Monday, July 20th, 2009
No, we love it. But be aware that Windows 7 is just around the corner, if you can hold out until the end of the year it might be worth it. Otherwise, buy a machine that is capable of running Windows 7!
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
So a few weeks ago, I (Graham) went to London to visit Microsoft and listen to what they had to say about Windows 7 and I was impressed I have to say. Yes I was a fan already and contemplating putting it on my normal work laptop but hadn't quite ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Happy New Year to Everyone from Brandstar Uk!!
Well 2008 is just about underway, some of us still recovering from all the festivities I am sure, and undoubtedly the diets will begin shortly :)
I thought I would write a post with what to expect from Brandstar in 2008, some new and ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
PC Toolbox has undergone a significant site change and like Brandstar.co.uk it is now powered by WordPress. Quoting from Pc Toolbox
"The aim of the site is to offer some techie blogs that are hopefully aimed at non-techies. Written for all to understand, highlighting the key information about the subject without ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
While on site working on client machines I will often use a number of shortcuts to speed up the job and with clients peering over my shoulder I get a common remark "Wow, how did you do that?". So I thought I would share my most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.
Windows
WinKey ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
I came across a nice little tool today by Google Labs which allows anyone to look at the different search trends entered into Googles Internet Search Engine. You can enter a number of different search terms and and compare the search trend history. It is quite interesting to look at ...
Posted in General, Internet, Technical | 1 Comment »
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
During my review of my Dell Vostro machine I started to head into a Windows Vista rant! So I thought instead I would have a dedicated thread in which to rant about it! Although unlike many people ranting about the terribleness of Vista I am actually very impressed with the ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
The "new" version of Outlook Express in Microsoft's latest operating systems Windows Vista renamed Windows Mail is a fantastic development from Outlook Express. However we have had a few clients coming to us with a problem and so I thought it only fair to share the solution.
Firstly the problem:
You ...
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