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This week search giant Google launched the much anticipated browser Chrome and if first impressions count, this will rock your world. A small sub 500k download that was installed on our system in less than 20 seconds, it looks good, feels great and is so fast it’s like using a command line tool. It may [...]

When you are shopping for a bargain on the web, smart surfers always use price comparison web sites. Whether it be for car insurance, holidays, gadgets or plain old groceries, these places can always give you a good indication of what the best market price is. But which of these is the best for usability, [...]

People in the UK don’t eat enough vegetables. Quite often small children would rather eat crisps, chocolate chips or anything else instead of vegetables. 5 a day may be the goal, but getting them to eat vegetables can be no mean feat. Here we a list an abundance of resources packed with good ideas geared [...]

It seems that Christmas gets earlier every year, but plugging toys and gadgets during the summer holidays? You’d better believe it. Jane Douglas of MSN took a trip recently to the Christmas in July show in London and came back with a whole host of gift ideas for all of those early adopters and kids [...]

Getting any kind of unsolicited, unwanted communication is a nause; especially when it comes in large volumes. Unfortunately slapping a ‘No Junk Mail’ sign on your door does nothing to deter the would be mailer / caller / spammer.The problem does seem to be getting worse. Doormats, answering machines and inboxes are bursting at the [...]

Many people just cannot do push ups. Some can do 5 or 10, a few can do 50. There are however not many out there that can do 100 (correctly). Whilst you may not think that this figure is within your reach, a simple, graduated training programme has been devised to get you there in [...]

Everybody hates being put on hold. You call a company – your bank for example to find out your current balance and it takes in excess of 10 minutes to get the information that you require. Not only that, these calls are 9 times out of 10 automated when all you want to speak to [...]

UPDATE: 26/06/2009 – Step by Step guide. Tech blog Gizmodo has published a Step by Step Guide to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3.0. UPDATE: 19/06/2009 – iPhone 3.0 Jailbroken The iPhone Dev Team has already released the iPhone 3.0-jailbreaking Pwnage Tool for Mac OS X (just two days after the iPhone 3.0 release), with QuickPwn [...]

As the trend for web applications that mimic conventional desktop apps continues, we see a beta project from Google that is set to become the document collaboration software of choice. Google Docs tool-set includes a word processor, spreadsheet and a calendar that allows for real-time collaboration with multiple users. It works along-side Gmail which gives it the ability [...]

Amongst other news, it was reported today that half of adults ‘will be obese by 2050′ as a consequence of exposure to modern sedentary lifestyles. This epidemic is projected to cost the country £45 billion a year by 2050. By then, only 10 per cent of men and 15 per cent of women will be [...]

Fancy earning some easy cash by sending an email to a friend and getting them a job at the same time? Well its really as easy as that. It can be done from the web or you can add special code to your blog or homepage to advertise vacancies via an affiliate network. Here’s a [...]

When writing for the web either professionally or as a hobby then there is no point in doing it badly; it can have a massive impact on your credibility. In the past I have made countless mistakes myself and have only corrected them after extensive proof reading. The emergence of the web as a voice [...]

Serving personnel in the Armed Forces often forego many of the normal rights and freedoms enjoyed by those outside of the Military. In light of this they should be able to expect fair treatment, to be valued and respected as individuals, and that they (and their families) will be sustained and rewarded by commensurate terms [...]

SpinVox converts voice messages, from any phone, to any screen: making messaging natural and accessible for everyone. SpinVox Voice-to-ScreenTM Messaging enables your voice to create text-based messages that can be sent as text, email, to a blog, to your inbox or to a pre-defined group. The initial sign-up is free and then your are charged [...]

Here’s a free utility that you can use to detect all open (unencrypted) WiFi siganls. It’s called Easy WiFi Radar and is a small download from this site. Check out the video below, it gives a good demonstration of how it works. [tags]Easy WiFi Radar, free WiFi access[/tags]