When your hard drive crashes you’re at risk of losing a lot of data, so learning why hard drives crash is vital for preventing this and recovery of data. Hard drives, like almost any product containing electrical or mechanical devices, are prone to failure. And...
The Windows 10 upgrade is now available, but it’s proving to have a few downsides. Here are some tips to getting round these Windows 10 upgrade problems. There are a number of particularly annoying side effects of the upgrade that users may not even be aware of....
It’s always frustrating when you’ve got an urgent message to send, but Outlook won’t send email. Here are some basic fixes to common problems sending email. You see, there’s a number of steps and processes you can go through to get that email hightailing its way to...
The Intel Compute Stick has been released which fits into the palm of your hand and promises to turn your TV into a fully working PC. Is it right for you? What Intel has aimed to create with the Compute Stick is an HDMI stick which allows you to run your TV (or...
Many people thought Adobe’s Flash would be playing online videos forever. However, it’s now been blocked in the Firefox browser, so is it coming to an end? Yes, Mozilla – the makers of the popular internet browser Firefox – have announced that as of the latest update...
Comcast’s new 2gbps (gigabits per second) broadband service – Gigabit Pro – is here and they hope it can challenge Google Fiber. Can Comcast compete? Google Fiber currently offers a 1 GBPS broadband service and that’s currently seen as eye poppingly quick and without...
Browsing the web with Internet Explorer can be a risk, so it’s no surprise that it lags behind. Microsoft is hoping to catch up with its new browser Edge. Many years ago Internet Explorer was the go to choice for web browsing, but in the last 10 years more innovative...
Solid state drives are non-mechanical storage devices which reduce load times and replace hard drives. Are solid state drives worth it for a small business? What is an SSD? Traditionally, the hard drive of a computer has always been a hard disk drive (HDD) made up of...
PC peripherals such as mice and keyboards are vital for any office, but firms rarely spend much on them. Spending a little more can increase productivity. If you take a look in the gaming section of any PC store you’re likely to find two things: Teenagers An array of...
Wouldn’t it be great if you could block Flash ads which drain your PC's resources? New features in Google Chrome disable flash ads automatically. The Problem with Flash Ads There is nothing more irritating than loading up a webpage and beginning to devour the content...