I’ve got a HP Stream 7 that I’m using for a few things around the place. Nice little unit all up although could do with more RAM. Recently I noticed that for some reason, when I hit the power button, I was expecting it to go into sleep mode, but instead it presented me with a shutdown screen instead. I figured that something had gone amiss with the power settings, so I … [Read more...]
Surface Pro to be available in Australia from May 30
I’ve had a Surface RT for 6 months or so now, and it’s pretty cool. My one big moan about it is that it cant run the full Office suite including Outlook which I need if I am to replace my laptop with some other device. Well news today is that Microsoft will release the SurfacePro devices here in Australia from May 30th. At last!!! Now I just need to … [Read more...]
Toshiba R600 vs Porsche 911 Carrera… Toshiba lost.
No – this is not a test to see how fast a Toshiba can reboot vs a Porsche 911, but a story from Jeff Wilson from VelocIT Business Systems and a member of the SMB IT Professionals organisation in Australia. Jeff tells the story of an urgent call he had from a customer over a weekend where the customer needed him to look at something urgently – ie before Monday. Being … [Read more...]
Trend Micro SafeSync – an alternate to LiveSync?
I’ve been using Windows Live Sync / Live Mesh for some time now and it’s done a pretty good job of what I need. However recently I added an iPad to my stable of computers and suddenly the files I needed access to on LiveSync are not easy to get to anymore. I’ve been searching for an alternative and for a while I played with DropBox. However the security … [Read more...]
Tega v2 vs iPad – Frys Sunnydale, CA
The release of the Tega v2 having occurred just last week, has meant that a couple of the accessory items are not quite ready… One of those was the leather cases that I wanted to protect my Tega v2 from the bumps n bruises that would occur having it with me 24 x7. So today a trip to Frys was in order. For those that don’t know, Frys is a major retailer here in the … [Read more...]