Podcasting
Another common 21st century buzzword is 'podcast' which is a curious portmanteau of the words iPod and Broadcast; the iPod being, of course, a popular portable MP3 player developed by Apple. The term is used to describe a technology that allows a user to...
Facebook vs MySpace
I´ve been putting it off and off but this month, with my willpower in tatters, I bit the bullet and signed up for a Facebook account. Since I wrote an article about MySpace last year people have been telling me to give Facebook a...
Computing Myths #2
Last week I started a list of my most hated computing myths and began setting the record straight. Unfortunately there were simply too many of them to fit into a 600 word article so we're back again this week to hopefully complete the...
Benchmarking
Whilst it is usually possible to get a rough idea of how well a computer will operate by simply looking at the system specification sheet, this doesn't always give a true reflection of the machines performance. For that reason, those that want to get...
USB Flash Drives
A good few years ago now, I wrote the first Click article to focus on USB Flash Drives and in it I rather optimistically sounded the death knell of the floppy disc which at the time was still very popular. Of course, I also...
PC or Mac?
The great thing about computer geeks has to be the passionate way that they can either loyally defend or implacably slate a particular system; fanatics are polarised so much by two competing platforms that only very rarely can some kind of sensible middle ground ever...
Keyboard Shortcuts
For years I have been perplexed by the people that use their mouse for absolutely everything when are a number of perfectly good keyboard shortcuts that will do the job in a fraction of the time and I believe the reason people do this is...
Improve your wireless network
I've been struggling just lately to get a reliable wireless signal on my laptop when I'm at work. The problem stems from the fact that Refresh Cartridges is run from a 1920's building and as such broadcasting a network around the building is next...