As many of you know, I finished writing Dead Centre II at the end of last month, but it was also the first book that I had written solely on a tablet. It went well, but editing a novel on a tablet is a different kettle of fish!
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This is my review of the Dere V14 Air Notebook that I have been using in my home office for the last eighteen months as my main computer
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Search Engines I should imagine that if I asked a hundred people, which is the best search engine, at least ninety percent would say Google, but how many of them ever consider using other search engines? Google has done such a tremendous job of PR that it now attracts at least 85% of search queries.
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Your Computer: The Spy You Trust We all have some sort of computer these days, don’t we? If you don’t have a desktop computer, you may have a laptop, and if not those then a tablet or smartphone. If you don’t have any of those, perhaps you have a new smart TV or fridge or
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Alexa Rankings Almost from the day I went online in 1996, or perhaps a few years after that, I discovered Alexa, which was a tool for ranking the popularity of websites. In those days, a high Alexa ranking was de rigeur and, so, highly sought after. I have sort of forgotten about my sites’ Alexa
Bluetooth and Its Benefits Bluetooth is a method of wireless communication between electronic devices. You can think of it like Wi-Fi, radio or Infra-red in that it has a similar effect, although it is not the same technology. Many phones, computers, tablets, televisions and speakers are provided with Bluetooth these days, because it is convenient and
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Telefunken Flat-screen TV When we moved into our apartment on the day before the Easter celebrations started here in Fuengirola, Spain, there was no television. I hadn’t noticed that when I signed the tenancy agreement, and Easter is huge here – most shops shut. Anyway, our landlord turned up on Easter Saturday with the biggest
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Asus F541U Laptop Computer I have had laptop computers of various makes since 2004. My main bugbear with them was that the battery either died the day after the insurance ran out, or its capacity to hold a charge reduced dramatically – like say from three hours to thirty minutes. Overnight! They also got hot, some very
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I found the MF910L AIS 4G Pocket WI-FI a very useful substitute for having Wi-Fi at home. In fact, it gives you Wi-Fi anywhere you go…
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I love Roaming Hotspots! Do you know what they are? Roaming Hotspots are Wi-Fi outlets around the city, and are listed on your browser
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Kindle vs Book If you are an avid reader, I am sure that you have heard of Amazon and its electronic book device called the Amazon Kindle? So, what are the pros and cons of the Kindle vs book? There is a problem with the amount of trees we use for paper and this has
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This is my review of the Asus X54C laptop computer, which I have been using for the last 18 months. The Asus X54C has its pros and cons
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Kindle Fire HDX I wouldn’t say that I consciously resisted buying an e-reader, but I certainly didn’t rush into it either. However, I found a good reason for buying one last week and opted for the Kindle Fire HDX. I won’t bore you with the exact specifications, because you can get those anywhere, but
