Category Archives: Computers and Internet

So a while ago, as I opened my XPS M1730 to install the HSPA WWAN card, I discovered a second PCI-express slot there. Odd; there wasn’t any mention of a second slot in the manual – what was going on? … Continue reading →

Taken verbatim from Huffington Post; I’m right in the middle of my exams with a paper tomorrow so I can’t really weigh in on this right now. But I’ll get back to it. The full scoop: SEATTLE — Apple has … Continue reading →

Incase you are still scratching your head, SDXC cards are the same size as SD cards, but come (o rather will come) in capacities up to 2 terabytes. Feel bad about buying that 2GB SD card now? good. Me too. … Continue reading →

This time last year my Company CEO and I were talking about my trip to Vegas for [this year’s] CES. of course that conversation now seems to have taken place a lifetime ago, given everything that has happened since… Anyway … Continue reading →

Well I finally succumbed and now have one of these bad boys on order! If everything goes well it should arrive before Christmas (Dec 22nd, by Apple’s estimate). It didn’t come cheap, but with the AppleCare which I got as … Continue reading →

Loathe as I am to play advocate for Microsoft, you’ve gotta admit the Redmond giant – every now and then — does something to really impress… something that makes you re-consider the whole “i think it’s time I move over … Continue reading →

Having used it for a couple days now, I’m convinced that nothing else is as feature-packed as Safari 4. I saw the “cover-flow” feature [truth be told, that actually was what sold it to me] over at engadget and I … Continue reading →

Via [tomsguide] I’ve suffered the instability of Creative’s Vista “Drivers” [in truth I  feel they’ve simply leveraged – heavily so -- the underlying Vista API, of course that’s just specious talk from me but I do have my reasons…] and … Continue reading →

So I bought a HP Docking Station a few days ago, and only yesterday got the smart adapter that meant it could actually work with my notebook. Now the main reason I got the docking station was so I could … Continue reading →

Phew! Just resisted the urge and let this one go on eBay. Still, it sold for £210!? Crazy… I swear these things were going for like £600 as recently as 12 months ago, and I can only attribute the plunge … Continue reading →