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  154329th September 2017Assess The Options For Home SecurityAssess The Options For Home Security As cold weather and darker nights loom nearer and there are fewer eyes and ears about in the neighbourhood, it may be time to review home security. The good news is that the marketplace is buoyant with an increasingly wide range of hi-tec... Read More
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  138227th September 2017Latest iPhone Is Not A Gr8 Step Up On The Old ModelLatest iPhone Is Not A Gr8 Step Up On The Old Model By the time you read this, the queues at Apple’s doors to snap an iPhone 8 will be imminent or maybe even already dispersed. There is a feeling in the market, though, that they may be shorter than usual. This is partly be... Read More
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  127227th September 2017‘Do Not Disturb’ Mode Could Cause Problems‘Do Not Disturb’ Mode Could Cause Problems Apple’s latest iPhone operating system upgrade, IOS11, is expected to be expected to be released next week. With it comes the much heralded ‘Do Not Disturb Whilst Driving’ mode, intended to block incoming calls, texts, and... Read More
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  135127th September 2017Drone Will Double As Flying BillboardDrone Will Double As Flying Billboard Given the success of aeroplanes trailing advertising banners, it was perhaps inevitable that someone would invent a drone that could double as a flying billboard. The Japanese telecoms giant NTT Docomo has done just that by encapsulating... Read More
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  113027th September 2017Experts Are Strictly OLED FansExperts Are Strictly OLED Fans Planning to invest in a big new telly in time for the darker evenings and the Strictly and Bake Off seasons? If so, you may need to know the difference between QLED and OLED! One small stroke on the first letter separates them on paper, but tec... Read More
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  126627th September 2017Heads-UP On HUD: It’s Not Top Gun!Heads-UP On HUD: It’s Not Top Gun! The head-up display, or HUD, is finally becoming available to the motorist. However, it is unlikely to give a driver that feeling of emulating a Top Gun aviator. It was the classic movie that brought HUD technology to life for many, the p... Read More
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  143718th August 2017How Secure Is Free Wifi At Your Hotel?How Secure Is Free Wifi At Your Hotel? Staying over at a hotel soon and using its free Wifi? Then watch out, your information is at risk. Cyber security specialists, FireEye, published a blog last week claiming that APT28, a Russian hacking group is now targeting and penetra... Read More
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  124215th August 2017Boffins Manage To Fool Driverless Car SoftwareBoffins Manage To Fool Driverless Car Software Scientists at four of the USA’s most respected Universities, led by the University of Washington, published a paper last week that has sobering implications for the future of driverless cars. Whilst players in the motor indust... Read More
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  14013rd August 2017Time To Get Wise On Bill SplittingTime To Get Wise On Bill Splitting Sharing expenses, depending on those involved, can get extremely awkward. A group going together for a sunny, wine-fuelled weekend away can readily find their trip losing its shine through embarrassments about whether everyone has stumped u... Read More
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  143521st July 2017Price May Prove Prime Reason For Losing MembersPrice May Prove Prime Reason For Losing Members As this column turned the spotlight on to Amazon’s Echo Look last week, a US-based research outfit was highlighting just how successful the internet giant has been in hooking families into its services. Consumer Intelligence ... Read More