All Blog Posts Tagged 'uk' (26)

Youtube UK Ban Lifted!

Round about march this year youtube blocked all official music to the UK!

Finnally :) Its been lifted!

So question is what are they up to? I mean first they block all official music to the UK! and now they lift it! hmmm...... this seems very suspicious to me. Why would they c… Continue

Added by Joshua Warren on September 4, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Live in the US, complain about prices? Think again. [Price comparison of Apple products between 3 different countries]

Look, I understand that with the economic crisis the world is in right now and all the problems about prices, but you really don't have any reason to complain. But hear this: The prices in the US for anything are... *the suspense is killing you at this moment, or maybe not* ... cheap! No, but really, they are! Lets take a look at the rest of the world. For example, let's compare three different countries: 1) USA 2) UK 3) This, little, northern-european country called Estonia, in which… Continue

Added by Johannes S. on August 26, 2009 at 3:30pm — 5 Comments

Insider secrets: iPlayer outside UK, Hulu outside US

Well, not really insider secrets, but just a few easy solutions for a couple of problems. Everyone who isn't from the United States or is from there and has travelled abroad with a laptop, knows that Hulu and similar services don't work outside the US. Everyone not from the UK or anyone from the UK who has travelled abroad with a laptop, knows that iPlayer and Demand Five don't work outside the UK. Everyone not from the US has gotten a copyright message on youtube that this video is not avail… Continue

Added by Johannes S. on August 17, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

What the ****: Laws make no sense.

(This is the second post in the series of my "What the ****" posts) 1) There's a new language law passed in Estonia, the Northern European country in which I live in. It requires me to blog in fluent Estonian. Sorry, but that's... well, retarded. First of all (although I live in Estonia and consider me somewhat Estonian, I speak better English than Estonian, even though Estonian is my mother tongue) I don't blog in Estonian. I blog in English. It is the language I speak best. It is the… Continue

Added by Johannes S. on August 9, 2009 at 1:00pm — 14 Comments

UK Government To Install Surveillance Cameras In Private Homes

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, August 3, 2009 The UK government is about to spend $700 million dollars installing surveillance cameras inside the private homes of citizens to ensure that children go to bed on time, attend school and eat proper meals. No you aren’t reading a passage from George Orwell’s 1984 or Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, this is Britain in 2009, a country which already has more surveillance cameras watching its population than the whole of Europe put togethe… Continue

Added by Stephen on August 4, 2009 at 1:17pm — 2 Comments

Pre-orders for WIndows 7 goes live tomorrow

People can pre-order copies of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7 from tomorrow from selected retailers. However the £50 price tag means that the software is bound to be snapped up quickly by bargain hunters as this will be a limited stock and the RRP will be £79.99 when the software is launched in the autumn. In the past Microsoft has offered low-cost ‘Upgrade’ editions of Windows users who already own a previous version, but Microsoft says that “technical issues” related to its remo… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 14, 2009 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Microsoft unveils Office 2010 and takes productivity software online

Microsoft has announced that some of its Office applications will be delivered over the internet in the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, codenamed Office 14. Office Web applications, as Microsoft has tagged the online version, will include Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint and Word "with reduced functionality to that experienced by users who have Office installed on their PCs," according to Chris Adams, Microsoft's Office client product manager. The cut-down online version of Offi… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 13, 2009 at 8:48am — 1 Comment

Royal household turns to Twitter

Buckingham Palace has revealed that the Royal Family has now joined the Twitter micro-blogging revolution. The Twitter account @BritishMonarchy has just gone live, following several weeks of testing. A spokeswoman said it had signed up to harness the popularity of Twitter to spread news about the Royal Family. It will provide details of royal engagements as well as link to information about what members of the family are doing. But the spokeswoman said neither the Queen nor other members of th… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 13, 2009 at 4:39am — No Comments

Brits Tell Goons With Needles To Stick It Where The Sun Don’t Shine

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Sunday, July 12, 2009 The trial balloon went up today on the UK government’s efforts to impose a mass mandatory vaccination program against swine flu, but judging from the response on a major newspaper website, millions of British citizens will tell the goons with needles to stick it where the sun don’t shine. Sky News reports today that, “The entire population could be vaccinated against swine flu as health chiefs draw up plans to build a nationwide immuni… Continue

Added by Stephen on July 13, 2009 at 4:04am — No Comments

Corel Videostudio X2 Pro Ultimate (Corel’s video editor adds some fun features)

Video Studio X2 Pro Ultimate is a video suite based around Corel’s latest incarnation of the video editor which started life as a Ulead product, often bundled with video capture cards. Having got through to version 12 (called X2 in Corel’s numbering system), you can probably guess that most of the video-editing basics are covered. You can import video clips from camera, disc or hard disk in a variety for formats, edit them on a timeline with captions, overlays, picture-in-picture effects, narra… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 11, 2009 at 7:42am — No Comments

Viewsonic Introduces Flat Screen Monitor With Built-In PC

Now here's a product which I think is quite innovative: How about a desktop pc that is entirely built into the pc's flatscreen monitor? Yes, it had to happen at some point in time right? Viewsonic has introduced what in my opinion will probably become the future of the traditional desktop pc as we know it today. The Viewsonic VPC100 All-in-One PC is essentially a desktop pc with all of it's essential parts - the processor, hard drive and all the usb ports designed to fit into what looks like a… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 11, 2009 at 6:43am — 1 Comment

Microsoft Launched New Social Networking Site Named WindowsLivePlanet

After the successful social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, MySpace . . Now its Microsoft’s turn to start up with new social networking site named WindowsLivePlanet. This is Microsoft India’s initiative, As claimed by Microsoft this program has been designed for people to allow & find people that matches them. All you need to do is complete your profile and Windows Live Planet will open up a whole new world! It is almost same as the existing social networking sites and nothing new to… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 11, 2009 at 3:38am — 2 Comments

Norton AntiVirus 2010 Preview

This is the software publisher's description. Norton AntiVirus 2010 will be the fastest and lightest malware scanner Symantec has ever delivered. Norton AntiVirus scans faster and uses less memory than any other antivirus product on the market. Unlike free solutions from Microsoft, Norton AntiVirus includes intrusion detection to detect malicious code hidden in web sites before it can strike. Norton AntiVirus’s pulse updates ensure that you are always plugged into Symantec’s global security gr… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 10, 2009 at 10:01am — 11 Comments

How should I dispose of my hard disk securely?

Q) I wish to dispose of an old computer and I understand that the best way of protecting the personal information on the hard disk (my bank details and so on) is to remove the hard disk and break it up with a hammer, and then the other computer parts can be used by a third party. Can you advise how to go about this process? A) The rather odd advice to smash your hard disk if you’re getting rid of a computer was recently propagated by a national magazine (not one related to Computeractive, we ha… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 10, 2009 at 9:47am — 12 Comments

Rugged Nokia 3720 classic gets official

Today Nokia officially unveiled the Nokia 3720 classic - a rugged handset, designed to survive in enviroments where others won't. Coming with IP-54 certification and entry-level feature set, the Nokia 3720 classic will be a direct rival to the Samsung B2100 Xplorer. Nokia 3720 classic is the next member of the almost forgotten line of “rugged” devices by the Finnish manufacturer dating back to Nokia 5140. Its IP-54 certification indicates complete dust and splash resistance, while Nokia also cla… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 10, 2009 at 8:16am — No Comments

Group Test: Apple iPhone 3GS smartphone contenders

The iPhone 3GS isn’t the biggest or grandest of updates, but for us, it does enough to maintain Apple’s number one spot. We assume Apple has taken an “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” approach. Gone, however, are the days when Apple’s mobile was a class apart from its rivals. All of the smartphones here give it a run for its money, beating the iPhone in some key areas, notably the camera, and running it close in others, including the touchscreen – until recently, the iPhone’s was, well, untouch… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 10, 2009 at 4:52am — No Comments

Microsoft admits it knew of critical IE bug in early '08

Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it has known about a bug behind widespread Internet Explorer (IE) attacks for more than a year, but defended its security process against critics. According to Mike Reavey, director of Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC), the company first got word of a critical flaw in an ActiveX control in early spring 2008. The bug can be exploited through IE6 and IE7 on Windows XP. Two researchers, Ryan Smith and Alex Wheeler, reported the bug to Microsoft when they w… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 10, 2009 at 4:29am — 1 Comment

EU Versions of Windows 7 to include no Web Browser...

After looking at the pricing and details of the release of Windows 7 in the EU, I noticed that they would not be including a web browser (which I have tweeted about before). However, the thought just crossed my mind about all the people out there who are not at all competent or confident with computers. They may be purchasing their first and only PC and it's loaded with WIndows 7, they have also just subscribed to broadband - but can't get on the internet. I think Microsoft have made a huge mis… Continue

Added by Matt Gibson on July 10, 2009 at 3:17am — No Comments

DDOS attack again takes down South Korean Web sites

For the third day in a row a number of major public and private Web sites in South Korea have been taken off the Internet by a distributed denial of service attack. The attack hit the Chosun Ilbo daily newspaper, ranked the top news Web site in the country; Internet Auction, one of the largest online auction services; Kookmin Bank; the South Korean President's home page, and the home page of U.S. Forces Korea. Some sites that were hit a day earlier, including the National Assembly and Ministry… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 9, 2009 at 8:20am — 1 Comment

Motorola to cut more jobs in mobile division

Struggling Motorola Inc. is laying off 74 more workers from its mobile-phone division. The company will let the people go from its Libertyville, Ill., offices starting the last day of this month, according to a filing with the state. The office houses workers in Motorola's mobile-phone group. The announcement follows layoffs of 3,000 people in the mobile group earlier this year. Nearly 500 of those workers were based in the Libertyville offices. After failing to sell its mobile-phone division… Continue

Added by faiz2uonclub on July 9, 2009 at 8:10am — No Comments