Category: Daily Tech

Computing related ideas and musings from the latest technologies to health implications for the IT addict.

Bit Rot!

Does Bit Rot exist? Well folks, after several horrendous issues with digital image corruption, I have to say, yes it does! And it’s really painful too.

Amazing New NAS!

Yep, networked attached storage (NAS) sure is riding the cusp of the wave right now, with more and more folk jumping on the bandwagon. But…£400 barely buys you something to house 4 hard disks. Want to know how to do this on the cheap?

What Intel and AMD don’t want you to know!

Basically, CPU power is now way beyond what most people require – if your machine is too slow, you probably have one or more of the following issues: ~ A virus/spyware/malware infection ~ Too much loading at startup ~ A hard disk, instead of a solid state hard disk

Photographers Beware!

Yes folks, I simply can’t believe it, but still I read comment after comment, on blogs and photography sites – by journalists and photographers alike – that they have ‘protection’ for their online work. Well, I beg to differ: Your online photos are being stolen! No matter what service you use or what precautions you […]

How To Backup Your Computer

Another day another backup! There is so much mystery, confusion and downright misinformation regarding home computer backups, I felt the need to write an overview of how to do it properly. It has been said that the world is divided into two groups – those that backup and those that will.

Sony Vaio Blues

Anyone tried to backup a laptop lately? Now the proud owner of a new, state of the art laptop, I tried imaging it…dear God, it can’t be this hard, can it?