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What do you do when you acquire your first smart-phone and get confused about apps? How do you know which ones are any good and which ones are just a waste of money? Here is a summary of apps that people have found useful: TomTom ... (more)
Eg, nationwide, Barclaycard, Barclays, h-l Barclaycard We're always looking for ways to make your life easier. So we've introduced a new way to access your account with our handy mybarclaycard app. Now you can manage ... (more)
Getting the right amount of heating oil delivered into your oil tank is a matter of trust. We trust that the oil supplier is honest and operating a correctly calibrated gauge on their delivery lorries. All it takes is for the gauge to over ... (more)
Here are the latest top 10 best sellers from BBC Shop: Radio 2 Janet & John Stories: Reloaded (Audiobookcd) In The Night Garden...Who's Here? (DVD) How We Built Britain (Book) In The Night Garden: Igglepiggle Mini Plush (Toy) In The ... (more)
We bought the Topeak Moonshine commuter light back in January 2007, and in these 3.5 years (four winter seasons) it has performed well. We had a problem with the battery mount, but the quality of the light and the lithium-ion battery has been ... (more)
Here is the 'secret' Bedfordshire track that Top Gear used for performing their truck-driving antics in early November, 2008. It is conveniently placed close to Lidlington railway station, so you don't even have to drive there! You can see ... (more)
Here I present a couple of ways to stop my HP laptop suddenly turning off when it's doing a lot of CPU-intensive work. It really is a shame that modern CPUs can't do their own power management so that they don't overheat and shut down without ... (more)
We usually lug our power supplies around with our laptop, don't we? I have a table here of some laptops and their weights, plus total weight including PSU. If you'd like to add one to the list, please let me know!. Laptop Laptop ... (more)
We're considering whether to invest in solid wood worktops for our kitchen. We currently have a vast expanse of chipboard laminate which does the job, but after several years of use is now showing signs of wear. There are many types of wood ... (more)
Here's some advice I gave to my brother recently for which budget laptop to buy. I've checked Dell, and configured two to what you'd need: (just using Intel 32-bit CPUs) http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1 ... (more)