by Adam | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
Your Mum probably said this about all kinds of things when you were a kid, but it’s not a bad rule to live by. Now we’re all linked to the rest of the world online there’s an issue of security that affects every one of us, the minute you enter the world of the...
by Adam | Aug 28, 2016 | Blog
In 1866 the first successful telegraph cable was laid across the Atlantic from the UK to Newfoundland in North America. That means it’s now 150 years old. This wasn’t the first attempt at laying a cable across the Atlantic, the first three attempts were abandoned as...
by Adam | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Software
Nearly every day at the moment we get clients whose computers are not behaving themselves and, when we check out the problem, it’s often solved by simply removing an application called QuickTime. Originally QuickTime was developed by Apple as a video streaming...
by Adam | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog
If you’re holding an event that usually involves lots of people – and, although most people are used to using their phone signal to get online, it may depend on how good the signal is in the area where your event is taking place – it can mean little or no...
by Adam | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog
There’s a lot of discussion about Superfast broadband, but what does that really mean? There are two speeds to think about – upload speed and download speed. Upload speed is normally only about 20% of the download speed, but unsurprisingly, broadband suppliers...
by Adam | Jul 18, 2016 | New technology
Never mind the high speed trains that keep causing controversy in the UK – what about the Hyperloop? This is based on a tube with a magnetically suspended train inside, the pilot in Scandinavia claims that it can reach speeds of up to 1000 miles an hour – faster than...
by Adam | Jul 8, 2016 | New technology
As we get older most of us need to resort to either contact lenses or specs to correct our vision. However, there are many people who have health issues that have a direct effect on their eyesight – often with the potential of losing their sight altogether. By the...
by Adam | Jun 28, 2016 | New technology
Watch out for cute little robot delivery vehicles around London soon. They will be off on their mission to deliver fast food to customers across the capital – robots are the latest lifestyle change in everyday life. If you’re feeling a bit peckish as one rolls...
by Adam | Jun 18, 2016 | Blog
The rot is insidious – we are now used to seeing ads appearing in our Facebook feeds that relate to our recent purchases or websites we’ve visited; but most of us are getting ‘Ad blind’. We ‘tune out’ those annoying banner ads on websites to the point that, if asked...
by Adam | Jun 2, 2016 | Blog
Most of the bugs in Windows 10 have been ironed out now – and we are recommending that our clients upgrade. However, Microsoft have taken their nagging us to upgrade (you know that annoying little reminder box that pops up at regular intervals) to a new level. If...
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