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We recently sourced an Nvidia Quadro P1000 half height video card to install in our small form factor (SFF) Dell Optiplex 5070. Here we explain what the big differences are between the P600, P1000, P2000, P4000 and P6000 and then show how to change the plate from full height to Read more…
It is often promoted the VPN’s are the great saviour of privacy. However, most people really don’t understand what a VPN is doing. For home users, VPN’s (Virtual Private Network’s) are just private tunnels through the internet that let you APPEAR to be at in a different city. After you Read more…
Recently we created a video explaining and demonstrating how to use How To Animate Old Photos Into Movies For Free using MyHeritage.com‘s artificial intelligence system. We did this using their free 14 day trial and now we need to cancel that trial so we don’t have to pay $125 for Read more…
If you have problems with your battery, it is quite common for the keyboard to be stuck to the display of a Microsoft Surface Book 1. This is because the mechanism to detach the keyboard from the screen requires power. Fortunately there is a simple way to manually force the Read more…
Most people have heard of Samsung Motion Photo and Apple Live Photo in which the camera of your mobile phone takes a few pictures and snapping them together to make a 1 second movie; this is not that. This is taking old photos (paper or digital) that are flat, two Read more…
Holoporation is something that blows people away when they see that it is no longer science fiction, but to explain it we need some brief background on Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR). Here is the video version of this article: What is Virtual Reality Read more…
Put simply two factor authentication is a requirement to prove who you are twice, before being allowed access. The most common use of two factor authentication with your bank because you have two factors: Your bank – debit – credit card is something you HAVE Your PIN number is something Read more…
Microsoft Xbox Velocity Architecture is a new hardware and software platform to make the XBox Series X today and PC’s in the near future run dramatically faster using commodity components. There are four building blocks of Velocity Architecture which are easy to understand. Here is our video explanation of the Read more…
.webp is a graphic format that is yet another attempt to replace .jpg as the king of graphics. Google invented .webp and it has all of the features you would want in a graphic format: .webp supports transparencies, like .PNG .webp supports annimations like .GIF .webp is tight – it Read more…
We recently needed to replace a WordPress theme and found that the theme we had chosen did not allow us to add a slider to the homepage. We needed to know how to add a Smart Slider to a WordPress home page when the theme doesn’t support it in the free Read more…
This is part of a larger series on the Amazfit Band 5 . In this video we explain how to change the order of the icons and shortcuts on an AmazFit Band 5. These are the same instructions as for a Mi Band 5 or an Honor Band because they Read more…
We needed by corporate Christmas presents and decided that it was enough of the chocolate and wine baskets. It is time to encourage some healthly living. Given the currently work-at-home requirements many of us have, our staff decided that a fitness bands / watches would be the best category. After Read more…
We unbox, setup and provide complete review of the AmazFit Band 5. We discuss everything from Alexa, to AI used for heart heath monitoring, to the parent company (Huami) privacy risks
In this short video we explain how to get into the BIOS / UEFI on an Intel Compute Stick. Specifically we show the different BIOS settings of a Terryza W5/T5:
If you need a small PC to handle small tasks, like digital signage or extreme portability the Intel Compute Stick is something to consider. This tiny USB dongle sized all in one computer has 4GB of RAM, a real 4 Core Intel Atom CPU, 64GB SSD, WiFi, Bluetooth, 2 USB Read more…
We recently ran into a simple Java Security error that through off our techs. The error stated JAVA APPLICATION BLOCKED: APPLICATION BLOCKED BY JAVA SECURITY and our techs thought this had to do with the Java’s browser integration. They spent time working though Chrome, Edge and IE11 security items but Read more…