When trying to justify your new PC you will probably tell everyone you need it for business use or schoolwork or to further your studies, but secretly you might just want it to play games! If you are going to spend the money you need to make sure that you get a good gaming PC. Here is some advice on how to pick a machine that can blast those aliens with the best of them.
If you are an Orange customer and you want an iPhone, but you didn’t want to change to O2, then there is some good news today. Orange has announced that it has signed a deal with Apple to allow it to start selling the smartphone/iPod in the UK. In fact Orange have even setup a website so you can register your interest.
ccording to the statistics you are probably reading this article using Internet Explorer. The dominance of IE has worried some in recent times including the European Union who consider Microsoft position as a monopoly, especially since when you start your new PC the only web browser available is Internet Explorer. This probably means you will start using it and stick with it. But there are a whole bunch of alternatives out there and most are better than IE. Here is a look at the other main web browsers available today.
It was announced to the world in January, it went on sale in the USA in June, in July we heard it was coming to the UK “in time for the winter holidays” and now, finally, O2 have announced the launch date of the Palm Pre in the UK. From October 16th the Palm Pre can be had for free when you sign up to a two year contract at £34.26 per month.
Sometimes it is easy to forget that the netbook revolution started just two short years ago when Asus introduced the Eee PC 701. Their popularity was almost instant with Asus selling over 300,000 units in the first three months. Now in 2009 there are more netbooks than ever in the market and giants like Dell, HP and Sony all have offerings. So with Christmas coming up, here is a run down of the good, the mad and the stylish in the netbook marketplace.
While everyone was predicting and pontificating about Apple releasing a Tablet this month (which they didn’t but they probably will in February) Microsoft have been secretly working on their own tablet. Called Courier it it is more than a tablet, it has two screens hinged in the middle and looks more like a traditional book or filofax (remember those) than a tablet.
One of the obvious advantages of netbooks are their size. They are very portable and can be used just as much on the move as well as at a desk. But to be used on the move you need a battery and a battery that only lasts an hour or so kinda of kills the idea of a netbook. Many netbooks have great battery life, but MSI have just launched the new MSI Wind U110 ECO with a reported battery life of 15+ hours!
Starbucks UK is now offering free in-store Wifi to its customers, providing you are a member of their Starbucks Card Rewards programme.
The free Internet access has come about because of a new agreement between Starbucks and BT to deliver BT Openzone high-speed wireless broadband at more than 650 Wi-Fi enabled Starbucks coffeehouses throughout the UK and Ireland.
