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Techie Stuff
Archives for August 2011
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Broadband in Spain.
I am holidaying in Spain soon and am taking my netbook with me to keep the kid entertained during the flight etc and was wondering if there is any recomended ways of connecting to the internet while I am there? I currently have an O2 dongle and sim which I use while on the move in the Uk but my understanding is that by…
Is this laptop any good for me?
Helle to all you clever techie people. I just have a quick question re: getting a new laptop and hope you guys can help. I currently have an Acer Aspire 5357z (or something like that I can't remember off the top of my head). Anyway have had it for a few years and it's starting to get a bit 'clunky' and slow. I know it…
easiest way to share movies between PC's
My kids now have a working PC in their bedroom running Windows Vista. Although this is primarily for my eldest daughter to do her homework on They would like to use it at night to watch films before bed. I have many kids films on my PC (Running Windows 7) that they can watch, and would like to stream it to theirs via a…
Laptop got dropped by my 7 year old... help
My daughter driopped my Acer 5732Z lap top off a chair and onto a hard floor whilst it was still powered up. now it wont boot up. I am fairly certain that it is my hard drive so i have purchased another one and I am waiting for delivery. However, i do not have a reboot disc for my laptop. My son has a Toshiba laptop…
Laptop Battery - Charge and discharge or keep plugged in?
For most of the time I use my laptop as if it were a desktop. Is it best to fully charge it, disconnect the power supply and recharge when the battery only has a few minutes left? Or would it make no difference if I just left the charger plugged in?
Affordable DSLR camera
Hi all! I would like to get Mr C a camera for his 30th birthday.... what I know about these things can be written on a postage stamp so all help will be greatly recieved.... It will mainly be used for holiday, family and the odd landscape etc when he is out shooting.... I am on a budget (ideally dont want to spend more…
Pages keep changing
Can anybody help me please. Since Friday I type for example, Ebay into my google search engine and it diverts me to another website. I've tried through firefox and internet explorer. Later on in the day, it seems to work ok. It has been doing this Saturday, Sunday and up to now this morning. I have Malware byters installed…
Which battery for this camera?
Hi, I have a Casio Exilim camera (CS-NP-20) which has a small rechargable battery in it. I ordered one off Ebay ages ago and has worked up until now and i am not sure it is the charger or the battery that is not working (may even be the camera!)..i need to buy another battery to check, the one i have is a 1050mAh but…
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