I don’t need YouTube or any other media service nannying me with annoying messages pointing out facts of which I am already aware. That’s nearly as rant-inducing as having ads rammed down your throat which is why I subscribe to YouTube Premium. Also, it’s bad […]
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Although I was trained as a salesman back in the ’80s when the mantra was and still is, the customer is always right, it’s a device used in rigorous sales training in order to allow the customer to think they are right. This is much
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AMD and Nvidia are about to launch new GPUs – Radeon 9000 series and RTX 5000 series respectively – but with new US import tariffs proposed by the president-elect, it’s feared that prices will need to be increased by as much as 40%. And it’s
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I spent most of my life living in the United Kingdom where you can experience four different seasons in just one day. Christmas can either be wet and windy, crisp, clear and frosty, or buried in snow drifts. Clearly, one gets accustomed to the climates
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In April 2004, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set off on motorcycles from London and travelled east in search of adventure. Their destination was New York, some 20,000 miles away, and into a world that was very different from what it is today. No Google
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Here’s another look at a humorous article from Marc, first published in 2018. A timeless piece that shows no-one is infallible and it always pays to fess up after messing up. Earlier in the year a new expat customer phoned and asked me to look
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I remember when Windows 98 was released, being the first Windows version with full support for USB, and how it simplified hot swapping of peripherals without the need to restart the system. Since then, USB has evolved with so many different physical connection types that
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Back in 2018 Marc explained why he thought Windows 10 was the best operating system ever, but not everyone agreed. In fact, the majority of comments in response to that article were decidedly anti-Windows 10. My, how opinions change. Windows Comes Of Age Most of
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I clearly remember the day I was handed my first company car as a salesman for a Canadian shipping company. When my boss gave me the keys, he also gifted me a few words of wisdom. First, he said that the easiest way to be
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Launched on 16 November 2004, Half-Life 2 is now 20 years old and not only turned the gaming landscape on its head but also changed how we buy games. When I bought the DVD in December 2004, I had no idea I would have to
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The old lady and the naughty cat, the burning gaming machine, and the angry masseuse. All in a day’s work for Marc the PC technician. The cat, the tablet and the mysterious virus A few weeks ago an elderly lady phoned me sounding more than
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and many other computer entrepreneurs have one thing in common – an unwavering determination to succeed. One could also point to a certain arrogance, especially with Jobs and Musk. But have you ever heard of Rod Canion (Compaq), Nolan
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As mentioned in my other articles, I’ve recently returned from an extended trip to the UK and Spain, and with Argentina’s annual inflation being almost 300% during the last nine months, tech prices went through the roof. Buying anything tech-related in Argentina was out of
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I’ve been listening to the radio for as long as I recall, perhaps because I can still remember life without TV when radio was all we had. Back in the old days, radios were valve-driven and were often housed in huge wooden cabinets, much like
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