Free Backup Checkup
Around this time of year, every year, we encourage all our clients to have an IT spring clean to delete, archive and backup un-used data. This is also a perfect time to check and test your backups.
Do you have daily backups in place? Do they work?
Although we endeavour to check the backup when we visit you (our existing customers), it is ultimately your responsibility to make sure the backups are working properly.
We want to make sure your files are as safe as they can be, so we’re offering a Free Backup Checkup for both new and existing clients of ours. We can do this with you remotely while you’re on the phone and it will normally take between 10-15 minutes.
We hope all of you take advantage of this offer by emailing: backup@theengineroom.co.uk or calling 08456 447758
Our Backup Checkups are very popular, so we recommend getting in early as we run them on a first come first serve basis.
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Free Laptop Surgery – Wed 25th March – Adam St
We are offering our next free Laptop Surgery in Adam St on 25th March between 11am and 3pm.
Open to anyone who needs a little help to make their laptop behave.
* Need Antivirus tips?
* WiFi keep disconnecting?
* Lappie suffering with PMS?
The rules
* You’re allowed 30 minutes to play with the engineers. Just play nicely
* MAC and PC
* It’s free, gratis, nada! Hoorah in these credit crunch times
Simply email jamie@theengineroom.co.uk or call 08456 447758 to book in
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PC Stuck in a startup loop?
It appears that Microsoft, bless, have released an update for Windows XP & Vista that is keeping some PCs stuck in the startup process. i.e. your PC boots to the Splash Screen and then reboots itself. Then it goes on forever until you pull the plug.
If this happens to you, you will have to start the PC in Safe Mode (F8 just after Start Up normally), start System Restore and roll back to before the last Update. Then turn off Automatic Updates for a while until MS have sorted their stuff out (Give it a few weeks).
If this means nothing to you just give us a call on 08456 447758 or email helpme@theengineroom.co.uk
The Future of Food
Dr Morgaine Gaye Presents ‘The Future of Food’
Want to feel fabulous all of the time?
This lecture looks at the history of why we eat what we eat, believe what we believe and where we are going with the future of food.
We are constantly bombarded by the latest new fad or celebrity diet but real cutting edge information which changes the way we think is hard to come by. The journey to health has become an increasingly complex maze of information. To feel great 100% of the time requires simple solutions that are easy to implement.
Come and experience a whole new way of thinking about food.
When & Where
Friday 27th March
12:30 – 13:30
Kettners (The Salle) – 29 Romilly St, Soho, London, W1D 5HP – 020 7734 6112
How much?
Free
RSVP
By invitation as we only have 30 spaces. Please email dan@theengineroom.co.uk to reserve your space.
Who is Dr Morgaine Gaye?
She is a food futurologist. She researches knowledge from history, nature, global cultures and applies modern scientific research to help advance the technology of wellness and the way we perform & live in our ever demanding lives.
Her clients include: education and health facilities, FTSE 100 companies, celebrities and business leaders.
‘By changing the way we eat, what products we use, the way we think and the way we live our life, we can give our own bodies the chance to heal themselves’
Morgainegaye.com
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-22
- 100 Top iPhone Tips for business. Free workshop. 17th March. 1230-1330. Adam St. Tweetme for details #
Dell's MacBook Air rival launched
Dell has finally launched its widely-trailed rival to the MacBook Air. Dubbed Adamo, the laptop lays claim to the Air’s title of “world’s thinnest laptop”, measuring 0.65in at its thinnest point – although it is slightly thicker near the hinge.
Like the MacBook, the aluminium casing is constructed from a single piece of metal. The Adamo comes in two colours: “onyx” black and metallic “pearl”. The luxury system is unlikely to be competing for shelf space alongside the rest of the Dell models in Tescos. Gone are the carboard boxes, in comes a transparent perspex display case with separate compartments for the laptop and power supply – a sign that Dell is adopting Apple’s approach to packaging as well as laptop design.
So what’s inside the laptop itself? There’s 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U9300 processor, integrated Intel X4500 graphics, 2GB of DDR3 RAM and a 128GB SSD.
The display is a 13.4in 16:9 HD display with edge-to-edge glass, with Dell claiming “preliminary” battery life in excess of five hours. The Adamo also boasts 802.11n wireless and will include a 3G mobile broadband option.
There’s no optical drive, although the company will offer an external DVD+/-RW or Blu-ray disc drive as part of its range of matching accessories.
It’s hardly a cutting-edge spec, although it certainly has a top-end price: $1,999 in the US. UK pricing has yet to be announced, but it will be a huge surprise if it comes in any cheaper than £1,500.
The Adamo will go on sale worldwide from 26 March.
Most Useful iPhone Apps
Us here at The Engine Room are a mixed and odd bunch. Most of us have iPhones and use them for both work and play in mixed and odd ways. In this blog we cover a few of the more sane iPhone applications we use on a daily basis. All these applications are available to download for FREE here: http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/appstore.html at time of writing.
First up we have MyRail Lite. It’s an essential application for people living in or around London who commute into work via train. It displays an exact duplicate of the platform timetable display for any given station including departure time, arrival time, platform number and all stops and times on the way to your destination. The only time I’ve seen it misbehave is when the actual station is having trouble with it’s timetables too.
Next we have TwitterFon. It’s a neat little iPhone app for reading and updating your Twitter account if you have one. It’s nicely laid out and very simple to use. You can follow twitter links and scroll through recent friends’ twitters on the move.
One of my favorites is the apple Remote application for iTunes. It allows you to use your iPhone or iPod as a remote control for your iTunes. Provided your iPhone or iPod are on the same wireless network as your computer with iTunes on it then you can search, play, skip and adjust the volume of your music in real-time.
For those of you who are forever correcting leaning pictures on the wall or the tech savvy carpenter this little tool will come in handy. Aptly named the iHandy Level, it users the iPhone’s inbuilt motion sensors and displays a very accurate spirit level.
The last little tool is more of a toy. It’s called RJDJ and users your iPhone’s microphone to sample sounds from around you and turn them into a spacial sound-scape you can manipulate by touching the phone’s screen.
Superfast Solid State Drives Are The Future!
A few off the wall experiments show how you don’t need expensive advertising to promote a new product like the new Samsung SSD drives.
The video shows the supercomputer opening every program in Microsoft Office 2003 in half a second, while during another experiment it copies a DVD from one drive to another in a shorter time than it takes for the DVD to hit the ground after being dropped out of The Viral Factory’s office window.
The video also shows the “recycling” of every speech that George Bush ever made, about six gigabytes worth, instantly.
The Viral Factory’s creatives have been shown a thing or two by their IT manager after his short film about Samsung’s new hard drive racked up 1m views and nearly 1,000 largely positive comments on YouTube.
Watch Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs
100 iPhone Top Tips for Business – Free Workshop in London
If we show you 100 top iPhone tips for business can we ask you to remember 3?
Stig's iPhone
Save time, money and frustration with your iPhone
Or, if you don’t have one, get the inside track here
Items covered:
* How to get the most from your iPhone
* But what about Blackberry, Windows MB, Nokia et al?
* Killer Apps, battery saving, keyboard tips & more
Thursday March 19th. 1230-1330. Adam St (www.adamstreet.co.uk)
£50 deposit required by Credit Card and only charged if you don’t turn up
Only 8 spaces out of 20 left so book now by emailing dan@theengineroom.co.uk
or call 08456 447758
See you there
New customer? Why don't you BOGOF?
Buy 1 hour and get the next free!
Last week we quizzed a selection of potential clients. Nearly all were worried about cash and we are no different.
This downturn has really given us a kick in the backside to smarten up our act, sharpen up our internal processes and think about marketing which has been a great thing to do.
Our main man Brent came up with an idea to attract new customers. He denies it, but we think his inspiration came from the back of a pizza box.
The offer stands for 1 month and applies to new customers only:
Buy one hour and get one free!!!
Terms apply obviously but great news if you want to get that server installed on the cheap.
email dan@theengineroom.co.uk
or call 08456 447758 for further details
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