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University students sends city of Canterbury to the dial-up age

University students sends city of Canterbury to the dial-up ageSlight logical fallacy on your part.[i]Remember, the first American's were British[/i]That would be true if it weren't for the fact that there were people here long before you lot showed up. You were just the first foreign invaders to settle into...

Tags: Cable, Network technology, Broadband Internet, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, Canterbury, English Pronunciation

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

University students sends city of Canterbury to the dial-up age

With three universities, two colleges and multiple schools all arriving back at their desks at the same point in time, especially the migration of students flocking back to the city, has left my home, the historic city of Canterbury, with crawling broadband speeds. I don't often write...

Tags: Network, Student, Broadband, University Student, Canterbury, UKC, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-22

Additional Resources

Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. FREE Author's biography & tales in the trial 10.2 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-14

Puzzles and Riddles 1.1 (Mobile)

Puzzles and Riddles include 60 challenging, curious and ingenious problems set in medieval times from the classic Canterbury puzzles and other curious problems. You can ponder the puzzles on your own while waiting for the bus, or over coffee at work. You can scroll down for the answer.

Tags: Mobile, LoL Software, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-09

Google Books sued by a pig, cat and dog

LosersThis just underlines how pathetic these lawsuit-hungry companies are in hoping to cash in on what Google has created. They couldn't come up with a business model to monetize these works so they sue someone who has figured it out.Anti-capitalism at its best.4 legs good; 2 legs betterRight, Amazon?Bunch of...

Tags: Strategy, Litigation, KARMA, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Archive.org, Google Book

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Femtocells: your very own home cell network

Besides the "femtocell" sounding like a robotic sex toy or an individually wrapped feminine hygiene product, in technological terms it is a router-like device which converts a portion of your broadband bandwidth to provide you with a compact cell network in your house. The concept is a...

Tags: Phone, Router, Network, Broadband, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Telecommunications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-17

The wireless escapades: the inevitable journey into frustration

The wireless escapades: the inevitable journey into frustrationThere is another solution...This isn't a problem I have due to living in a 2 bed flat, but my folks had the same issue when I lived there or rather I did and the way I got round it was using two wireless...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Network technology, Wireless and Mobility, wireless, inevitable journey, Ethernet, router

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

The mobile web is an utter letdown

With a definitive split on the Internet between desktops, notebooks and netbooks, and mobile devices running a list as long as your arm, the mobile web has developed to a molecule in an ocean. This month I am spending most of my time in London...

Tags: Web, Mobile, Mobile Device, Web Site, Mobile Web, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled house

I am the luckiest sod alive. With a recession the deepest it has been since World War II, with swine flu slowly spreading to pandemic levels, and universities on the edge of closing down completely, we are in uncertain times. But, I have scraped together every penny...

Tags: Phone, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Five things I'd like to see from my broadband provider

Five things I'd like to see from my broadband providerYou can already have these!Large file download caps / VoIP & gaming bandwidth allocation could both be achieved by getting a better router with support for QoS. Then you could set quotas for each user in the house to make sure...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, broadband

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

When technology and anger meet in the middle

I'm away from Canterbury at the moment to work on a few projects around the United Kingdom. Whilst doing these, I'm slap-bang in the middle of exam and essay season, so have been spending a lot of my time writing mind-numbingly boring essays. Friday evening, I'm sat...

Tags: Essay, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Chess Pro II 3.00.04 (Mobile)

Chess Pro IIRegardless of your playing level, ZingMagic''s multi award winning Chess is a stimulating and challenging game for beginners and champions alike.Chess is a two player game with a colourful history which can be traced back to its Indian ancestor, Chaturanga. In 1291 the Archbishop of Canterbury in England...

Tags: Mobile, Board, Symbian Inc., Chess, Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2009-01-30

News to know: Microsoft's layoffs, Google's profits, Win7 netbooks, White House tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft: 'We are not immune' to economy; Cuts 5,000 jobs; Earnings fall short Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft...

Tags: Google Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, White House, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-23

Windows 7: taming (and tweaking) the beast within

Zack Whittaker is busy saving the world once again. This post was set to be released now in his absence. I've spent a dull, dreary, wet, cold and windy day in Canterbury cooped up in the warm confines of my duvet, to bring you a bunch...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows 7, Window, Key, Zack Whittaker, OK, How-To Geek Blog, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Construction, Software

Blog posts 2009-01-22

Can we rely entirely on Google and Wikipedia?

After spending two years now as a student at university, I've come to the sound conclusion that yes; yes you can survive entirely on Google and Wikipedia for essays and research. Don't be so hasty to shoot me down just quite yet... "Wikipedia" you might question, but...

Tags: Google Inc., Essay, University, Wikipedia, Wiki, Homeland Security, Online Communications, Government, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-19

7 reasons why the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is my perfect companion

Research in Motion via their PR company sent me a BlackBerry Curve 8900 to play with for a fortnight. I've just spent the last three days writing a post, of which by in the end of it thought was a load of boring, rambling nonsense, comparing the BlackBerry to a...

Tags: Facebook, Phone, BlackBerry Curve, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Chess Professional 1.0 (Mobile)

Regardless of your playing level, ZingMagic's multi award winning Chess is a stimulating and challenging game for beginners and champions alike. Chess is a two player game with a colourful history which can be traced back to its Indian ancestor, Chaturanga. In 1291 the Archbishop of Canterbury in England threatened...

Tags: Mobile, Chess, Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2008-11-13

Real planes racing with a virtual one

A really unique competition was recently held in the skies of Spain. Sky Challenge was a race between two real planes and a virtual one organized by New Zealand based Air Sports Ltd. and the Geospatial Research Centre GRC, a New Zealand based company which is a joint venture between...

Tags: New Zealand, Plane, Roland Piquepaille, Aircraft, Satellite, Geospatial Research Centre, INS, GPS, Aerospace & Defense, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Manufacturing, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-10-19

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

C'mon, Vista really isn't that badRE: C'mon, Vista really isn't that badI agree, it eases the transition from the digital to the physical world for computer users and seems especially geared towards newer computer users and explaining steps and giving more information about the system itself and any software installed....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, C'MON, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

Picture the scene. A small country pub in Canterbury, a warm, autumn evening, surrounded by friends drinking and smoking in the beer garden; relaxing after a difficult, hard day at work. The birds are singing, the breeze is light and feathering our very souls. This is heaven....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Meeting Space, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-08