Author Archives: SimonPhillips

OK so its been around for a while now – but i recently set myself up on this and have also set others up and have found it to be really quite a lot better than i thought it would … Continue reading

If you have a PC that’s still running Windows Vista you may want to think about upgrading pretty soon (and of course, sorry to hear you have Vista!). Microsoft will end mainstream support for Vista on April 10th. This is … Continue reading

Recent reports online suggest that iPhone IOS is on the up. It seems weird saying its on the up.. almost everybody i know has an iPhone already! But as we all know in the IT world Android has been, well… … Continue reading

Microsoft launch their first ‘Consumer Preview’ of Windows 8. To the rest of us this simply means BETA version.. or does it? I’m not sure why the name change was required as the old system of Beta versions followed by … Continue reading

Tesco, the super brand we all know, is now offering broadband for the tiny sum of £2.50 a month (somehow!). It does sound like a very good deal indeed. But is it? The first catch (i mean prerequisite) is that … Continue reading

Source code from some of Symantec’s products has been stolen by hackers from third parties working for Symantec. The exact products compromised are unknown but reports suggest that the products in question are Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0 and Symantec … Continue reading

Microsoft are in the process of issuing legal proceedings against UK retailer Comet for allegedly creating and selling fake windows discs. The software in question is Windows XP and Windows Vista. The case seems to hinge on how Microsoft ship … Continue reading

Today sees Microsoft release the somewhat ‘long time coming’ service pack 2 release for Exchange 2010. There really isn’t much to shout about in this service pack but it does weigh in at a hefty 535MB so it certainly contains … Continue reading

On November the 15th 1971 – exactly 40 years ago today the magazine Electronic News ran an advert for a new kind of chip, a special chip that could perform different operations via the instructions it received. This chip was … Continue reading

HP never really the impact they wanted with their ‘Slate’ device. Probably because the market wasn’t quite ready and frankly the iPad was already streets ahead and for more high profile. I mean, why pay more and get less right? … Continue reading