I love my Raspberry Pi but like I said in my first review the board feels a little vulnerable and so when I saw a case design at the Blackpool Linux User Group I had to get one. The case is made in Telford here in the UK by the Shropshire Linux User Group and [...]
A couple of years ago I started using Simple.tv a service for Media Center that would automatically convert recorded TV shows to a format I could use on other devices like the iPad, it worked very well but I haven’t used it for some time. Today I got an email from them explaining that they [...]
In the latest post on the Building Windows 8 Blog Microsoft have talked about the fast boot process in Windows 8 and with the use of UEFI firmware you don’t have to desperately press F8 to try and get in to the boot loader. It looks like things like booting from a USB stick are [...]
Samsung promised Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) for the Galaxy Note and it looks like it’s finally here (at least for UK owners). I had given up checking for the update each day but today my phone prompted me to download the 318mb download. Once downloaded the Note rebooted, installed the update and after about [...]
Since getting my Raspberry Pi one of things I wanted to get working on it was the Fuse Spectrum emulator, I am not sure why exactly but there is something about the spirit of the Pi that takes me back the era of the 8 bit computer. Having only had limited experience of Linux in [...]
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How about running Windows 7 on a £29 Raspberry Pi? Well you can’t (yet) but Citrix have have got XenDesktop running on the Pi so you can use Windows 7 on the board. It’s a great example of the technology and has some interesting implications for low cost buisness computing in the future. Checkout the [...]
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A couple of years ago I reviewed a new service for the PC connected to the TV called Kylo Browser. The idea of it is a browser designed for the 10 foot interface so from the sofa you can browse web sites with a browser designed for a the big screen. It seemed like a [...]
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The My Movies team have issued an update asking users to upgrade to the latest versions. This is due to security changes with the online service and you need to be on the latest version by June 1st 2012. So that means My Movies for Windows Media Center and My Movies Collection Management need to [...]
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As parent I do like to keep my eye on what my kids get up to online, most of the time this involves having a quick look at what they are doing but it would be nice to get a report from the system. In the latest post on the Building Windows 8 blog Microsoft [...]
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Laplink have been around for years, I remember using a serial cable to move files between PCs, and tomorrow they are celebrating their 29th year by giving away PCmover® Windows® 7 Upgrade Assistant™ for free for one day only Press Release: PCmover to be Given Away for Free in Commemoration of 29 Years of Quality [...]
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Tickets are now on sale for our user group meetup in September. It’s going to be a packed event with no PowerPoint and lots of technology. Come and join us at The Rose Centre (Lowton Civic Hall just off the M6 near Warrington) for our TDL User Group, a tech packed day for enthusiast to [...]
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Better late than never, a special show for you this week, while I was away in China Garry and Andrew where at a press event in London. So Garry took over the show and record with Andrew from the press event while I Skyped in from Shanghai. So join Garry, Andrew and I for a [...]
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HP’s Pavilion m6 was quietly launched at the HP conference last week and I think for a general entertainment notebook it’s a great device. Stacy Wolff, Vice President of Design at HP talks about the new HP Pavilion m6 and the design philosophy behind it.
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After a long wait my Raspberry Pi has arrived, the board has a huge amount of potential and in this video I take a quick look at the Pi and get it connected up.
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