David Booth

David Booth

Director of Managed Cloud Services and IT Support at PicNet

David joined PicNet in 2004 and has held several roles straddling the breadth of IT. David has worked on numerous projects for a number of medium and large size companies and Government agencies. David consults as a vCIO, Senior Project Manager, Business Analyst and drives the IT Support and Managed Cloud Services at PicNet.

David Booth

September 1, 2009

Top 10 Bad IT decisions

Want to take a look at the history of stupid decision making in the IT field? Click here: ...

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David Booth

August 31, 2009

Handy Tool in Windows 7 to force what codec Windows uses

Windows 7 now has built-in support for DivX, XviD, H.264 out of the box! - so you no longer need to install codec packs etc, when playing back your favourite video (AVI) files However even if you do Windows 7 won't use them and use its own DirectShow ...

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David Booth

August 20, 2009

Windows 2008 R2 goes RTM!

The newly released Windows Server 2008 R2 has a stack of new features that build on the award-winning Windows Server 2008. This new version expands on existing technologies and enables organisations to increase the reliability and flexibility of thei ...

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David Booth

August 18, 2009

Dell enters the smartphone market

In an already crowded and growing market segment Dell launches its own smartphone in China. However base specs indicate that it could be missing some key features such as wifi and 3g. See the full article here: Image courtesy of bestofmicro.com ...

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David Booth

August 12, 2009

Windows 7 Upgrade Chart - simplified

You may find it useful that one blogger over at ZDNet has posted his own version of the Windows 7 upgrade chart after the official Microsoft one looks complex with over 66 options in the chart See the whole story here: Simplified Windows Upgrade Char ...

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David Booth

August 12, 2009

Your iPhone could soon dob you in!

Apple is apparently applying for patent that will allow its products to detect and record if they are damaged by water / heat / dropped etc for the purpose of Apple determining whether warranty claims are due to manufacturing defect or lack of custom ...

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