Final Part of London 2012 Digital Switchover

Crystal Palace transmitter. Thanks to Ben Sutherland @flickr

It’s very nearly time for the London area to have its analogue service switched off. 18th April 2012 will be the final phase of the Switchover for London. Analogue signals will be turned off by engineers between 12:01am and 6am in the morning.

You can read about the first part of the switchover here and what it means. More is below for the second phase: read more

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How to minimise Skype to the Windows 7 notification area

Skype options keep in taskbar

in has an annoying habit of taking-up space in the taskbar when the user is signed in. Here is how to minimise it to the system tray area and stop it from taking-up valuable taskbar space. read more

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The Digital TV Switch Over in London Starts Wednesday

Crystal Palace Transmitter

The switchover for the whole of the UK is nearing completion this year and Londoners are next to have the analogue signal switched off.

This will happen Wednesday 4th April 2012. users will need to retune their TVs or set-top boxes or they will lose BBC One, Two, Three and the BBC News Channel.

The switching off of the analogue signal isn’t just for London, but also parts of the Home Counties as well. read more

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HD video in Skype is here

Skpye-hd-video

has finally unveiled version 5.8 which allows users to have full video calls (providing they have an camera). read more

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What is cloud computing?

Ketwords of clound computing (Image by Daniel Iversen @ Flickr)

It is basically the idea that you store your data (securely) rather than on a single computer. This makes it accessible anytime and from anywhere. So you literally put your data’ up in the clouds’. read more

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How secure is online banking?

Typical online banking login screen

I get asked ‘is banking safe?’ at least once a month. The fact is a majority of banks have made important steps in recent years to making banking a much safer and secure experience.

Banks now have various methods for users to login to their accounts, and it’s normally done in two parts: the first being a username and password, and the second being an account number, PIN, or question. read more

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Hello 2012!

Photo by Creativity103 @ Flickr

Goodness! It’s the fourth week of 2012 already and I haven’t said a word on here.

Things have kicked off to a good start, with plenty to do and welcoming in some new clients which I am looking forward to working with. read more

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Last call for service!

Image courtesy of Jes'ca090 @ Flickr

Dear client,

It’s fast approaching Christmas and 2012!

I am out of the office from Friday 16th December. Normal service starts again on Friday 6th January. read more

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Setup Hotmail on iPhone or iPad (pre-iOS5)

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Since the arrival of iOS5 many iPad and iPhone users have been dumbfounded as to how to retrieve their hotmail emails. The setup was far to complicated for the average user.

But for those with older models that cannot take the likes iOS5 fear not! read more

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Back on form!

Flu Virus

Last week I was hit by flu which is going around at the moment.

Happy to say back to work this week. This week is going to be rather frantic as it’s a sandwich of last week which I wasn’t around for and what was already booked in for this week. read more

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