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Stealing Audio & Video

I really don’t encourage you to ‘steal’ anything, you should respect the rights of copyright holders, but having the headline ‘grabbing a copy of that streaming podcast for no good reason’ didn’t seem to sound as catchy. This article was prompted by a friend who asked via FaceBook how she could grab a copy of some music off a webpage,

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CS5 Education Versions

Here’s some interesting info- there are 2 versions of Academic Editions for CS5. The Education version is for use in institutions like schools and registered training facilities. The Student edition is for well, students! So what’s the difference? The Education version is more expensive, only available to registered training institutions and includes a serial number. The Student version is significantly

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Scanner Sharing

My wife needed to scan a whole lot of pictures for a party recently, and I was reminded that a ‘new’ feature introduced in Mac OS X v10.3 is the ability to share a scanner over a network. I’m a grumpy old bugger and didn’t want to a. move the scanner or b. clean my desk for her laptop. So

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Buy More Tech, Pay Less Tax

-this article updated 30 Jan 2012, all links now work and should point to up to date information- It’s end of financial year again, and we have a lot of savvy customers rolling in to buy laptops. Why? 1. Education Tax Rebate. If you have Secondary School aged kids, you can claim up to 50% of the education expenses for

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New MacBook Pros and a Special Offer

This will be a quick one, folks. As you are probably aware, Apple announced new MacBook Pros overnight Tuesday US time. First the speeds and feeds, then the analysis. MC374X/A MacBook Pro 13″ 2.4GHz/ 2X2GB/ 250GB/ SuperDrive $1,499 RRP inc MC375X/A MacBook Pro 13″ 2.66GHz/ 2X2GB/ 320GB/ SuperDrive $1,899 RRP inc MC371X/A MacBook Pro 15″ 2.4GHZ i5/ 2X2GB/ 320GB/ SuperDrive $2,199 RRP inc

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Belkin Powerline Adaptors- Ethernet over Power

The concept is this- you put a plug into the wall in different parts of your house, plug ethernet cables into the plugs and voila! Instant ethernet network. I recently installed a pair of these in the house, and here’s my experience but first a little history- When we moved into a new place recently we finally had an upstairs

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Service Agreements- Announcing Silver!

Do you have 4 or more Macs? We’ve been servicing customers on a ‘one monthly payment gets you everything’ basis for some time now, and the thing that comes up when talking to prospective clients a lot is this- The customers already on the service love it, however new prospects can’t understand that they would need so much IT support.

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Maintenance List for Summer

As if you don’t spend enough time in front of the computer during the year, here’s a list of a few things you should do regularly to keep everything running as it should. (Here’s a hint- if you don’t fancy doing this stuff, call us and we’ll do it for you!) Server Back it up before you shut it down!

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