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Technical Articles

A series of technical and 'how to' articles, many of which where written some years ago but are still relevant today.

How to work from home

With many people now facing the prospect of working from home to protect themselves against coronavirus what can you do to ease the transition? As someone that has worked from home (and therefore ‘se…

Keeping your home network and data secure

The average family home now has over a dozen devices connected to the internet – laptops, tablets and phones, not to mention smart speakers, TV streaming boxes and newer ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) de…

Backing up and freeing up space on your iPhone

One of the biggest problems with the iPhone is that it has fixed storage, so if you made the mistake of buying one of the smaller capacities it can be a real problem. So what can you do to make the m…

How to back up your digital life

How to back up your digital life Backups; We know that we should be doing them regularly, but the fact of the matter is that many of us only consider this retrospectively once the data is lost. In t…

Gadgets for St Valentine’s

St Valentine’s Day is not one traditionally associated with technology, but everyone needs someone to love, and you can show that special nerdy person in your life how much you care with these…

Build a retro arcade games console using the Raspberry Pi

Being of ‘a certain age’ I grew up with the Sinclair ZX81, ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro, and as such was at the start of the home computer gaming explosion. Whilst these games pale into comp…

Windows 10 connects to WiFi but suddenly with no Internet access? Here’s how to fix it.

Did you power up your laptop only to be confronted by the yellow triangle of anguish over the WiFi icon of your Windows 10 PC? You are not alone. As unofficial IT support to my friend and family…

Speed up your iPhone after upgrading to iOS10

We all love ‘iOS update day’, which can feel like you got a free phone upgrade. However, newer functionality often puts a strain on older handsets, with everything taking that little bit…

20 tips to save your mobile phone battery life

We rely increasingly on our smartphones,so it's more of a problem when the battery finally gives out. So what can you do to eek that little bit more life out of your phone? You might be surprised by…

The Top 20 of Everything (IT)

The Top 20 of Everything (IT) I was asked recently to give a presentation at a computer club, and thought long and hard about the subject matter. During my thinking process (over several days) I was…