Virgin Media TV Anywhere iPad app: hands-on user review
The Virgin Media TV Anywhere iPad app enables your iPad to become an amazing TV remote control. Here are my thoughts after a couple of days.
Installing Windows 8 over XP on a MacBook Pro
How I successfully installed Windows 8 on my 2010 MacBook Pro, previously running Windows XP SP3 on a Boot Camp partition of 150Gb.
32 brilliant WordPress Plugins I couldn’t live without
Is this a definitive list of the very best plugins in their fields? No. Is it a list of ones which have served me well, over the years? You bet.
iTunes Match – what happened when I tried it
It’s been available for a week or two here in the UK, and so it’s time to see what Apple’s iTunes Match is like.
Virgin Media “Customer Service” lives up to its reputation
Oh come on, you didn’t think it’d end happily, did you? If it had, maybe I wouldn’t be needing the therapy of writing this.
Big upload speed increase from Virgin Media cable internet
Nice: Virgin Media cable internet just gave us considerably faster upload speeds as part of the deal. Here are the results of a speed test.
How to get the screen locked in position on your iPad
Without even thinking about it, when lying in bed with my iPad, I get the screen into the orientation I like, then flick the little switch on the side to lock it in place. Now I can roll around as…
Delete and move to the next message with GMail keyboard shortcuts
I’ve got very used to using keyboard shortcuts in GMail, especially “]”, which just archives the message you’re reading and moves on to the next one. Bang-bang-bang through my email, luvvly jubbly. Now, I know Google doesn’t really want you…
Building a tiny bookcase/bookshelf hi-fi
OK, here’s the task: I wanted to build a discreet music system to go in a room with a bookcase, using an old third-generation iPod from about 2004, whose battery had long since died but which worked perfectly sitting in…
First thoughts on the iPad
I’ve had my Apple iPad for 48 hours now, and here are a few observations on what’s happened so far. It’s extremely covetable. The only person outside of the family who’s seen it took about ten seconds to decide she…
New Panasonic Breadmakers launched
Stop Press: Full Panasonic SD 257 review – with video – now here. My online review of Panasonic’s SD255 breadmaker has been one of the most widely-read pages on this site for the past three years. Now the Japanese electronics…
Woo. Just had 50Mb/sec internet installed
OK, bit the bullet and had my Virgin Media cable internet connection upgraded to 50Mb/sec. Quite painless, smart guy did the installation. That’s the result above. The only problem is that my Devolo dLan 200AV, which I’d used to connect…
So, it’s the iPad is it?
So, it’s the iPad is it? Lots of potential. My predictions were at best average, but considering so many people are saying the device is “nothing more than everyone predicted”, I can’t find a commentator who accurately described it beforehand….
Apple “Tablet” Launch – live blogs and coverage
One of the most irritating things about Apple launches is that you can’t accuse the company of “overhyping” them, because they do nothing of the sort. They just sit back and watch people work themselves up into a sense of…
Exclusive: full details of Apple’s forthcoming launch
In a Cherry Hinton Blues exclusive, I can reveal full details of the new Apple “tablet” computer which has completely occupied the tech media for the past few months. To be launched next week at one of those Apple presentations…
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