Andrew Wright, our newest Franchisee who covers the Denbighshire and North Wales region has recently completed the North Wales Bike Ride, helping raise money for the British Heart Foundation. On Sunday 13 May 2012 Andrew and his wife Michelle cycled 30 miles in 3 hours and 45 minutes and raised £200 for the charity. The sun was out and…
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Many of us love to pop onto Facebook and Twitter to tell our friends and family little snippets of our lives. But (there is always a but) how well do you protect yourself from online criminals and fraudsters? Here is some advice on how to stay secure whilst tweeting and poking! Privacy tools This is…
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For all you concerned parents out there with children under 12 years of age, it has been reported that the age ratings on computer games is to be simplified and will now be rated by the Video Standards Council (VSC) in line with European guidelines rather than the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). What…
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It may sound like an obvious one, you probably have to do it at work on a regular basis, but how often do you change you personal login details? Here are a few tips to think about and also to guide you: Firstly, try to get into the habit of changing you passwords on a regular basis – Monthly would be ideal. Make sure this…
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On 9th July as many as 20,000 unsuspecting computer users in the UK could suffer an Internet blackout. This potential problem has been highlighted by the FBI in the USA who, up until the 9th July have been protecting infecting users from a worldwide advertising scam. However, due to the enormous costs of this protection,…
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The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office purchased devices from auction sites such as eBay and computer fairs and out of the 200 hard drives collected 11% contained personal information. The watchdog also stated that at least 2 of the hard drives had enough information on them to enable someone to steal the former owners’ identity. For its investigation,…
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Introducing Google Drive - a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint project, planning a wedding or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google…
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The Lava International XOLO X900 will be the first smartphone powered by an Intel Atom processor and goes on sale April 23rd 2012 for 22,000 rupees (£265). The XOLO X900 features a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2460 low power processors with support for 1080p HD video recording and playback. The phone runs Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread at launch, but…
Read MoreDid you know that ripping your CD’s to a MP3 player is currently against the law in the UK? That’s what Hargreaves review is trying to sort. “The Hargreaves Report was requested by David Cameron amid concerns that current legislation was outdated in the internet age.” BBC New Website – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13429217 Also this report allows…
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Orange and Barclaycard have just announced a joint venture whereby you can use your Orange phone to purchase items up to a maximum of £15 per transaction just by waving your phone over a special device at the till. However, there is only 1 phone you can use at the moment and that has only…
Read MoreYou expect the latest laptops, phones and a few desktop PCs to have Wi-Fi, but manufacturers are starting to make more and more devices with Wi-Fi built-in to make our lives easier. Things like printers and scanners being Wi-Fi make it easier to all use the same printer on different PCs or Apple Macs. HP…
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Sussex-based Bruce Meredeen, 50, launched his PC PAL franchise in October 2010 following a career in HR.
Read MoreHaving used Apple Macs for over 16 years, today was the first time I have ever seen a Mac infected with malware!
Read MoreAn illustrated repair guide on popular Tech site Toms hardware has appeared giving people help on repairing their computer. As we are your friendly PC PAL Engineers we thought we would share this guide with you… see the link below: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/the-oatmeal-how-to-fix-computer,12618.html Did any of your find that helpful… NO… I didn’t think you would so…
Read MoreLOL (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The term LOL has been used for more than 20 years as a geek-speak term and has since gone mainstream. Now I come to think of it I have a couple of mates who speak the word in replacement of laughing…. I for…
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This year at The Gadget Show Live there were a lot of companies showing off their latest 3D products, almost all of which required you to wear glasses; only the Nintendo 3DS didn’t. Wouldn’t have minded seeing some 3D TVs that dont need you to wear rechargable glasses. The other area that seemed to get…
Read MorePacket loss occurs when one or more packets of data (a web page, an email…) travelling across a computer network (the Internet, home network…) fail to reach their destination. Most online gamers will have come across this at sometime, high pings and packet losses tend to show up more in online games. There can be…
Read MoreThings have come a long way in 30 years since the first commercially successful portable computer the Osborne 1. The Osborne 1 weighed 10.7 kg (23.5 pounds) with 2 5.25" floppy drives, a 5" display, a 4MHz Z80 CPU and 64KB RAM all for roughly $1,800 (£1108) when new. Other notable portable/laptop/notebook computers since the…
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