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Feb 19
Windows browser choice screen coming in March

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.

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Feb 19
iPhone App released which tells you who has an ASBO

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 [...]

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Jan 16
Britain has the 26th fastest internet in the world

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.

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Sep 19
UK and US students get cheap Windows 7

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.

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Sep 15
Visual search added to Bing

Visual search added to Bing

Published in News, Other News | Written by Richard

The beta version of a search and shopping tool know as Visual Search has been added to Microsoft’s Bing search engine.

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Sep 11
Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 update

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 update

Published in News, Other News | Written by Richard

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.

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Sep 07
Spotify to enable offline playlists

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.

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Aug 24
New Nvidia 190.2 WHQL driver

New Nvidia 190.2 WHQL driver

Published in News, Other News | Written by Richard

A new version of the WHQL certified Geforce driver, the Geforce 190.62 WHQL, has been released by Nvidia.

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Aug 17
Tom Tom navigation on iPhone

Tom Tom navigation on iPhone

Published in News, Other News | Written by Richard

Tom Tom, one the best known GPS producers had launched a navigation app for the iPhone.

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Aug 16
Twitter used to control botnets

Twitter used to control botnets

Published in News, Other News | Written by Richard

Jose Nazario, a security researcher from Arbor Networks has discovered a crimeware botnet using Twitter to distribute commands.

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