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There are thousands of products out there claiming to be the worlds smallest, greatet or quickest. I usually discount this as the usual tosh you end up reading on advertisements, the FIT’s claim to be the Worlds smallest PC running Windows XP however seems to hold some merit.

The Fit-PC an an astounding 10cm wide by 11cm long and only 3gm deep. In this box you have everything you need, from wireless capability to USB comptability, all running on the latest version of Windows XP. This does actually eem… Continue Reading»

Phorm, for those of you who don’t know, is the logging of personal information to provide targetted adverts to the user.  In recent years this has been hotly debated across the EU as to wether or not it is in fact legal.

Many people do not like to have their search information recorded, but lets face it, it’s not just the internet that does this.  Your local supermarket, be it Tescos or Walmart will be recording what you buy and when you buy it so it can send out advertising to you on the right day about the right products.

Personally I… Continue Reading»

Windows Live Writer is a recent offering from Microsoft to challenge Bloggers dominance. While Windows Live Writer is fairly decent by itself what really makes live writer stand out is its ability to use Plugins. Plug ins are basically additions to a program that increase its functionality, and it is the plug-ins that make windows live writer unique and powerful in the blogging world.

Of course once you have found out that windows live writer plugins exist you have to decide which ones to have, well these… Continue Reading»

Solid State Hard Drives, such as the flash cards you use in your camera, have long been proposed as the future of information storage. Already you will find solid state hard drives in devices such as Laptops and notebooks. They tend to be around 64GB in size, less than conventional hard drives, but are more resilient robust and reliable. After all Solid State is simply that, there are no moving parts inside, greatly increasing survival rates if the laptop is dropped or… Continue Reading»

AMD have today announced that they will be bringing out a standard for excellence on gaming machines.  Any machine that meets this standard will be allowed to display a sticker noting that it is either at gaming, or pro gaming level.

This seems to be a specific stab at Intel when they announced an integrated graphics/processor chip, something that could increase PC Performance but may damage competition.

Nvidia recently slammed Intel for the move in an interview with their CEO, and it now seems like AMD (Owners of ATI)… Continue Reading»

The People at http://www.laplink.com/ are celebrating their 25th Anniversary today by giving away copies of Laplink, usually valued at $50 for free!  Ontop of the software giveaway they are also giving away everything from Laptops to Games. Anyone who downloads the software is automatically entered!

Laplink is a great little tool designed to ease the the transfer to a new PC by making an exact copy of your computer and moving it across onto your new system, allowing you to keep your settings, files and more without… Continue Reading»

Digital Rights Management (DRM) has been a vein of contention for many years now.  Apple for instance has recently bowed to public pressure and removed all DRM from its downloaded tracks.  Sony recently reviewed it’s DRM policy after receiving a huge amount of negative publicity when it released a new audio CD DRM system that covertly installed itself on your computer, then opened it up for any hacker with half a brain.

But this post is not about CD DRM nor MP3 DRM.  It is about PC Games and Their Digital Rights Management Systems and WHY they are wrong.

Yesterday for instance… Continue Reading»