Translation Is Windows 8 Really That Bad? Before I jump right into this post and hopefully get a debate started, let me just explain my Microsoft contact and level of usage. When I was medically retired from the British Army after crushing my spine, I got into tech in a big way, I knew if I was was going to sustain any kind of employment out in civi street, it would be essential for me to re-educate myself in the ways of technology. After a...

TranslationIt’s Good To Be Back. Ladies and Gentlemen, Geeks and Geekesses, I would like to apologise for my exceptionally long absence; I find myself apologising quite a bit and to be honest I am sure it is wearing incredibly thin with you all or at least some of you. As the majority of you know, I suffer from ill health, in fact it is this ill health that kind of pushed me into the arms of technology. Due to an injury whilst serving...

TranslationIt’s hard to believe that there have already been five iPads released since 2010. Four 9.7-inch tablets along with and one 7.8-inch tablet have all been unveiled by Apple over the past two years and if Japanese blog Mac Otakara are correct, a 6th iPad could be set to debut in March of 2013. This new fifth generation 9.7-inch iPad is expected to take its design cues from its smaller sibling with a thinner and lighter...

TranslationHow To Extend Your Home Network.   About four years ago, as my Apple obsession began to take over my soul and my home, I purchased an Apple Airport Base Station to help network all my Apple devices together. However the Airport Base Station has a bit more to it than simply connecting all your devices, with the USB port on the back of the device you can add an external hard drive which then becomes available to all devices...

TranslationCould Samsung Knock Apple Of Top Spot   Currently in the technology market, I think it is a fair statement to make in saying Apple are top dog, but of course, they can’t stay there forever, the top dog never does and especially with the death of Steve Jobs. Tim Cook and his men are doing an OK in my humble opinion, but I also think that more mistakes have been made under Tim Cook in the past year, than where made under...

Translation Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 And Premier Elements 11 Announced:   Love them or hate them, Adobe have upgraded their slightly more affordable version of Photoshop and Premier. Tech enthusiast and and geeks alike have on occasions taken issue with Adobe as a company for one reason or another, Flash springs to mind as just one example. However, regardless of your feelings toward the company, I think you would be hard pressed to...

TranslationNintendo WiiU Pricing and Packages Here in the UK and the rest of Europe, come the 30th of November, My birthday incidentally, gamers can get their hands on the new Nintendo WiiU. So far there are a lot of different stores trying to undercut the other, however they are all in and around the same price mark. There are going to be two separate bundles for sale a Basic and Deluxe set. Nintendo WiiU Basic Pack The set will comprise...

TranslationSo this is my explosive iPhone 5 thoughts, well not really, this is where I write about my confusion and I think as you read further through this article, you will understand my confusion. As far as the new iPhone 5 is concerned I am really really split about the actual device and some of the controversial choices Apple have made. I will say this right from the get go and this may influence whether or not you continue reading...

TranslationFor a long time now I have been totally taken with Apple’s iPhone, all the way back to the first announcement of the phone to the iPhone 4S. I always tried to deny being an Apple Fan boy by making statements such as “if better tech comes along then of course I will use it” and I have almost done that. When the Samsung Galaxy S3 was released I really liked the look of it and so ordered one, this was my first...

TranslationFollowing the much publicised and successful launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3 there followed several weeks of almost nothing interesting occurring in terms of smartphone releases. To break this boredom, Motorola and LG have both announced two new handsets which are now on sale in the UK. Firstly, Motorola has announced that its previously US-only Razr Maxx will make its way to the other side of the Atlantic. The first Motorola...

TranslationThe London 2012 Olympic Games have kicked off to an awesome start, albeit our beloved Team GB have not picked up a single Gold Medal and are trailing overall in medals as I write this post, never the less, this Olympic Games have been dubbed “The Social Media Games” on account of the athletes and fans communicating via Twitter and Facebook. However, as we are all too familiar with, Social Networking has on occasions a...

TranslationSamsung have been a company very much in the thick of cutting edge technology, however over the past few years they really have started pulling product after product out of the bag and not just some conveyer belt production line trying to play catchup. Samsung have began a barrage of outstanding products, which is quite possibly the answer they need to be putting forward in the midst of all the Patent wars between themselves and...

TranslationCanon are remarkable well known in the photography world as not only a reliable range of cameras of seriously high build quality but also a company leading the way in innovation. The Canon EOS-M is no exception, announced today, the Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens camera has been long awaited. Technical specifications make for a photographers dream, starting with an 18 megapixel APS-C sensor and a new EF-M mount which Canon have...

TranslationAsus have announced that their Asus Transformer Pad Infinity will be launch here in the UK on the 31st of August, the device will start at £599 for the 32GB model. You could be forgiven for immediately assuming that the price mark is very high, however, when you see what you get for your money, I am sure you might reconsider. The Asus Transformer Pad Infinity will ship with Android Ice Cream Sandwich, which from my personal...

TranslationIt would certainly seem, taking a good look around the tech industry at how companies are going about their business, that the Apple way of conducting business is certainly taking hold. When Apple very first introduced the iPhone they only allowed AT&T in as the network for the USA, they did the same thing all over the world, here in the UK it was O2. Things obviously moved forward but by that time, everyone knew how popular...