Aug 17 2012
In my haste to upgrade to Windows 8 I forgot to test my USB installation drive and it wasn’t until it was too late that I had already wiped my SSD (and Windows 7) leaving the Windows 8 ISO stranded on the hard drive. It seems that my motherboard just doesn’t want to boot off …
Aug 16 2012
Another quick update. For those of us lucky to be MSDN or TechNet subscribers the wait is finally over. Windows 8 is here and ready to take on the world. I’ll be using this as the operating system on my desktop computer to get a good feel for it after trialling it on my laptop …
Aug 15 2012
Just a quick update for today. With the impending release of Windows 8 it’s a good time to remind people that upgrades (be it hardware or software) aren’t always seamless or painless. Whilst there isn’t an expected problem with people upgrading to Windows 8 from Windows 7 or even Windows Vista you should always prepare …
Aug 14 2012
Here’s a quick tip if you upload videos to YouTube regularly or every now and then. It can be frustrating when you are uploading your video and it gets hopelessly stuck for whatever reason, particularly if it is a large video given that you can upload up to 20GB (provided your account is enabled for …
Aug 13 2012
Here’s a tip for those of you out there with solid state drives in your computers. If you’re looking to reinstall Windows at some stage (particularly with Windows 8 nearing its release) then you might want to consider a little bit of spring cleaning before starting afresh. Now, you might think that by formatting a …
Aug 12 2012
A few days ago I shared my lament of the partial death of my Logitech G9x mouse and my selection of the Logitech G700 Wireless Gaming Mouse as its successor. As usual, I have managed to do an unboxing video and merged it with a preview of the mouse itself at the same time. The major differences between the …
Aug 11 2012
Here’s a quick tip for people out there looking to buy a solid state drive for their computer. Generally, people have gotten used to the concept of cloning a smaller hard drive to a larger one when capacity has become an issue and naturally this would be seen as an option to migrate from a …
Aug 10 2012
Time to share another article of mine on the Panasonic Australia blog. As is customary, I’ve updated the Insider Guru Blogs page with my fourth article for the Panasonic Australia blog – it been a little while between drinks but needless to say things have been rather busy! On this occasion, I have focussed on Blu-ray recorders and …
Aug 09 2012
For a while, I have been putting up with the broken mouse buttons on my faithful Logitech G9x which gave up the ghost after several years of service. I was a bit disappointed as the G9x is a great mouse with the ability to customise the weight of the device but I didn’t fancy the …
Aug 08 2012
Prior to obtaining the Samsung Galaxy S III I was looking forward to the Smart Stay function so that I wouldn’t have to keep tapping the screen to keep it awake. However, I don’t always have the phone right in front of my face for Smart Stay to detect whether or not I am looking …
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