High speed transport or stay at home?

Never mind the high speed trains that keep causing controversy in the UK – what about the Hyperloop?  This is based on a tube with a magnetically suspended train inside, the pilot in Scandinavia claims that it can reach speeds of up to 1000 miles an hour – faster than...

Seeing is believing

As we get older most of us need to resort to either contact lenses or specs to correct our vision.  However, there are many people who have health issues that have a direct effect on their eyesight – often with the potential of losing their sight altogether.  By the...

Robots take to the streets

Watch out for cute little robot delivery vehicles around London soon.  They will be off on their mission to deliver fast food to customers across the capital – robots are the latest lifestyle change in everyday life. If you’re feeling a bit peckish as one rolls...

It’s not just Big Brother watching you

The rot is insidious – we are now used to seeing ads appearing in our Facebook feeds that relate to our recent purchases or websites we’ve visited; but most of us are getting ‘Ad blind’.  We ‘tune out’ those annoying banner ads on websites to the point that, if asked...

What Microsoft hasn’t told you

Most of the bugs in Windows 10 have been ironed out now – and we are recommending that our clients upgrade.  However, Microsoft have taken their nagging us to upgrade (you know that annoying little reminder box that pops up at regular intervals) to a new level.  If...

“Take me home …”

Driverless cars are definitely not just a possibility, but already exist in the UK.  UK were NOT one of the 72 countries who signed the Vienna Convention, which included a clause stating ‘every vehicle or combination of vehicles shall have a driver’.  Most of our...

The Apple Watch

I bought the latest Apple device in May (2015) so now I’ve had it strapped to my wrist for a few weeks I thought it was time to write a review. Now I’ve got used to it I’m finding it quite useful for checking the time; I didn’t used to wear a watch, I relied on my...

Are you on business broadband?

In the working world many people can work from almost anywhere, even people in large corporations are able to work from home when needed. Few households have at least one computer – most have multiple devices attached to their own home WiFi.  So that means working...

BitTorrent? Isn’t that illegal?

Many people associate BitTorrent with downloading pirated movies, but it’s not an illegal application, it’s a protocol that allows you to move large data files around. Yes, of course, some people use it for piracy, but it can be used for totally legal reasons too –...

Does your business need an intranet?

Big organisations talk about their intranet, but does a small organisation need one? Firstly, let’s be clear about what constitutes an intranet – in simple terms it’s simply a shared network – sometimes called a VPN – Virtual Private Network.  Typically, this means...