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Article | 11/05/2011
Windows 7 Home Premium vs. Windows 7 Professional
People often ask us which version of Windows they should purchase for their new PC build. Generally speaking Windows 7 Home Premium Edition has everyt...
Article | 27/04/2011
Save money and trees with green printing tools
Companies and organisations come in virtually countless shapes and sizes, but one thing that tends to unite them all is at least some reliance on prin...
Article | 16/03/2011
Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.
Article | 3/03/2011
Digitize your documents
The space required to store paper documents can be a problem. Digitizing your documents renders them exquisitely portable--you can store an entire lib...
Article | 27/01/2011
Switching to desktop Linux? 6 ways to ease the migration
With all the many compelling reasons for a company to switch to Linux on the desktop, it's no wonder that businesses large and small are increasingly ...
Article | 5/11/2010
Is your business compliant with open source licenses?
There are many ways that vendors of proprietary products try to scare business customers away from open source software, and one of the more commonly ...
Article | 21/09/2010
Windows 7: 10 Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are wonderful time-savers but many of us are either too accustomed to the mouse or too lazy to get beyond Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
Article | 28/08/2010
How to choose a desktop Linux distribution
With all the many reasons to use Linux today -- particularly in a business setting --it's often a relatively easy decision to give Windows the boot. W...
Article | 14/08/2010
How to use touch to control your Windows 7 PC
QUESTION: I want to use touch to control my Windows 7 Home Premium PC. Is it as simple as plugging in a touchscreen display? I'd also like to view a 3...
Article | 3/08/2010
Initialise your PC's microphone
QUESTION: My Windows 7 PC plays audio through headphones but is unable to pick up sound from them. I've got a Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi card and a Lo...
Article | 3/08/2010
Safely dual-boot Windows 7 and XP
QUESTION My PC dual-boots Windows XP 32bit and Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Every time I work in XP I lose all my restore points in Windows 7.
Article | 13/08/2010
How to get more from a quad-core PC
QUESTION: My Windows 7 Home Premium computer has a quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM. I've not found any advantage to using four cores. How can I use...
Article | 18/08/2010
Install Microsoft Fix it Center
QUESTION: I get an error message when trying to install Microsoft Fix It Center on my Windows XP Service Pack 3 PC. It reads: 'Detail: The remote name...
Article | 12/08/2010
Set up your printer to save ink and paper
Whatever else you may do with your PC, it's likely that you print out at very least the odd letter, document or photograph. Papers and inks can be exp...
Article | 21/07/2010
Laptop tips: Add RAM, recycle a hard drive
It's been almost a year since I served up some nice, hot laptop tips--and that's inexcusable. I'll make it up to you this week with some useful advice...
Article | 27/07/2010
Caring for your laptop
You're more likely to damage a laptop than a desktop PC (no one has ever driven off, forgetting the desktop on top of their car), and once damaged, la...
Article | 27/07/2010
Why Ubuntu Linux is a good business choice
Chances are good that if someone walked into your office right now and peeked over your shoulder, they would see a Windows operating system on your co...
Article | 21/07/2010
Creating a live USB drive from a live CD image
Although live CDs have a lot of advantages, they don't fit in your pocket easily, which means you may not always have one around when you need it. For...
Article | 30/06/2010
Install the latest Firefox 3.6.6 in Ubuntu Linux
Firefox 3.6.6 with crash protection is now available, and according to Mozilla it "provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when th...
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