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Switching your phone line provider can prove easier with some companies than others

A recent test showed that canceling phone service may not be as easy as we think. Random test surveyors were asked to sign on to the websites of all the United Kingdom’s leading home phone line providers and see if they could figure out how to cancel their contracts. The testers were also asked to [...]

Learning Photo shop is Easy With Learn Photo shop Videos Tutorials

Learning Photoshop can be a long and arduous task, yet gaining even a basic knowledge of the Adobe product can help any designer or webmaster create amazing graphics.
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Video Professor can help. You can learn all about Photoshop simply and in the convenience of your own home. Using books to learn complex programmes like Adobe [...]

Samsung HMX-U10 Camcorder Review

Samsung’s latest light weight palm HD camcorder, the HMX-U10 has been released, marking Samsung’s foray into the growing market for HD pocket camcorders.

Toshiba’s 600GB 2.5” Hard Drive debuts

On Wednesday, Toshiba has announced their release of a 600GB, 2.5” hard drive (the MBF2600RC hard drive), according to an official release.

Alex laptop aimed at technophobes

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Broadband Computer, a Newcastle based company, has launched a Linux laptop designed to encourage technophobes to conquer their fears of the online world.

Microsoft announces Office 2010 prices

Microsoft has released their prices for three of their four versions of Microsoft Office 2010 for British consumers on Wednesday. The suite is set to release in June.

Google urged to free Flash

After the ?80.5m acquisition of video compression company On2 Technologies, Google is being pressured to release their new video codec under a royalty-free license in order to free the internet from Flash dominated videos. This pressure is coming from The Free Software Foundation.

Windows XP support ending

In order to receive support from Microsoft, businesses using Windows XP will be forced to upgrade to Service Pack 3, according to reports. This is their latest step into ending the run of Windows XP.

Adobe fixes Acrobat flaw

Adobe’s latest update download will fix the security flaw found within the Adobe Download Manager software. According to Adobe, “This vulnerability (CVE-2010-0189) could potentially allow an attacker to download and install unauthorised software onto a user’s system.”

Microsoft loosens Internet Explorer’s grip

After negotiations between Microsoft and the European Commission regarding its market power, Microsoft has agreed to loosen the grip of Internet Explorer, which accounts for 90% of the operating system market.

New ISP rules for Wi-Fi hotspots

In accordance with regulations stipulated by Digital Economic Bill, Wi-Fi providers, such as cafes, hotels, universities, and libraries may have to register as internet service providers, according to recent reports. This will inevitably add to their operating costs, and will hold them responsible for monitoring their networks for illegal file sharing.

Further delays on Fedora 13

The release of the first alpha for Fedora 13 has been delayed by a week, in order to “verify blocker bug fixes and validate new builds of software necessary to fix those bugs,” according to Fedora Project spokesperson Jesse Keating, adding in an official mailing list post: “We will spend the next few days doing [...]

Lenovo Edge ThinkPad Review

Lenovo’s latest edition of their reliable ThinkPad laptops is targeted to both businesses and for everyday use, with a sleek form to attract a new market. The market for slim and light weight laptops is a competitive one, but Lenovo is confident in The Edge’s success.

3D TVs soon will dominate

3D TVs, although still a long way from controlling the market, are expected to dominate in next ten years, according to reports.
Although only 1.2 million units will be shipped this year, that number is expected to jump to 15.6 million in 2013 and an astounding 64 million in 2018. The main obstacle for 3D TV’s [...]

Chrome adds auto-translation

Google’s new Chrome web browser has been given a new addition: an auto-translator.
In its previous incantation, translations were executed by either using the “translate this page” link of a Google search result, or by copying the URL or text and pasting it into Google’s Translate (translate.google.com) website.

PS3 Clock bug resolved

The clock bug that has annoyed millions of PS3 users has been resolved, according to official reports from Sony, although they are not revealing what caused the bug in the first place.

Opera 10.50 the fastest!

Opera Software has announced the release of Opera 10.50 on Tuesday, claiming it to be the fastest browser of Windows computers.
Opera.com, the company’s official web site, offers the new browser which runs off the Carakan JavaScript engine and comes complete with the Vega graphics library. According to Opera, users will not have to wait for [...]

A new way to check programme scheduling for Freeview and cable TV providers

Just twenty years ago if one wished to check out the upcoming programmes scheduled for the television, one either checked the newspaper or looked them up in a TV magazine. As print media has fallen by the wayside, most of us rely on the instant information offered by the internet. That resource has now expanded [...]

Microsoft ready to launch MultiPoint Server 2010

According to reports, Microsoft is ready to launch their MultiPoint Server 2010 soon, after development began in November of last year.

Mac OS X 10.4 will no longer support Firefox

Mozilla has recently stated that Mac users will require OS X 10.5 in order to run Firefox, although users of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) can still rely on the recently released Firefox 3.6 until 2011. Josh Aas, Mozilla Mac programmer wrote in a mailing list on Tuesday, “We believe a Mac OS X 10.5 [...]

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