Category Archives: Computing

Perhaps not surprisingly the Digital Economy Bill was passed by the House of Lords yesterday. Unless the public are galvanised into action this could be hurried through and passed as law by Parliament before the next election. Users that are … Continue reading →

For those of us who have an Intel® Solid State Drive (SDD) there is a toolbox available here.  Despite its previous failings as documented at PC Perspective, the current version 1.2 is stable and supports all Operating Systems. Before using … Continue reading →

Good news arrived this morning, as I discovered that I was awarded the Certificate in Information Technology and Computing.  This is only the first step towards my ultimate goal of a degree with The Open University (see Links section). As … Continue reading →

Updated to the latest version of WordPress today and happy to say it went without a hitch.    It should go without saying but backup your database, download your current installation files/folders and deactivate your plugins before you attempt to … Continue reading →

I tried to postpone this post until tomorrow but caught up in Win7 fever, I relented and posted it this evening. Along with thousands of others, I changed from Win7 RC to the retail version today.  It went without a … Continue reading →

All you bloggers out there that use WordPress MU and BuddyPress to create a social networking ‘site, version 1.1 of BuddyPress is available. If you use bbPress to create forums, it is now soooo much easier.  Thanks to Andy Peatling … Continue reading →

Despite my Xbox 360 woes, there was a little sunshine on the horizon.  I received my Intel X25-M 80GB Solid State Hard Drive (G2) and what a difference to my machine.  My new PCMark score with this beauty is 12964.  … Continue reading →

In an effort to beat my last PCMark Vantage score, I applied two changes to my setup.  Firstly, I downloaded the latest Windows 7 driver from nvidia which is version 190.62. Then I switched off the Windows Search service (pesky … Continue reading →

I thought I’d try some benchmarking using Futuremark’s PCMark Vantage.  This is a suite defined for users of Vista but it also works on Windows 7 RC.  Results can be seen in the image below Although certainly not the fastest … Continue reading →

Not long after the announcement of the  Intel® Core™ i7 Processor, I opened an account with the local credit union.  This is because if my hard won shekels were in a separate account at my local branch of the Co-op, … Continue reading →