Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Last month Graham wrote about it being the end of the line for Optical Drives (and Hard Disk Drives, but we're not talking about that today!). Browsing the Apple store this week for software I came across Apple's latest version of their operating system OS X Lion on a USB ...
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Which Smartphone is the best ... that is almost an impossible question to answer but we have our opinion just as many others ... and we have simplified who we think each phone particularly suits! If you agree / disagree then leave a comment!
Apple iPhone
Without a doubt it was Apple ...
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Google announced recently that it will no longer support a number of older browsers, more prominently Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7, Apple's Safari 3 and Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 and anything older than these versions.
What does this mean? If you are using one of these browsers then unless you update you will ...
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Feeling rather proud to be a Windows user and a bit nostalgic ... who wants to re-install DOS at this point?!
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Saturday, September 25th, 2010
We recently downloaded the Beta Version of the New Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). Whilst it's not the final version for release it gives us all a good idea of what to expect from the final release of the software. Here's a our views on the program and a little bit ...
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Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Here are some crucial pieces of information that every business should know about their IT systems...
Inventory - You should have an inventory of all your hardware and software. Your IT person is the best person to put this together and make sure you have this information. It should include all ...
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Are you finding that some emails from friends and family are sneaking into your Junk Mail/Spam folder? A whitelist is an approved list of email contacts. By adding your Outlook contacts to your AVG whitelist you're telling AVG that they are safe and should not be classified as Spam/Junk. This ...
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
In previous versions of Windows it could be a tedious task managing music, photos, documents and other files that are scattered in different directories on your hard drive. Today we're going to look at the new Libraries feature in Windows 7 that allows you to organize folders from multiple locations ...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Today is my final attempt to encourage all XP users to make the switch to Windows 7. My aim is to show that the differences between the two operating systems aren't mammoth or too confusing but are well worth the switch! In this final blog I will discuss Security and ...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Microsoft have released the new Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack for XP or Vista users (PC DVD). The package includes one single license which allows you to install it on 3 different PC's, providing they're running XP or Vista.
Here at Brandstar we've been extremely impressed with the ...
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