More Opinion

  • 04 October 2006

  • Opinion: Intelligent putter helps your short game

    South Korea's Infinics promises that its putter - the Dixx Blu Digital Instructor - will improve your short game thanks to a set of sophisticated sensors that measure your stance and swing.

  • Opinion: Wrong number

    Harry Reeve writes: "I recently tried connecting a Linux computer to my XP system. I have a Netgear modem/router model DG632. In my attempts to get them talking, I must have made some bad configuration changes.

  • 02 October 2006

  • Opinion: Major threat to Microsoft: Tesco Office suite

    It's not often that retail giant Tesco is given underdog status, but technology analysts are sure to claim it's bitten off more than it can chew by announcing a range of own-brand software that could compete with Microsoft Office.

  • Opinion: Major threat to Microsoft: Tesco Office suite

    It's not often that retail giant Tesco is given underdog status, but technology analysts are sure to claim it's bitten off more than it can chew by announcing a range of own-brand software that could compete with Microsoft Office.

  • Opinion: Laptop power drain plugged

    Plus: what now for Windows 98 and Me users?

  • 01 October 2006

  • Opinion: Office beta hits MS in the wallet

    It should probably come as no surprise that Microsoft's largesse, as far as offering users a free taste of the beta of Office 2007, was shortlived.

  • 30 September 2006

  • Opinion: Spanner in the MS Works

    Patrick McCreesh writes: "At startup I receive two error messages: 'Procedure entry point GetProcessImageFilenameW could not be located in dynamic link library PSAPI.dll' and 'Runtime error 217 in 00025046'.

  • 29 September 2006

  • Opinion: Turned off by Intel's 'sexy' PCs

    Intel has opened a competition to encourage designers to produce a 'sexy' PC, with $1m on the table for the winning product. Is it just me, or do 'sex' and 'PC design' struggle to occupy the same sentence?

  • Opinion: Turned off by Intel's 'sexy' PCs

    Intel has opened a competition to encourage designers to produce a 'sexy' PC, with $1m on the table for the winning product. Is it just me, or do 'sex' and 'PC design' struggle to occupy the same sentence?

  • Opinion: Limited edition Tamagotchi Gold

    If you're one of the many Tamagotchi fans that make up PC Advisor's readership, you might want to stop what you're doing.

  • Opinion: Dance hall days

    Back in the dim-and-distant past, one of the first things I used the family Commodore 64 for was creating a database cataloguing all my music – that and playing Horace Goes Skiing, of course.

  • 28 September 2006

  • Opinion: Persistent password

    Peter Knowles writes: "Every time I try to check my email using Outlook Express 6.0 I receive a dialog box headed 'Logon – pop.wanadoo.co.uk' that says 'Please enter your username and password for the following server'.

  • 27 September 2006

  • Opinion: Breakthrough tech always 'over-hyped'

    Research firm Gartner's Hype Cycle serves as a harsh wake-up call to those of us who are wowed by the latest technologies. Excitement surrounding the new products that are promoted on a daily basis by the media often peaks way too soon.

  • Opinion: Breakthrough tech always 'over-hyped'

    Research firm Gartner's Hype Cycle serves as a harsh wake-up call to those of us who are wowed by the latest technologies. Excitement surrounding the new products that are promoted on a daily basis by the media often peaks way too soon.

  • Opinion: How to change ISPs – the easy way

    We'd all like to find a cheaper broadband service, but changing provider can be a hassle. PC Advisor explains the secrets behind a smooth switch.

  • 26 September 2006

  • Opinion: Apple's plans for console gaming?

    Apple's decision to make games available through iTunes 7.0 may be more significant than we first thought.

  • Opinion: The smallest mobile phone ever?

    When it comes to hard drives, cameras and MP3 players, the trend is to go for tiny, thin or both. So far, companies have managed to stay just barely this side of absurd – until now.

  • 25 September 2006

  • Opinion: Apple taking 'pod' out of dictionary

    I always said that rather than being the lovely, benevolent, tree-hugging and puppy-kissing company that many paint it to be, Apple is actually no different from any other corporation. Maybe soon people will start listening to me.

  • Opinion: Latest chips from ATI and Intel

    Traditionally, this is a time of year when most people are preoccupied with holidays, so very little is announced or launched in the IT industry. Not so this year. While ATI's Radeon X1950 XTX may not be a revolution, it does promise another step towards single-chip graphics cards.

  • 24 September 2006

  • Opinion: Uneasy Easyshare

    Tony Hill writes: "My PC was able to obtain updates from Windows Update without any problems, until I installed Kodak Easyshare 6.0.1.20. After that, when I tried to download updates, I was taken to a page that said 'Files required to use Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer'.

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