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The Digital TV Switch Over in London Starts Wednesday

Crystal Palace Transmitter

The digital TV switchover for the whole of the UK is nearing completion this year and Londoners are next to have the analogue signal switched off. This will happen Wednesday 4th April 2012. Freeview users will need to retune their … Continue reading

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HD video in Skype is here

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Skype has finally unveiled version 5.8 which allows users to have full HD video calls (providing they have an HD camera).

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BT announces possible UK broadband disruption

This Friday, until next (18th) BT will be carrying out some upgrades to their network in the small hours. The maintenance windows are as follows:

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Skype moves into version 5

Skype has today release version 5 of its software, the main new feature being Facebook integration.

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Windows Updates for October 2010

Tuesday is patch day for Windows users, who are receiving a record number of fixes – 49 in all!

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Firefox Flash Fix for Windows 64-bit

Last weekend a customer got in touch about an Adobe Flash problem with Windows 7 64-bit.

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Every National Geographic – Ever!

Technology is sometimes is used for great things and the global Magazine favourite has put it to good use.

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Patch Batch Tuesday – First for 2010

Microsoft today has released the first batch of patches for 2010. The petite group of updates is smaller than the usual feast for Windows users.

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Pile-up of Mobile Gadgets in Taxis in Run-up to Christmas

Travellers in, and travelling through London leave 10,000 mobile phones behind a month!

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Google & Bing Reveal Top Search Results for 2009

It’s officially reaching the end of 2009, Google & Bing have released details of the most searched for topics of the year.

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