Paypal Payments

I’ve come across Paypal on three occasions in a short space of time which raised a question I wanted opinions on If someone offers PayPal as a payment option, who should pick up the payment charges? The first time I got thinking about this is because AMITPRO now offers PayPal as a payment option for

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Virtual Desktops and Productivity

Sometimes I’ll revisit my favourite collections of applications and utilities to make sure I know what the current features are, see if they can solve any current problems I have, make myself aware of anything new or simply just remind me of something I may have missed before One of my favourite collections of utilities

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Office 2010 Versions

With everything that’s been going on personally and professionally the last few months the newest version of Office sort of skipped by me Sure I installed the “alpha” when it was released on one of my machines but I wasn’t using it full time Yesterday I had to do a rebuild of my main office

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Check Your SBSC Status

It’s come to light recently that some partners are having their SBSC status change without realising The reason being that the Sales and Marketing Assessment you have to complete when signing up only lasts for two years. On top of this you don’t receive any E-mails or alerts to let you know. Microsoft are aware

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Oh yeah, it’s 2010

Ok it’s not quite that bad….but Christmas and New Year were a bit of a blur and even though it’s the Wednesday morning I feel like I’ve been back at the office for weeks! The year ended with Mrs P getting the operation I mentioned previously so the run up to Christmas was filled with

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The Case of the Vanishing E-mails

I just wanted to relay a support call I’ve just dealt with as it really had me stumped. For a while I was concerned there was something really bad happening but now that I’ve gotten to the bottom of it I can breathe easy as it wasn’t actually all that serious Our client called to

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Top Gear, Range Rover, Dual View Screen

If you saw Top Gear at the weekend (and if you didn’t, why not?! It’s one of the best programs on TV!) you’ll have seen Jeremy Clarkson salivating over a Range Rover. It had a ton of gadgets but the one that jumped out at me was the “dual view” screen. Basically, the screen shows

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