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Windows browser choice screen coming in March
Published in News, Other News | Written by Rhys
Microsoft has recently agreed with the Europeon Commission over allegations of anti-competitive behaviour and as a result is rolling out an update whereby users with Internet Explorer set as their default browser will be faced with a screen prompting them to select a browser.
iPhone App released which tells you who has an ASBO
Published in News, Other News | Written by Rhys
ASBOrometer is a new iPhone App which gives you a percentage of your neighbourhood who have an ASBO. The information is pulled from Government databases before forwarding it onto users and even tells you what Asbo’s were issued.
Estate Agent’s aren’t taking humorously to the app though as it may put people off buying in areas [...]
Britain has the 26th fastest internet in the world
Published in News, Other News | Written by Rhys
According to Akamai’s ‘The State of the Internet (Q3-2009)’ report, Britain is ranked 26th in the world. The average download speed reported is just 3.5 Mbps.
UK and US students get cheap Windows 7
Published in News, Other News | Written by Richard
Microsoft are offering what can only be described as an amazing offer to students in the UK and US. They’ve announced massive discounts on their latest OS, Windows 7 – provided you’re a student.
Visual search added to Bing
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The beta version of a search and shopping tool know as Visual Search has been added to Microsoft’s Bing search engine.
Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 update
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Two new security updates have been released for the popular web browser, Firefox 3.0.14 and 3.5.3 have been released by the Mozilla team.
Spotify to enable offline playlists
Published in News, Other News | Written by Richard
Spotifiy is preparing to offer offline versions of the playlists PC users create, as well as users on mobile phones.
New Nvidia 190.2 WHQL driver
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A new version of the WHQL certified Geforce driver, the Geforce 190.62 WHQL, has been released by Nvidia.
Tom Tom navigation on iPhone
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Tom Tom, one the best known GPS producers had launched a navigation app for the iPhone.
Twitter used to control botnets
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Jose Nazario, a security researcher from Arbor Networks has discovered a crimeware botnet using Twitter to distribute commands.


