Earlier in the year a new expat customer phoned and asked me to look at her PC as her Skype and Facebook calls were dropping off. I was only too delighted to help particularly since I had been recommended to her by word of mouth by a fellow expat. Unfortunately, it turned out to be […]
Everything On Demand We finally took the plunge and bought a Smart TV, but it’s been a long road to get this far. How we acquired it though is also worth noting and this has much to do with where we live — yes, Argentina — where normal rules of economics simply don’t apply. But […]
Four Is The Magic Number! Forza Horizon 4 Goes To Scotland E3 this year has so far announced some cracking new games, and seemingly out of nowhere, Microsoft unveiled Forza Horizon 4, which I only discovered this morning in a random Facebook post. To be honest, I thought it was a simulation by some whizz-kid […]
Yesterday I noticed that YouTube videos and photos I’d taken were showing up with the black colours appearing washed out and blotchy, giving me concern that maybe my RX580 graphics card was playing up. This didn’t appear to be the case with games however and a quick Google search revealed that the pixel format […]
Following the successes of Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise Of The Tomb Raider (2015), this time Eidos Montreal has taken over the reins for Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, which is set to be released on 14th September 2018. It’s also been confirmed by studio head, David Anfossi, that production costs of the new […]
#Cockygate Faleena Hopkins, creator of the Cocker Brothers series of romantic novels, has recently trademarked the word ‘cocky’ when used in the title of a book. Just let that sink in for a moment and then ask yourself if that is a bridge too far. This, of course, has caused an outcry, not just within […]
Windows Comes Of Age Most of us know the 33 year history of Microsoft Windows by now and with one or two forced errors down the years, in my opinion the launch of Windows 10 in 2015 became a defining moment for the world’s favourite computer operating system. “A computer on every desk and in […]
Released March 2018 Developer – Ubisoft Montreal Publisher – Ubisoft Review platform – PC Far Cry 5 – Not For Alt-Right Christian Snowflakes When the story line for Far Cry 5 was revealed more than 18 months ago, it sparked a huge debate in the gaming community, largely triggered by groups of moaners referred to as snowflakes, prompting […]
I took a year off and just hid in a locker I’ve been playing first person shooters for over twenty years and without doubt this is the scariest game I’ve ever played, now more so since I acquired a set of gaming headphones that bring the game to almost total immersion. Some may recall that […]
Digital Rights Management (DRM) – A Necessary Evil? In one form or another DRM has been around for decades and even predates Napster, which ironically was the company that really justified its existence and implementation in the first place. Today, DRM is all-pervasive, no more so than the multi-layer anti-piracy and anti-tamper software known as […]
When Things Go Wrong… …they generally go very wrong and when the cause of a website crash isn’t immediately apparent, putting things right can be a challenging exercise. The above image is what confronted me following an aborted forum software upgrade last week, indicating that the flux capacitors had blown somewhere along the line and […]
Limit Your Facebook Exposure In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica affair, many Facebook users are re-examining their privacy options, many don’t care and most of us haven’t a clue how to tweak the many settings in our Facebook accounts. It’s also fair so say that changing your Facebook settings now may be a case […]
It’s entirely possible that Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has taken a leaf from Napoleon’s crib sheet in the oft quoted, “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” It seemed like that to me anyway as members of congress quite willingly exposed their tech ignorance as Zuckerberg appeared to look on in bemused […]
All things change, but sometimes these changes are forced upon us whether we like it or not. For me, this came about when the owner of the shop I’ve been renting for the last three years sold up and the new landlord immediately doubled the rent adding incremental increases every six months. This pretty much […]