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Todays BBC/Sky F1 news
In a quick break from the tech for a moment, I just wanted to comment on today’s news about the UK TV rights to the Formula One. For those unaware, the BBC and Sky Sports will broadcast Formula 1 in the UK between 2012 and 2018. All of this has happened before the BBC’s contract…
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Using Google Analytics data to show popular posts
Google Analytics Dashboard is an excellent plugin for showing site analytics on your WordPress dashboard. However, it also has an open API built-in allowing anybody to access statistics from their own code. As a result I’ve created a new of small functions for my own site. To get these to work, ensure you have Google…
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Is Pogoplug ripping off UK consumers?
I’ve reviewed both Pogoplug hardware and software over the last year and have found both products to be excellent. However, after recently buying their Pogoplug Pro hardware myself, I am perturbed by their “rip off” pricing for the UK. Their Pogoplug Pro costs $99.99, with cheapest postage at $12.95. For some reason, when buying from…
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Picasa increases storage – but only to Google+ users
Hidden away in the Google help screens is something that gives Google+ users an extra reason to be happy! The amount of free storage for Picasa Web Albums is 1GB. However, this doesn’t include certain photo sizes. For non-Google+ users this is anything up to 800 x 800 pixels. For Google+ users this is a…
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I think I've worked out why car insurance is so expensive
Car insurance is pretty expensive. And getting more so year-on-year. I’ve just renewed mine and although I’ve gone another without any claims or indeed anything happening that could affect my insurance, it’s gone up. In an ideal world you’d expect the opposite. So, let’s just see how I got that insurance. I went via Quidco,…