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Six Signs you Need a New Computer

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In today’s modern, technological world, a slow computer is often more than just an inconvenience; it can be a serious barrier to our entertainment and productivity. As humans, we learn to adapt to our conditions pretty quickly and sometimes that means we put up with old technology for way longer than we should.

If you’re finding that every time you use your computer it causes you frustration, don’t just tolerate it. Here are a few telltale signs that you could be in need of an upgrade:

True or False? Battery Myths you Need to Know for Better Device Performance

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We live in an age of the high-powered long-life battery-powered portable device. But it seems that the limitations of the nickel-based batteries that were prevalent in the early ’90s still apply to the more modern lithium ion and lithium polymer technologies we use today.

Protecting Devices For Kids

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As the kids head back to school let’s take a look at how to stay smart online.

Where’s My HoverBoard? :: 2015 Tech

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Where's My HoverBoard? :: 2015 Tech

It is the year Back to the Future II predicted sneakers would lace themselves and kids would fly about on hoverboards.

Why Sometimes Upgrading Your Computer is the Cheaper Option

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This is such a great article from Smarter Business Ideas…had to share! If your computers are four or more years old, they’re artefacts of earlier technology eras – and they could be costing you big time.

Clarifying the Cloud :: What You Might Not Know Already

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Clarifying the cloud :: What you might not know already

Here is an introduction to some basic questions you should be asking. As part of our coverage of the cloud and how it can help you, we invited Kris Hansen, technology manager at GFI Software to submit this guest column. Disclaimer: GFI has been an advertiser on the BIT website.

Doomsday for XP :: You could be under attack right now!

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Microsoft first said it was planning to end support for Windows XP in 2007. It has since been warning consumers and businesses an upgrade is necessary to keep their computers from being run over by a train of malicious software, or malware.

6 Benefits of Hardware Upgrades to Your Day-to-Day Productivity

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6 Benefits of Hardware Upgrades to Your Day-to-Day Productivity

There is the wide range of hardware available today that will, in most cases, plug in or integrate to your existing system with little or no fuss. Hardware upgrades such as bigger hard drives, more RAM or a better graphics card for example, can be installed to your core system in lieu of replacing the computer or to facilitate the needs of new software or peripheral equipment.

What can we buy our company for Christmas? INVEST NOW & SAVE

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What can we buy our company for Christmas? INVEST NOW & SAVE

We have until January 1 to install new PCs, printers, storage systems and servers, update a firewall or invest in a large TV for displaying charts on the office wall.

5 Straight Down the Line Honest Technology Truths You Need to Know

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5 Straight Down the Line Honest Technology Truths You Need to Know

Geeks that insult your intelligence as they ‘help you’ [read: do it for you…so fast that you have no idea what they did? Love it or loathe it there are technology truths we all need to be aware of. Here’s the 5 Straight Down the Line Technology Truths You Need to Know from the PC Pitstop Australia blog.

3 Simple Ways to Spring Clean Your PC

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3 Simple Ways to Spring Clean Your PC

Spring clean your computer with PC Pitstop Australia blog ‘guide to’. Spring has sprung and the trash piles are out on the lawns and garage sales are a go-go. So what about a spring clean for the machine you work hard every day – your computer?

Get More from Your Excel Spreadsheets

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Get More from Your Excel Spreadsheets

Get more from your excel spreadsheets with these great tips and tricks from Bit on the PC Pitstop Australia blog. Don’t like that annoying habit Excel has of trying to guess the right format for a cell you’re updating? Here’s how to turn it off, plus other handy tips.