Lucid Computer Solutions News
Friday 28th August | Google Docs is your personal translator
Google Docs can now translate your documents into 42 different languages. This could well be appealing to international businesses who need to send documents across to colleagues abroad. This feature will again add weight to Google's battle against Microsoft Office 2010 which will also be made available online. Source - PC Pro.
Thursday 27th August | Vodafone 3G speeds up
Vodafone has upgraded their mobile broadband 3G service in some parts of the country. Users in parts of London, Birmingham and Liverpool will be able to benefit from increased connection speeds. Source - PC Pro.
Wednesday 26th August | Mozilla discovers hole in Google Chrome
Mozilla has discovered a flaw in Google's web browser, Chrome. Although they are rivals, Mozilla were happy to help out Google by pointing this problem out. Google has now fixed this potential problem. Source - PC Pro.
Tuesday 25th August | Searching for Katie Price could be troublesome
If your trawling (I'm sure your not!) the Internet for gossip relating to Katie Price, there is a 16.3% chance that the search results contain some sort of Malware which will attempt to install itself on your computer. Happy surfing! Source - PC Pro.
Monday 24th August | Upgrade three family computers to Windows 7 for £150
Microsoft has announced that a family pack of Windows 7 will be available. The family pack allows up to three computers to be upgraded from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7. This pack will cost £150. If you have Windows XP though, you will need to perform a clean installation. Source - PC Pro.
Friday 21st August | BT broadband upgrade could slow some people down!
Some people's broadband connection could actually slow down as a result of BT's upgrade work. Due to the limitations of copper, some people could see their connection drop. BT stresses this will only affect a minority of customers. Source - PC Pro.
Thursday 20th August | Windows 7 could retail for £65
Windows 7 could retail for as little as £65 for the Home Premium edition. This, for a change, is cheaper that are friends across the pond will be paying. This comes a surprise, with some software still being cheaper if your flew to the US, bought the software and flew back again. Source - PC Pro.
Wednesday 19th August | The Lucid View
Check out www.thelucidview.co.uk for a number of new articles which also contain some witty banter.
Tuesday 18th August | Follow Lucid on Twitter
Lucid Computer Solutions owner Gavin Moorhouse can be followed on Twitter. Check out www.twitter.com/lucidblog
Monday 17th August | Outlook coming to the Mac
Outlook is officially on its way to the Apple Mac. The next version of Office for the Mac will contain the popular email client.
Friday 14th August | Avira Personal Edition
Anti Virus company Avira offer a great free product for personal home use only. Avira Personal Edition detects a higher rate of viruses, spyware and malware than AVG Free Edition.
Thursday 13th August | Blackberry email setup
If your struggling with setting up your Blackberry to receive your email, then give us call! We have recently setup a number of these devices and now know most of the tricks in the book to get these little devils working.
Wednesday 12th August | Picasa3, we like it!
For some time we have been using Google's Picasa3 for our scanning and photo editing. It is completely free and is superb for basic photo editing. Sure, it won't be good enough for hardware photo enthusiasts out there, but it's certainly good enough for us.
Tuesday 11th August | Case studies coming soon......
To add to our customer testimonials, we are going to complement this with some specific case studies. We will have this on the website by the end of the month.
Monday 10th August | New website banner is live!
As you will have noticed (hopefully) we have a new website banner rotating some images and text above. We would like to thank Chris Cook at Red Cherry Solutions for his creative flair and first class service!
Friday 7th August | Stratford business networking
We were back on the networking scene today with a visit over to Stratford-upon-Avon which isn't far for us to travel. Being based in Redditch, providing IT support and computer services in Stratford-upon-Avon makes perfect sense.
Thursday 6th August | Twitter goes AWOL after cyber attack
Twitter disappeared for several hours today after it was subject to a denial of service attack. We wonder how many people panicked when they couldn't access Twitter for a short while?
Wednesday 5th August | New website banner on the way......
We have a new website banner on the way which will hopefully be finished by the end of the week.
Tuesday 4th August | Lucid newsletter has been released into the wild
Today is launch day! Our newsletter is on the way, if you would like to receive further newsletters (we produce one a month) please use our sign up form.
Monday 3rd August | Final touches to the launch of the Lucid newsletter
The final touches and changes are being done to our all new Lucid newsletter. If you would like to sign up to our newsletter please use our sign up form.
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