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Dell Studio Laptops Launched
June 30, 2008
On 26th June, I had the opportunity to attend the launch of Dell’s new range of computers, a new brand that they are calling ‘Studio’ which will sit between their current Inspiron and XPS ranges of laptops.
Dell Studio branded computers are “designed to foster creativity and innovation” - that being the case you need a computer that will help you achieve that, one whose own design is creative and innovative.
The Dell Studio brand is one that will be providing a higher performance than their Dell Inspiron range while taking some of the design and higher level functionality of the Dell XPS range. It also at the same time provokes creativity and personal expression by being available in a range of colour and design/trim options.
Continue reading »Dell XPS 730 Desktop PC
May 29, 2008
If you look at the Dell XPS range and the XPS 730 Desktop PC in particular, both in terms of appearance and specifications you might wonder who would be the target market.
Given that these kind of machines are pre-built high-end gaming systems – I’m guessing that these customers must be the teenagers/students grown up and working (on decent salaries) who now have less time for assembling and tinkering with their computers and just want to get on with top-end gaming. These computers now typically come with custom cases, LEDs, water cooling and are already overclocked, plus have the ability to be easily overclocked further – sometimes even using a windows interface to do so.
I recently had the opportunity to attend a Dell media event which was held in Central London that was focussed on PC gaming, both from the point of view of system builders, component manufacturers and professional gamers.
Continue reading »Crucial Memory Review
March 21, 2008
Having been a customer of Crucial Memory for many years now, I thought I might write a review on this company for those of you who are considering buying some memory to upgrade your computer. You can also get 5% discount off anything you buy from Crucial in this review!
Webb Alert - Tech News Video
March 18, 2008
You may have noticed the daily Webb Alert video on the right hand side of the page since I implemented the new design and I thought i should perhaps give a little review of what it covers.
You can read my full review over at Connected Internet on my guest post entitled Webb Alert - Daily Tech News Video, but here’s a snippet of what I wrote:
Continue reading »PDF File Convert to Word
March 4, 2008
I’ve recently written a post over at Connected Internet about Free File Conversion and how I found a website that can convert a variety of file formats online including being able to take a PDF File convert to Word.
Blog Banter: Get To Know Me!
February 12, 2008
“Welcome, welcome to the 3rd installment of Blog Banter, the monthly blogging extravaganza headed by bs angel! Blog Banter involves our cozy community of enthusiastic gaming bloggers, a common topic, and a week to post articles pertaining to said topic. The results are quite entertaining and can range from deep insight to ROFLMAO. Any questions about Blog Banter should be directed here. Check out other Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!”
I don’t think you’re an open book to people just from the type of games you play, I mean just because I, Simon Barker play a Grand Theft Auto game, that doesn’t necessarily make me a threat to society does it? Despite what certain people would have you know about games such as these.
Continue reading »Speed Typing Test
January 26, 2008
Can you touch type? How fast can you type? Have you taken a free speed typing test before? What’s your words per minute (wpm) score?
I’ve tried on a couple of occasions over the years to learn how to properly touch type, but have not managed to successfully do it as yet.
Being someone who has always worked (and played) on computers, I’ve always thought it would be a great skill to have, both in a productivity and efficiency sense as well as being (to me at least) a cool ability to have - it always impresses me when people start touch speed typing in front of me.
Continue reading »Belkin N1 Wireless Router Review
December 9, 2007
I recently bought a Belkin N1 Wireless Router
I live in a house with rather thick stone walls which doesn’t aid the transmitting of wireless signals, so I accept that fact that my wireless range may be less than other people’s may be. The D-Link Wireless ADSL Modem Router had a range of around 15m which I thought was quite good given it only cost me about £50 at the time.
Continue reading »Photoshop Slimming Effect!
June 9, 2007
I’ve recently posted some very cool examples of drawing characters such as John Locke and Kate Austen from the TV show, Lost.
PDF Creator Free
May 15, 2007
I think you’ll find that PDF Creator free very useful, I’ve found in the past that you end up doing quite a bit of unnecessary printing whilst browsing online whether it’s taking a copy of invoices or order confirmation screens or just temporary pages to work from, I kind of started feeling a bit guilty about this, just because of the waste factor of it all.
I then came across this rather useful alternative, it’s called PDF Creator free and all you need to do is download and install the file found at the link below and will then appear in your Windows list of printers.
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