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WordPress 2.7

WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1 has been released and it’s a very good looking upgrade. The dashboard is much better laid out, as are all admin pages with the menu now running down a pane on the left of the screen. It incorporates new functionality but with what I find is still a familiar interface. [...]

Canon MX850 review

Canon have created a rather nice unit here. A networked multifunction printer. It prints documents fast. It scans well but the real deal breaker in our opinion is the duplex print, copy and scan function. This means that it will scan and copy double sided originals, as well as print double-sided. Now I don’t know [...]

Google Maps does not work in Firefox 3.0

This has been driving me crazy for a while and I have found a solution thanks to the good contributors at this link: Google Maps does not work in Firefox 3.0. Simply turn off your Skype Firefox Plugin and all will be fine. » Post Ad Purchase:  Intext Link Plurk This Post Buzz This Post Delicious [...]

Beyonwiz or IceTV and daylight saving issues

It’s very hard to be a supporter of daylight saving when it creates havoc with timers on your Beyonwiz or other electronic devices. For the last two weeks things have been recording or not recording on the Beyonwiz with no rhyme or reason. For some reason the things started taping Neighbours – what a horrible [...]

Google Chrome – beta

Google has released a new browser called Chrome. I have test run it for the last day and it’s a reasonably impressive offering. It seems designed to be a forerunner for the development of complex web applications – it has a seamless interface with Google Gears. It lacks the add-ons and extensions of Firefox 3 [...]