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BBC iPlayer to Get an Upgrade

The immensely popular BBC iPlayer is about to get a make-over. With over 100 million requests to view programmes since it launched and the site averaging 700,000 requests per day to view the BBC have recognised the public’s desire for such a media format and have invested some serious time and money in developing iPlayer [...]

Posted by admin on Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Top tips for keep your Sat Nav system safe

With satellite navigation equipment becoming more popular with motorists, it is also becoming more popular with criminals. 
You can also help by following these tips:
Where it’s portable keep it safe by taking it, together with the support cradle and suction pads, with you when you leave the car.
And remember to wipe away any suction pad marks [...]

Posted by admin on Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Samsung F480 gives iPhone a run for its money

If you have been bedazzled by all the hype surronding the Apple 3G iPhone but are sill on the look out for a new phone why not take a look at the new Samsung F480 Tocco.
Follwing on from the successful launch of the new phone, Samsung is promising the release of more high-profile devices this year, [...]

Posted by admin on Friday, June 20th, 2008

Apple iPhone 3G is unveiled

Steve Jobs, MD for Apple finally unveiled the new 2008 version of the Apple iPhone at the Moscone Center in front of over 5,000 developers yesterday.
Branded as being “twice as fast - at half the price” - Mr Jobs wowed the audience with the latest 3G developements that take the iPhone a stage closer to [...]

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Top 10 UK cities for Mobile Phone Theft in 2008

Research carried out by CPP the life assistance organisation has named Cambridge as the worst city in the UK for mobile phone theft and associated fraud e.g. using a stolen phone to rack up calls at the owners expense.
The top ten worst cities for mobile theft ranked as follows:-

Cambridge
Leicester                                    
London                                         
Birmingham                                  
Glasgow                                        
Sheffield                                       
Manchester                                  
Liverpool and Southampton     
Newcastle                                     
Plymouth                                     

The study also revealed the most likely [...]

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008