Category Archives: News

Goodbye BTjunkie

Posted on February 13, 2012 by admin

BTjunkie wasn’t the first bittorrent site of course; there were plenty of others in the download arena before it made a name for itself.  It was one of the best known however and regular users or browsers will have been … Continue reading →

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Tech News Update 18/1/12

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

It’s all about the iPad this week and the various rumours surrounding the release of the next iteration of the multi-million selling tablet.  The iPad 3 will be unveiled in February and then released in March 2012 so if you’ve … Continue reading →

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Tech News Weekly Update

Posted on May 25, 2011 by admin

Netflix Showing the Way Forward Here in Europe we tend not to hear too much about Netflix, originally a DVD rentalservice in the United States but since 2007, an on-demand movie and TV programme streaming service. The price for the … Continue reading →

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Thunderbolt vs USB 3.0

Posted on May 17, 2011 by admin

The last few years have seen some homogenisation in the world of personal computer connectivity.  Unlike in other arenas perhaps, this generalisation of standards in the world of the home and office computer has been a good thing.  Every device … Continue reading →

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Tech News Weekly Update 11/5/11

Posted on May 10, 2011 by admin

Why Is Microsoft Buying Skype? Internet telephony company Skype is almost eight years old now – probably older than most people imagine and it’s one of the legendary dot coms which doesn’t really have a business model. Developed by Kazaa … Continue reading →

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Tech News Weekly Update 4/5/11

Posted on May 3, 2011 by admin

Sony’s Hole Gets Deeper Sony’s problems look like they’re going to get worse before they get better.  On the 2nd May the company closed the Station games portal, deciding that this measure was necessary because of “….an issue that warrants … Continue reading →

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Tech News Weekly Update 28/4/11

Posted on April 27, 2011 by admin

Sony and the Giant Data Breach There’s one big story this week and that is the ongoing problems at Sony with regards to its Playstation Network.  We are now entering day 8 of the network outage which has forced Sony’s … Continue reading →

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Tech News Weekly Update

Posted on April 20, 2011 by admin

Apple’s Earning Surprise Everyone Followers of this type of financial news will probably be a bit surprised by the scale of the recent figures from Apple – Wall St certainly appeared to be.  However they will also say that this … Continue reading →

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Tech News Weekly Update 31/4/11

Posted on April 3, 2011 by admin

GTA V On The Way? I don’t often talk about games on this site – I’m not a huge fan of that particular pastime but sometimes rumours of a game are relevant to any tech site.  In this case it’s … Continue reading →

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Quantum Computing Edges Forward

Posted on March 22, 2011 by admin

“A quantum computer is a device for computation that makes direct use of quantum mechanical phenomena, superposition and entanglement, to perform operation on data. Quantum computers are different from traditional computers based on transistors. The basic principle behind quantum computation … Continue reading →

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