Floods cause hard drive drought

Recent floods in Thailand have affected factories which produce hard drives and camera equipment.  Canon and Western Digital are major producers which have been named as having been hit by the floods. Supply is therefore going to be reduced, which in turn is causing the price to be increased.  We have already experienced this price [...]

By | 2011-11-02T11:28:55+00:00 November 2nd, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Blackberry and Apple Crumble?

I saw a great tweet yesterday by @mancdirectory ''if iPhones start messing up now...do we call it an Apple & Blackberry crumble?'' Blackberry certainly have had substantial issues over the last few days, and users, us included, have been subject to loss of services. Last night, Apple released an update to their mobile Operating System.  [...]

By | 2011-10-13T12:01:21+00:00 October 13th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

October Offers

This last week of unseasonably good weather has certainly been putting people in a better mood. In fact, it's put us in a generous mood and we've decided to have an 'October Offer' Bring your computer or laptop in to the shop for a repair during October and we'll give you a 10% discount of [...]

By | 2011-09-30T07:00:39+00:00 September 30th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Apps for Android Tablet PCs

Last week, we supplied and set up a new Samsung  Galaxy 10.1" Tablet, which uses the Android OS, for a customer. If you're looking for some Apps to install on your Android machines then PC Pro Magazine recently collated a list of what they consider to be the '26 Best Android Tablet Apps': reading the [...]

By | 2011-09-28T11:11:22+00:00 September 28th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Microsoft Cold Call Scam…

A few weeks ago, a friend received a phonecall from 'Microsoft'.  Her computer was downloading virus after virus, which they had spotted and were keen to help her save her computer from impending doom.  All she had to do was turn on her computer and they would remotely log on to sort this all out.  [...]

By | 2011-09-23T15:04:20+00:00 September 23rd, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Windows 8

There's a whole new look to the next version of the Windows Operating system. It certainly looks like it will appeal to touchscreen users. You can have a look at some of the new features here.

By | 2011-09-15T14:13:51+00:00 September 15th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The 48 best iPad apps

From beautiful books to educational gems and creative masterpieces, we run the rule over the best apps tailored to make the best use of the large, shiny screen on Apple's tablet. With some 100,000 apps available in Apple's store - some of them better suited to large tablet screens than others - separating the must-haves [...]

By | 2011-09-08T09:00:10+00:00 September 8th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba show off first Ultrabooks at IFA 2011

Ah, the Ultrabook! Intel’s made-up new market niche that combines the thin of the ‘thin and light’ group with the power of full size notebooks. Really, you could just keep calling them notebooks or laptops, but where’s the fun in that? Whatever you call them, the group represents a concerted effort by Windows laptop manufacturers [...]

By | 2011-09-06T13:05:24+00:00 September 6th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Saturday Staff Required

Do you know anyone who would be interested in joining our team? *Immediate Start *Some knowledge of computers would be an advantage *Would suit someone who would like to gain some experience in IT *Need to be reliable, smart and have good people skills *Hours: 9.30am - 4pm For more information either pop into the [...]

By | 2011-09-06T12:31:30+00:00 September 6th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments