The TalkTalk Blog - Tech Tips category

Our help is just a YouTube video away

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:18:00 GMT

We’ve noticed that a significant portion of the calls and emails we receive from our customers focus on just a few common issues.

Some of these are minor ‘technical’ problems which can actually be resolved quite quickly. Others are the equivalent of “frequently asked questions” people have about their internet experience.

Avoid the perils of broadband slowdown this Christmas

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:53:00 GMT

With only just over a week left until Christmas, many of you will have doubtlessly been busy decorating your homes, complete with sparkling Christmas tree. However, our past experience has shown that in-home lighting and wiring, such as Christmas tree lights, can interfere with wireless signals and reduce broadband speeds – regardless of ISP provider – by up to 25%.

Upgrade fever hits Mac and Windows worlds

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:54:00 GMT

Unless you live in a bunker on the far side of the Moon (in which case, congratulations on finding your way here) then you’ll know we are entering a huge couple of months for the computer industry with the launch of Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’. Windows 7 arrives on 22 October and Snow Leopard is already here having touched down on 28 August.

Opera Unite takes home PCs into the cloud

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Accessibility. It is perhaps the main drive behind the first wave of Cloud computing. It's something that the exciting new Google Chrome OS is keen to promote and a factor which will come to simplify the lives of millions. In short it means having the ability to access your digital content from any web connected computer in any place at any time.

Google Chrome OS and what it means for you

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:45:00 GMT

This month the search giant announced 'Chrome OS' - a strange name you'd think because it is named after the Google Chrome web browser. Surely what is usually just one component of an operating system should not be the inspiration for it? After all you don't see Microsoft announcing 'Internet Explorer OS'.