Have you heard of in-app purchases? If you haven't now, you might have by the time your credit card bill or bank statement comes in. It's extremely easy to spend money inside iPhone and iPad apps, and you may not realise that the high-tech ... (more)
Share Your Seeds The BBC's Gardeners Question Time raised a dual issue common to virtually all small-scale gardeners: how to economise on seed-buying, and what to do with your leftover seeds. Some gardening websites feature 'seed swap ... (more)
Do It Yourself! Doing it yourself is a great way to save money, re-use things and have fun at the same time! There is a huge array of skills that you can acquire as a DIYer, but your learning curve can be as steep or shallow as you like ... (more)
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If you are a UK driver, here are some links that should be useful to you, to keep you and your car properly certified: The DVLA's tax disc service www.gov.uk/taxdisc MOT status check request motinfo.direct.gov.uk Check if your vehicle ... (more)
Your iPhone (and iPad, for that matter) is vulnerable to a six-minute attack in the event that someone gets hold of your phone. The phone has built-in encryption, but the 'key chain' that Apple employs to keep passwords and data safe is breakable ... (more)
It's time to start labelling your content. If you're one of those web publishers who spends a lot of time writing (or sourcing) decent content and making sure that it looks good for the visitor, then you should also care about how it looks ... (more)
If you are having trouble getting approved for a credit card, or had your application for a current account turned down, then you are probably in need of a financial health check. In the UK the best place to turn to for a credit report ... (more)
Ah, well, it's easy to answer, right? Boilerjuice, Butler, Bayford, Watson, or Scottish Fuels. Simple, eh? Or is it? Thanks to John Kelleher[1] who alerted us to the fact that many of the oil companies (that includes both domestic heating ... (more)
Does your wireless router have PIN technology? This is where you can connect your computer to the router by pressing a button on the router, then entering the 8-digit PIN code that is (usually) printed on the router itself. It allows people ... (more)
If your motherboard supports, it, add an SSD card to act as a fast caching layer in front of your much larger (and slower) legacy hard disk drive. (more)