We have all been prey to spammers, those people that send you unwanted junk e-mail messages trying to sell you things. They range from offers of medicine, to medical procedures, to scams that are designed to get your bank account details. Spam filters are usually pretty good at filtering out the crud, but it still […]
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Reduce the cost of your next computer purchase
Let’s be frank about this, computers are an essential part of our lives. We cannot live without them. Whether it is at home or at work, they are an integral part of daily life. Reducing the total cost of ownership has always been a critical part of the decision making process when buying a new […]
Full Steam ahead!
For a long time Linux has been the purview of tech savy people, who some might call geeks or nerds. The days of command line only interfaces have long since passed, but the stigma still remains and indeed there are many who still prefer the command line to a fully fledged GUI. There are several […]
Platform independence is the future
In ages past if you created a carefully crafted document on a computer, the chances were that only someone with the same computer and the same software as you would be able to read it. The story has not been that much different for many years. While software companies have adopted other file formats, it […]
Cutting down the cost of your computer system
Times are hard, but there are things you can do to make buying or building a new computer a little bit cheaper. There are two things to consider. 1) The cost of the hardware. 2) The cost of the software. Now, the cost of the hardware cannot be avoided. If you are careful, you can […]