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[Hands On] A month with Energenie ChargeGenie 50

Mike Hudson — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:01 +0000

For as long as I can remember, I (much like many others) have suffered at the hands of a dead battery in my tech. More so now since smartphones have been such a large part of my life. I’m no way going to blame manufacturers for the capacity or drain of device batteries… I’m a [...]

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Fix: Constant credential prompts in Outlook ’07 using 365

Mike Hudson — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:39:56 +0000

Today I have mostly been fighting with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and our Office 365 setup, as we are still in the early stages of deployment we have not yet implemented our ADFS servers. Which means we have are experiencing some pretty frustrating issues with Office and authentication. One machine in particular decided to really [...]

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Designer Baby Tech – The Crazy World Of The Buggy Bike

GuestBlogger — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:15:48 +0000

Just when you thought that the word of mother and baby was happily geek and gadget free, along comes the transforming buggy. Or is it a bike? Well, in a mere twenty seconds of transforming time, it is both. Whether you want to win the war on baby one-up-man-ship at a mother and baby group [...]

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If You Happen To Be Lacking In Green Fingers Department Don't Let It Worry You There's An App For That!

GuestBlogger — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:53:36 +0000

Technology has definitely helped many of us over the last decade, but the realms of mobile technology remain vast and somewhat unexplored. There’s just about an app for every conceivable business or pleasure requirement, but many of the latest additions are a definite must have for those of you who wish to produce the dream [...]

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The Best Weather Apps For The IPad

GuestBlogger — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:47:37 +0000

After one of the longest cold snaps we have experienced in quite a while it seems to be getting increasingly difficult to guess what the British weather will do next. With the weather starting to warm up and the usual mix of showers and sunshine on the horizon, staying up to date with weather conditions [...]

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The All-New USB

GuestBlogger — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:36:05 +0000

The All-New USB Whatever your sector, storing digital information is an essential aspect of any day-to-day business life; whether saving client details, producing supplier databases or securing contracts. If you deal with sensitive data at work, ensuring that confidential information is well looked after can be stressful – after all, you’d be to blame should [...]

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Obtain domain ‘whois’ information using nothing but OS X Terminal

Mike Hudson — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:18:35 +0000

Did you know that you can obtain domain whois information for any web domain using nothing but OS X Terminal? For years I’ve used many web services including (and probably my favourite) CentralOps, however, sometimes its handy to be able to do things without leaving the comfort of your current terminal session! So.. To get [...]

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4 Must-Have Gadgets For Espresso Aficionados

GuestBlogger — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:22:35 +0000

A good cup espresso is the Holy Grail for any coffee aficionado. When you are craving a caffeine fix, nothing satisfies better than a fine espresso. If you love a good cuppa, here are 4 gadgets that need to be a part of your life. Bartza Virtuoso Grinder Every coffee aficionado knows that to brew [...]

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Survival Of The Smartest StethoCloud Is The New Era’s Adage

GuestBlogger — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:13:41 +0000

The Smartphone is turning to be really smart. And why not, for it boasts of a computing power more than the Apollo 11. It is your mail office, playmate, buddy, movie camera and what not. With the frequency of its increasing virtues rivaling Cleopatra’s lovers, it has added one more feather to its crown. It [...]

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Gadget Show Live 2013 – Live Blog

Mike Hudson — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:40:30 +0000

Hello! Welcome to my (first ever) live feed from this weekends events over at the NEC in Birmingham. I’ll be posting pictures and comments from this years Gadget Show Live 2013!

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Search file contents in OS X

Mike Hudson — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:06:54 +0000

One of the powerful features of OS X built in spotlight is it’s ability to search the contents of files for your search string.. However, for reasons yet unknown, I have found this functionality to sometimes be a little hit and miss.. Which is where Terminal comes in.. Using a single line terminal command OS [...]

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How I built an Ms Lync ‘Bot’ formally known as D.A.V.E.

Mike Hudson — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:37:13 +0000

Microsoft Lync is Microsoft’s latest offering of a unified communications system. Sporting features you’d expect to find in a SIP/Unified Comms client, Lync is a pretty powerful piece of kit. What’s more, Microsoft offer an SDK to enable easy development of tools and add-ons using Lync technologies. Most of the tutorials and blog posts seem [...]

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Do you know how much it is costing to power your home?

GuestBlogger — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:37:04 +0000

Do you know that your gadgets and kitchen appliances are actually costing to run? If you actually take a step back and realise the cost of running your favourite console, your TV’s and stereos you may think twice about taking them off standby. We all know that we should be keeping an eye on our [...]

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5 Raspberry Pi Projects to Automate Your Greenhouse or Gardens

GuestBlogger — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:30:51 +0000

Automating a greenhouse or a garden can be one of the more interesting and practical projects to get stuck in to at home. Our favorite projects that you can carry out on regular basis to automate a greenhouse are garden are discussed below. They are all driven with by Raspberry Pi mini-computers and integrated with [...]

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The Best Security Applications For Cell Phones

Mike Hudson — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:25:00 +0000

Looking for a great security app for your cell phone but don’t know where to start? There are hundreds of different apps that you can use to keep your data safe, use for parental control software or even use to keep your employees online. Security apps have thousands of applications so you can definitely find [...]

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10 Social Issues Computers Have Solved

GuestBlogger — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:15:19 +0000

1. Dating There was a time when a lonely person would be required to place a small ad in a newspaper and wait for a letter or response to arrive through the letterbox. Alternatively, singletons could fill in a form and wait for an agency to respond with suggestions. Nowadays, any single person, whether male [...]

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How to Choose a Reliable Document Scanner for Your Business

GuestBlogger — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:06:16 +0000

A document scanner can be a essential tool for your business. If you’re the type that wants less paper to deal with, you can quickly scan all those business cards and receipts into your computer. But, which document scanner is right for you. The following will help you choose a reliable document scanner for your [...]

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Will the Next iPhone Be the Best Yet?

GuestBlogger — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:18:40 +0000

Will the Next iPhone Be the Best Yet? The iPhone is a world beater. Even its harshest detractors, the kind of people who would never buy an iPhone for reasons of brand loyalty (or simply out of a dislike of Apple) cannot deny the style and ease of use which have become the device’s hallmark. [...]

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The Biggest Developments in Personal Computers in the Last Decade

GuestBlogger — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:58:45 +0000

From what computers are capable of to what we use them for, there have been a huge number of developments in computing technology in the last ten years. In 2002 people had hard drive space measured in megabytes, today; many standard home computers have several terabytes of storage space. Increased Portability There has also been [...]

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5 Cool Printing Apps You Can Use With Your iPad

GuestBlogger — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:23:31 +0000

The number of people who use an iPad these days is quite staggering. It’s definitely doing its best to take over the computing industry. The reason they are so popular is because most people just want to consume information. If they do want to create something it can still be done on an iPad, but [...]

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