innocuous title of "Instant Personalisation" but this new Facebook feature is yet another major blow to your privacy and security on the social network. Facebook has been plagued with […]
It's been on ongoing story and has produced the first ruling on file-sharing in the UK where Judge Birss said back in December 2010, "The term used by those sections of the Act is ‘authorising’ […]
Ed Bott has published a very interesting article today about the benefits of running Windows 7 on a solid state hard disk (SSD). He wanted to test the real-world benefits, if there are any, […]
3D is the next big thing on computers, certainly for gaming and it will be interesting to see how it translates to the desktop. Those clever people at ExoPC will be shipping […]
It's been reported by MicrosoftFeed that Windows 8 will be out on retail shelves on 7th January 2013. NeoWin have said that "None of this information is verified or is confirmed but is […]
I've been conducting my own investigation and tests into the "rogue app" which is leaking data on Windows Phones. I want to stress at this point that my evidence was not collected […]
Microsoft have now completed their investigation into Windows Phones that have been leaking data. It was first reported at the beginning of January that some handsets were transmitting between 30 and 50Mb […]
The W3C consortium has unveiled the new logo for the HTML5 web scripting language, but why have they done this and is it really necessary? This has come as a surprise to […]
It's been announced by Apple that CEO Steve Jobs will be taking a leave of absence on the advice of his doctors. He will remain in the position of CEO and continue […]
One of these days, and I'll try this eventually, I'm going to write an article called "Apple" which will contain just a single word, that word will again be "Apple". What will the […]
