When LG visited work recently to show off their new G2 Android smartphone and some other product including a couple of Ultra HD televisions (which looked fantastic in my opinion) there was one particular feature on the smartphone which I really liked. It wasn’t the large screen or the quad core CPU, its speed or …
Category: Technology
Nov 18 2013
Trawling eBay for Older Generation Computer Parts
Well, i have been doing some research on various computer components after deciding to go down the cheaper in-place upgrade path rather than building a new computer from scratch. However, I thought I would have a look and see what CPUs my Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME motherboard supports. It turns out that with the last BIOS revision …
Nov 17 2013
CrashPlan – Status Update
A while ago I thought I would give CrashPlan a go as a cloud backup solution. Well, after thirty nine days I have backed up about 220GB of data from our home server and will backup additional some data from my wife’s MacBook Air this week. I’ve not run into any issues so far and …
Nov 16 2013
Upgrading or Building Anew?
I have been doing some thinking about what to do with my desktop computer as it has served me well since I first built it back in 2009. Aside from a minor hiccup here and there it has strode on through the years quite admirably however I have recently run into some bottlenecks. Firstly, 12GB …
Nov 14 2013
Finding Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 11
If you’re using Internet Explorer 11 then some websites may not work properly for whatever reason. In these instances, you may need to add these websites the compatibility view list to have Internet Explorer use an alternative method of rendering the page. However, IE11 no longer shows the compatibility view button at the end of …
Nov 13 2013
Internet Explorer 11 – Time to Reevaluate
Those of us in the know are all too aware of the history of Internet Explorer including its quirks, lack of standards compliance and the possibility of having your browser hosed but impossible to fix without potentially compromising the operating system. Microsoft had coasted for years on the popularity of Internet Explorer having the majority …
Nov 12 2013
Getting Back into Shape with Adidas miCoach
The title says it all really but I have found it a little challenging at work recently to get to the gym as it has been a challenge to keep on top of everything. However, that excuse only goes so far and there comes a point where you have to look after yourself. Anyway, I …
Nov 11 2013
Resizing Start Screen Tiles in Windows 8.1
With the upgrade to Windows 8.1 comes the ability to access two new tile sizes in addition to the wide and medium sizes that were available in Windows 8. The large and small sizes are respectively four times larger and smaller than the medium size tile allowing you to get more live tile real estate or …
Nov 10 2013
MyBells – A Smart Doorbell Solution
Edit 10/08/2014: I am withdrawing any sort of moral support for this project and specifically Aron Czigler and Kristina Odegova for the lack of communication to backers. I phoned Kristina (+7 926 086 9425 and k.odegova@mybells.net as found on Syracuse) on 14/07/2014 to discuss the way forward and she advised that MyBells are still waiting to …
Nov 09 2013
Checking Your Adobe Account for Recent Hacking
Adobe attracts regular attention regarding the security of its products most notably its Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash software. However, Adobe was caught out more recently for losing millions of customers information containing email addresses and passwords along with the password hints. The major problem that was uncovered after this came to light was the …
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