Category Archives: Computer

Post Express Delivery email is malware spam!

Posted on Saturday 2 April 2011 by

I received this email this afternoon: Post Express Delivery. Package is available for pickup. NR 67433 Hello. Post notification No.17134 The company could not deliver your package to your address. Your package has been returned to the Post Express office. … Continue reading →

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Error 3–impossible to install hooks?!

Posted on Tuesday 8 March 2011 by

I switched on my PC at work this morning and was presented with this dialog box: No idea which application it’s from.  I don’t remember installing something called “Error 3”. It’s wrong, you know. I’ve installed loads of hooks in … Continue reading →

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Could this be chess for Kindle coming soon to the UK?

Posted on Monday 7 March 2011 by

I just spotted today that chess is now available on the US Amazon Kindle Store. The product details indicate that it was released on 9 February 2011. Might this be an indication that Kindle apps and games might be coming … Continue reading →

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Decoding driver versions

Posted on Monday 7 March 2011 by

I’ve never had a great deal of success with my PCs at work. I’m currently on my 5th machine and even this one isn’t behaving itself. Graphics cards issues The issue appears to be to do with my graphics cards.  … Continue reading →

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iPad 2 Thinner. Lighter. Faster. But does it have the right name?

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2011 by

So, Apple CEO Steve Jobs launched the new iPad 2 today. The difficult second tablet device. Everyone is talking about it—apparently—the tech websites, the news websites, the tech news websites, everyone! I think they missed a trick though in the … Continue reading →

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I’m the beautiful women

Posted on Monday 20 September 2010 by

I just got an amazing piece of spam just now in my email: Good day!!! Im Gohar. I’m the beautiful women.I want to find second half for family creation.If you interested in me I will tell you more about myself. … Continue reading →

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Are you sure you want to delete WINDOWS?!

Posted on Wednesday 4 February 2009 by

Last night I tried to empty my Recycle Bin in Windows XP, which in itself was a little odd given that the icon said it had items in it, but opening it revealed … nothing. I decided to try to … Continue reading →

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My own personalised television thing

Posted on Saturday 24 January 2009 by

I got a fantastic comment from a friend of mine to whom I had sent an invitation to online music streaming site Spotify: If, as a child, I had been told by my future self that one day I could … Continue reading →

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Winamp Global Hotkeys and Microsoft Digital Media Pro keyboard

Posted on Sunday 16 November 2008 by

I’ve just spent, on and off, about 2 hours trying to work out why the media keys on my Microsoft Digital Media Pro keyboard weren’t working properly with Winamp 5.541 Pro.  I’ve finally managed to solve the problem by rolling … Continue reading →

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More on AVG and Symantec

Posted on Saturday 15 November 2008 by

Interesting article on the Lockergnone blogs: AVG Announces Free One-Year License For Faulty Code. It would appear that AVG was showing false positive results for genuine Windows files.  I experienced that too with both Windows files and WinAmp Pro, which … Continue reading →

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