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Daily Mail e-Reader - brand?
Is anyone able to identify the brand of e-reader the Daily Mail are "giving away" as part of their Rewards promotion: mailrewardsclub.mailonline.co.uk/WeekendClub/products/331 The page claims an RRP of £89.99 which is pretty meaningless unless it is actually being sold for somewhere near that price and the thing is of a…
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What is the name of the input plug that would fit this unit?
Hi Folks, I bought this unit on ebay so as to be able to dirtribute sky by way of a magic eye kit from same sellar to a few rooms in my house. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390347637750?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 The problem that I have is that the normal push in coaxail aerial plug will not fit into…
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File recovery site recommended?
Could anyone please recommend any reputable and reliable sites for file recovery? I lost some pictures after a factory re-set. I know they are there as a couple have randomly popped back up in my 'pictures' file but I really want to get them all recovered and then I can get them backed up. TIA
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Macromedia (Adobe ??) help needed.
I've just got my laptop back after the hard disk was replaced. No problems apart from one thing. I use the following site : http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html to remove flash cookie's when switching between bookmaker sites ( I match bet ). However I can't load it on…
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Twitter and Facebook linking
I have a business page on Facebook and thought it would be great to create a twitter account and post. I do not have a personal profile. I have been through the tutorials on both sites numerous times, logged out, in, connected and disconnected the apps from each other, but try as I might, I cannot get the twitter posts to…
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Digitial Information - is it safe?
I am thinking of putting my CDs, journals etc on my laptop to save space. I already have my photos on the laptop, the only hard copies I have are the pre-digital ones. However, I am concerned about digital files not always being compatable with future software and programmes, therefore is it safer to keep hard copies?
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mobi file from laptop to kindle
First off apologies if this is a repeat question but ive searched the forum and cant seem to get my head round this. I got a loan;) of a disc that has a lot of books on it. Ran the disc and done as I was told ie: drag a title to the kindle folder on the laptop and had the kindle connected via usb. thats it done i thought…
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Samsung 46" 7000 Series Smart TV Dissapointing
Just thought I'd post my experience with this TV which I bought about 6 weeks ago. When I say it's disappointing, I do exaggerate. The overall package itself is brilliant – Picture fantastic; looks/style stunning; 3D watchable; connectivity great; and even the sound is acceptable. What is disappointing is the “Smart TV”…
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Blackberry vs Android
I am thinking of getting a smartphone possibly a BlackBerry® Curve™ 9300 3G which I can get for £7.99 pcm (12USD) with 100 minutes + 500 texts + 500MB Mobile Web • Unlimited BlackBerry® Messenger + Mail or Android HTC Salsa or HTC Wildfire S White? which is £16.5 pcm (20 USD) 50 mins 500MB 250 Texts As you can see the…
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Wi-Fi for desktop - possible??
Ok showing my complete naievty here - sorry!! I've been gifted a desktop computer and want to put this is my sons bedroom, however he has no telephone point in his room. He's going to need internet access so is it possible to buy 'something' that plugs into the desktop so he can get wi-fi internet access from my homehub…
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CD plays fine in car/not on laptop
Any ideas why a CD should sound perfect when played on my CD player, in car and via DVD player, but when I put it on my laptop to Itunes so I can put it on my Ipod it sounds terrible..all crackly as if the cd is scratched to death..but it isn't....why??
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Copied CD will play on some but not all
Copied a music CD from an original onto a blank disc - the computer burnt the disc ok and the copy plays fine in both the cd players in the cars and in a couple of cd units in the house but will not play on all the units - how could that be ???
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Using BT Hub Phone with DECT base station (also BT branded)
Hi folks, I was asked by someone who's leaving BT whether they can still use their BT Hub phone (the black one). They currently have two cordless DECT BT handsets & separate base station for use in the house but the third BT Hub phone was very useful. They are moving line rental and broadband to a new ISP so I was…
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PayHosts Compromised
Just had an email from payh saying all users need to change their passwords
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Increasing wifi range
Posting on behalf of parents: They have their router in the 'office' upstairs, as my father does alot of work there, and he has to connect via ethernet cable as work notebook is not wireless. My mother uses the home laptop, and will either use it in the office, or sometimes will use it in their kitchen. This is when…
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Ipad: 32GB + WiFi version or the 16GB + WiFi + 3G
Can anyone tell me what's the difference between a 32GB + WiFi ipad and a 16GB + WiFi + 3G one. I'm not technically minded at all. Can you also explain what is 3G?
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Broken apple lap top
Just wondering if anyone could recommend a repairer who does free / reasonable estimates? DD's lappy has died, OH has looked at it but can't find an obvious problem. Thanks :)
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graphics problem on sony all in one
Hi, I wonder if someone can help me with this. Our desktop has recently developed some problems with the screen, vertical lines / colorful patterns ect have appeared all over the screen. I called Sony support and he requested that I sent him some screenshots so that could see the lines, here is were it gets weird. So I…
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What is a NRW file?
I take photos with my Nokia X2 and some are saved as JPEG and some as NRW which I cannot open. What am I doing wrong?
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Help with new printer
Hi, yesterday I loaded the printer driver to my laptop using the wifi configuration and it worked fine. Today I loaded the printer driver to my desktop using the USB configuration as my desktop does not have wifi. This too worked fine. However, when I then checked to make sure that my laptop still works, I kept getting a…
