Archive for the 'Computers' Category

Easier Ways to Surf

12/04/2008

A friend of mine has an iPod Touch, not so much to listen to music, but so he can check his mail and surf the web quickly and easily sat on his sofa. He’s been finding it great for those times when you want to quickly look something up or check your email without [...]

The Move to Vista

12/01/2008

I meant to write this when Leopard was released, especially in light of the fact that Apple users were, for the first time it seems, experiencing beta software with the launch of Leopard. Welcome to Windows World. I whinged about how bad I found Tiger in a previous post so it’s probably not [...]

PC Noise Ratings

29/09/2007

PC manufacturers give a lot of info about their PCs; weight, height, how many frames the graphics cards can do, how many watts the PSU kicks out, how many fans there are, how big they are and how fast the turn. Do you know the one thing they all leave out is? The [...]

Rest Easy OCD

23/09/2007

I’ve mentioned before my slight OCD tendencies. Turns out a number of my workmates are likewise afflicted (a lot more people than you realise, it might be just because we’re getting older and like things a certain way, scarily I have noticed I’m getting set in my ways and I haven’t hit 30 yet!). [...]

Drowning in Email Addresses

17/09/2007

I have a lot of different email addresses. In Thunderbird I have 23 separate accounts listed. Most aren’t used, many now forward into other accounts and I’m slowly bringing them together, although I still have the issue of a work account too. This means people often get confused when mailing me.
Many of [...]

Back on Mac

11/09/2007

As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m back on a Mac. I’d been thinking about a new PC for a while, thinking I would get a cracking laptop, but as I prefer using my computer at my desk with a full-size keyboard and mouse, not to mention two monitors, and I was thinking [...]

Microsoft Launches Surface

30/05/2007

Yesterday Microsoft announced a new product, called Surface, it’s basically a computer in a coffee table, with a multi-touch screen.
Designed to do away with the need for a traditional mouse and keyboard, users can instead use their fingers to operate the computer.
It’s a bit like the desk used by one of the characters in the [...]

Wii-Watchers

24/02/2007

Good news for all you gaming fans, especially you Wii fans, it looks like playing active games can help you burn calories and lose weight. It’s not exactly a surprise, any activity is good, but it’s nice to see some good news for gaming for a change.

Apple West Quay

6/02/2007

It’s long been announced Apple will be opening a new store in the West Quay shopping complex in Southampton. I live just outside Southampton and, although I no longer own my Mac Mini (though I have thought of buying another one), I do now have an iPod, and I’m quiet excited about it. [...]

Spying on Card Criminals

30/01/2007

I quite enjoy reading books on catching hackers, not that I’m particularly keen on the law making good, mainly it’s because they’re one-on-one matches with technically competent players and tons of inept coppers who barely know how to switch a PC on (and, let’s face it, it’s rare a hacker writes about his exploits from [...]