Category Archives: Software

The Zynga Poker Story

Zynga is one of the successful slow burners of what we could describe as the Facebook age.  Ten years ago we would have described it as a dot.com triumph but we’re in a different era now, one in which overnight … Continue reading

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The Rise Of The Online Casino

If you’ve navigated to this website and are reading this article, it’s fair to say you’re pretty familiar with the internet, this incredible network of billions of websites containing vast amounts of useful (and useless) information.  Twenty years ago, even … Continue reading

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Tech News Weekly Update 11/5/11

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 11/4/11

Facebook Smartphones To Take Over The World We’ve mentioned this before but it looks like Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to have Facebook virtually integrated into smartphones will be far more wide-reaching than previously expected. HTC has been the smartphone’s driving force … Continue reading

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Tech News Weekly Update 31/4/11

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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Tech News Weekly Update 23/2/11

Amazon Prime Expands Service (in the U.S.) The Amazon Prime service has been around for a while now – it’s the paid-for delivery service which guarantees a two day delivery for unlimited items bought from the Amazon online store.  It … Continue reading

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Mobile World Congress 2011 News 15/2/11

This years Mobile World Congress is currently underway in Barcelona.  The purpose of the congress is to exhibit new technology and as a meeting place for the CEO’s and other head honchos of the mobile phone industry.  The 3 day … Continue reading

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Tech News Weekly Update 11/2/11

BBC iPlayer for Android Released The BBC iPlayer has been a significant player in the UK internet market in recent years.  It’s not a revenue raiser as such but internet providers must offer fast enough speeds to stream programming smoothly … Continue reading

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Windows 8 Anyone?

It’s probably time to have a quick look at Microsoft’s next iteration of its still dominant operating system Windows.  In recent years it does seem as though one slightly bodged release has followed another.  It’s a subjective thing but for … Continue reading

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Open Source – A Brief History – Part Two

Open Source – A Brief History – Part Two In the last article we discussed the very beginnings of the open source movement up to the point where the name was made official.  In this article we’ll focus on Linus … Continue reading

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