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Use your computer for fun with online bingo

Samuel — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:25:04 +0000

It’s easy to get caught up in the world of computing, but you have to remember that computers are there to help us have fun as well as to do more practical things. Lots of people use their computers to play games and this is even more fun when you are connected to the internet. It means you can play games with people all over the world.

One really popular online pastime is online bingo. Sites like wink bingo give users plenty of opportunity to connect with other bingo enthusiasts whilst also trying to win a little bit of money on some really fun and engaging games.

Some of wink bingo’s best promotions include things like the £6k Fly Away for people who fancy a bit of a holiday, the Wheely Big £1k for those who want to get active with a new bike, Don’t Bee Daft which gives you the chance to win a Nintendo 3DS and plenty of other games focused on dishing out great cash prizes left, right and centre.

It’s possible find more prizes by keeping up to date on what’s going on in the world of online bingo. The best way to do this is to look at ohmybingo.com whenever you get the chance.

Cloud Computing and Virtual Networks

Samuel — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:32:58 +0000

The sever setup for cloud computing means that within a single data centre there are multiple virtual computers which have been created using software within one PC and then spread across several machines as a cluster. For the user who is using this service it seems like there is a single server hosting there request.

The benefits of this is that the virtualisation allows for recovery from a failure of any kind to be handled as part of the computing infrastructure.

Services delivered over the internet are delivered using internet technologies – you don’t buy the ‘cloud’ as a single platform – you buy the application that will sit on it.

Microsoft Leading Development in Cloud Computing

Samuel — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:35:12 +0000

Cloud computing has become the latest new craze in the computing world with Computing giants such as Microsoft being at the leading edge of development. Most of us would have seen reference to this on the TV in adverts but not really know what it entails or involves. In fact the term Cloud means that services are available across the network without the user knowing the location. In fact the user does’nt need to know this – in most cases theres no need to know what data centre or server is being use to host your work. the other thing about cloud computing is that the location is subject to change.

(DSE) Display Screen Equipment Safety

Samuel — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:54:17 +0000

As a rule of practice for health and safety reasons companies and even individuals must take into consideration Display Screen Equipment safety for the end user. This is more so as in today’s environment computers and laptops are as a common equipment found in homes as is TV’s and DVD’s and are used on a daily basis.

By regulation if you only use the computer to check your next job for example if you’re a Engineer then by definition you are not a DSE user. However a computer centre operator would be as they use the PC through the day. The risk associated depends on the intensity of use, physical abilities, and personal requirements.

VDC Computer Centres

Samuel — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:46:23 +0000

Many companies are now deploying what’s known as VDC’s – otherwise known as Virtual Data Centres. The benefits of this is that they are designed to provide virtualisation across all platforms regardless of server, storage and network requirements. The different levels are known as Wraps which are then customised as per customer needs and requirements. These data centres are great for users of computers across the country and meet all the computing needs depending on the size of the data centre and it’s capacity. For the user who logs onto the system via there local computer they have no need to know what data centre they are accessing or which location is housing the system.

Computer Viruses

Samuel — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:46:49 +0000

Every individual using computers should be aware of the basic protection methods to protect there computer against viruses. Companies of every size will have some kind of team dedicated to protect there computing assets such as PC’s, servers and all networks against the possibility of attack via a virus or malicious attempt to destroy and corrupt the data. This is generally known as Malware – commonly known as Viruses, Trojans and Worms. Individuals and companies also need to be cautious that they do not pass on the virus through emails or network to other companies, other individuals outside the company or to third parties, this is usually achieved via a Anti virus software such as AVG or Norton AV, both are very good at removing specific viruses via a virus database, however some viruses will require the full paid version to be activated to fully remove.

Stay organised with online calendars

Samuel — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:10:21 +0000

The point of computers is to help us do more work, more efficiently. This is often forgotten and we can often find ourselves devoting more time to maintaining our computers than we would have spent doing the tasks in the first place. Calendars are one simple thing that a computer can do well. However, even here you can slip up.

Every computer has at least a basic calendar, usually combined with the clock. However, other programs may also feature calendars of different levels of complexity and here is how you can become disorganised. Always make sure that you use one calendar to remind you of things that you need to do.

To give an example, I have a work PC, a home PC and a laptop. I have work reminders set on my work PC, as this is the only place where they will ever apply. This is fair enough. However, I only have personal reminders on my home PC, not my work one, nor my laptop. This is bad organisation because I could quite easily go several days without checking the calendar on that computer, thus negating the point of it.

The alternative is to use online calendars. With an online calendar, you can log in from whichever computer you happen to be using and nothing will get by you.

4 way SLI GeForce GTX 480

Samuel — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:56:03 +0000

You could kind of argue that this monster was CPU limited, but this 4 way SLI machine will be able to churn through more polygons than you are likley to need for a long time.

The system needs a 1.5 Kilowatt power supply and roughly about £3000-4000 to buy. I’m not even sure if you’d need to write your own drivers to push that much power through a single display. Either way its a mighty impressive (if pointless) exercise.

The huge CPU cooler you can see here is there because the whole thing is overclocked some insanely large amount (they’d be better off with water cooling, but hey)

Sony Kills The Floppydisk

Samuel — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:50:33 +0000

In the news this week is the story that Sony is stopping manufacturing Floppydisks in March 2011. I must confess I still feel a little uncomfortable if I am on a PC that doesn’t have a flopydisk drive. I still think they are still a useful device for restoring and installing base drivers.

I agree they are unreliable and, to be honest, a pretty crappy way of storing data, but I used one only a couple of months ago to install some SATA drivers onto a Windows XP machine. Doing the same with a usb drive would have been impossible at the time and the CD was in use to install Windows XP on.

I think they do still have a place as the ultimate last-resort. I will mourn them when they are gone.

No Panic Button Says Facebook

Samuel — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:20:25 +0000

After meeting with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection center, Facebook has decided not to put a panic button on their site.

Facebook claim their site is one of the safest places on the Internet.. I’m inclined to agree.. It’s not as if a panic button will make any difference. Children nowadays are well aware of what goes on online and if they don’t it’s time we told them how to be safe. If a child feels threatened online there’s only one place I’d suggest the child goes – the parents.

It’s clear to me that immature kids would abuse this pretty regularly.. making the whole thing pretty obsolete.. There’s a big red X in the corner of every website that can always be used if someone find themselves in trouble: