I don’t know about you, but I think smartphones are amazing things.  So little you can fit them in a pocket or your handbag and carry them around with you everywhere – but with more power than your average full-sized laptop would have had just a few years ago! And some of the extra apps… Read More »

Last week was the “CES” – the Consumer Electronics Show – in Las Vegas.   It’s where all the big tech companies go to show off their new ideas for the year.  A lot of what gets shown there never really makes it out into the world at large (or not for a few years, at… Read More »

This seems appropriate for the New Year – a time for saying goodbye to the old and ringing in the new…   It’s time to say goodbye to Windows 7 Windows 7 was a great operating system – no two ways about it.  After the disappointment of Vista and the almost non-existence of Windows ME, it… Read More »

Well, it’s been quite a year here at the Helpful Book Company – and we couldn’t have done any of it without the amazing support of you, our loyal customers.  So we’d like to say a massive thank you, and just remind you of some of the things that have happened this year… Four brand… Read More »

Well, Christmas is very nearly here now.  All the presents are wrapped (just about), the house is looking suitably festive and I’ve got Christmas dinner planned with military precision – we’ll see how that goes… But for one particular bit of Christmas preparation, I’m glad to have technology on my side.  And that’s the trip… Read More »