tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30762716743769936582012-01-29T16:40:49.114ZGio's personal blog - travel, tech and more.Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-13035408458783247772012-01-07T20:45:00.003Z2012-01-29T16:40:49.127Z

I've had a few questions via email, blog posts etc and this is where I'll answer them: 1. I was wondering what areas you would recommend, I can't decide between working on the rides or in the shops. Do you know what people seemed to enjoy more from people you met doing various jobs? Personally I have only worked on rides and only met one person who worked in a shop - the ToT shop. I think it

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There were a lot of highlights throughout the two-and-a-bit weeks. Here they are: Traditions and touring the park Getting my nametag!! Noora shouting "Tu n'es pas Indiana Jones!" Although this is not a Disney character, it's such a character-orienteed atmosphere and it really made me laugh at the time Watching Fantillusion 4 times - it never gets old - and dancing along with Eilidh once I knew

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Now looking back retrospectively I thought I should post what Disney could do to improve the experience for the Cast Members in Paris, as well as posting what my favourite moments were in a different post. More variety of food in the cantine - chips and pizza and burgers get a bit old after a while. I know there's some traditional French dishes but how about spaghetti bolognese/meatballs/other

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So today was my last day. I woke up after a reasonable lie-in until 10am or something. Then, got ready and went to reception to get a mop as we had to clean the apartment as it was a disgraceful. There were none. They said I should have thought about it earlier. Well tough because you can't really clean much of the floor without a mop. I did my best without that and cleaned my room and the

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Well if you read my blog post from yesterday you will remember me saying I had set an alarm for work. Or so I thought. In fact I either didn't OR slept straight through it but considering my roommate wasn't woken up by it, it looks like I forgot. So I was meant to be up at 6h40 to be ready to start work at 8h30. Unfortunately for me, I woke up looked at my phone and it was 13h14, I didn't

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Today's was a very exciting today as it was the first time I ever got to see Fireworks in a Disney park, admittedly I wasn't expecting Wishes such as in WDW, so I lowered my expectations to make sure I wasn't disappointed. Nevertheless, I was still hugely excited! It was not just me who was excited for New Year's clearly, as in briefing we learned that the estimated number of people was 47,000

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So I woke up and got up at 9.30am - yet another lie-in. I opened up my birthday cards and offered the money I got to my family if they wanted to go into the parks today. They didn't want to which was fine with me. I had to delay, and then cancel, my morning with Andrew in the parks as lunch took a while to be ready and then we sat round singing Happy Birthday and eating the lovely chocolate cake

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So finally a day off again! Slept over at my parent's tonight so we all got up around 9.30ish, had breakfast and then went off to Paris - 56 euros for a day pass for 4 people is pretty expensive! We saw the Arc de Triomphe, walked down the Champs Elysee and went to M&S there to get a sandwich for me. Then we got a bus to a palace which I forget the name of. We walked around there, saw the

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Today I got to do my first tour de show of Casey Junior! Woop woop! Loved it singing along "Casey Junior's coming down the track (8)" and actually getting to ride the ride I was working on - it's faster than I anticipated, 18km/h to be exact. Both rides were 101 at one point today too which meant that the little Casey/Storybook miniland was essentially empty but some characters came out anyway

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Today was just not my day, there weren't that many things that went majorly wrong but all together it made for a really crappy day. First of all it was very, very cold. So cold that I had to put on chauffe-mains and chauffe-pieds to keep both my hands and feet alive and warm. Then I almost missed my bus, then I forgot my ID so had to get in through the booth which wasn't too bad but annoying -

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Today I started at 10.30am. After getting changed, I saw Mickey on a golf cart being driven around from one park to another which was kind of cute and funny. Didn't expect to see that the first thing in the morning. Apparently today is not a bank holiday so the buses run on normal timetables and not on Sunday timetables...something I didn't know and I may have informed some people wrongly...oops

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Well, so today was Christmas day and how do you know when you work at Disney? Christmas decorations? No, those have been up since November 8th. Christmas music? Nope, nov 8th too. Christmas parades? Nope, same as above. As staff you know it's Christmas as in the briefing room we had FREE FOOD AND DRINKS! WOOP! I had a hot chocolate and some nice croissant-style treats too as well as some

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I've finally fixed the dates now on these blog posts. But for now "on y va." This was my first day off in what has felt like AGES. I took the opportunity to sleep in till 11am and just as I woke up. Francesca, Stefano, Jamie and Alwyn too were all in the kitchen and we all had beans on toast with an egg too. Mmmmm. Thanks guys! I went to give Jamie his ID as he had forgotten it, then I hopped

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Today we had a VIP at storybook, I didn't know this one either. Being a late start I had to "bacher les bateaux" with the others at the end of the day. Guest interaction really is the thing that keeps you going in a job like this. Asking how their day has been, what rides they've done, whether they've seen any princes or princesses, etc. or just waving at the last carriage. It really makes you

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-89252546457961480652011-12-27T23:14:00.000Z2012-01-15T03:26:19.836Z

Today was good. Got to work and the first thing I said was “il y a personne” but literally no-one. Not a single person in the queue line in the morning. We also had a VIP today, some radio personality apparently in France. Thibaud said I wouldn’t have heard of them and I hadn’t..I can’t even remember their name, maybe Claire? I saw the parade service bus backstage today which brings all

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Today was my first day “Alone”... by that I mean that there was no-one there to guide me anymore after my whole two and a half days of training. To be fair it was a pretty standard day - no 101s (attraction temporairement fermee) at all. I noticed that we have quite a lot of disabled guests with cards both at Casey and at Storybook. It’s more annoying on Storybook as the boats have to stop for

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Today was an interesting one. I was meant to meet Andrew to go to the studios but he wanted to be there for around 10am, I wanted to be there for around midday so I met him then and we queued for Crush’s Coaster...65 minutes. The time did go very quickly to be fair and soon we went surfin’ the Australian Current. It wasn’t as fast as I remember it being, nor did it spin as much but it was still

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Well today was a pretty standard day really just going through the last things that I hadn’t talked about, this time with Guillaume as Raffa was off. The day was leading towards the test at the end which Disney have called a “Check Out” - I had heard it was 250 questions and thought that it was a joke, well...the test lasted 3 hours in total and was lots of talking and pretending to press

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I'm not going to lie to you, I foundthese icicles online. Today was a very, very cold day. Lots of ice everywhere, so much so that in the morning while running for the bus I slipped and fell in front of some girl (-_-). Got backstage eventually, got changed and had breakfast and arrived within the 5 minute late grace period, so was technically on time. Today was very, very icy as I was

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-32787057691019213002011-12-24T13:18:00.000Z2012-01-15T02:54:01.910Z

So Day 3 was a bit of a strange one, yesterday during orientation I had met some of team I'd be working with on Casey Jnr/Storybook, they were all very nice and I had also met Marine (french girl) who was also on a CDD contract [fixed-term] for Christmas. Also forgot to mention yesterday we got to try on our costume - it actually looks pretty nice: As it's winter we also wear a blazer on top

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The second day was an early start - 8.30am if I remember correctly and it was meant to be the day of Traditions where we learned about The Walt Disney Company and its values and then Orientation would be the day after. Well, as we only had a two-and-a-bit-week contract they weren't going to use two days for this, so Traditions was shortened to a single video of about 5 minutes about the parks,

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An early start to the day saw me going to St. Pancras station and getting on the direct Eurostar service to Disneyland Paris. I planned to meet Eilidh (pronounced Ay-lee or Hailey without the H), a girl I met on photomagique's forum, there. Through security and I sent a text, turned out she was already there. We met and started talking, a little while later we got on the train only a carriage

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-40245657831811210112011-12-03T03:37:00.000Z2011-12-03T03:37:34.894Z

As some of you may know I'm studying Broadcast Journalism at the University of Leeds. As well as this I've signed up to the three media societies - Leeds Student (newspaper), Leeds Student Radio and Leeds student: TV (LSTV).  I've had a huge amount of fun over the past ten weeks at these societies, doing everything from reading the news, to investigating and interviewing people, running

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-1695640830719728642011-12-02T18:28:00.001Z2011-12-03T03:16:04.727Z

Hi everyone, So the contract was sent off and Disney has got back to me with a confirmation email along with some repeated details of what to do on the first day which is useful. As a new Cast Member I will be attending Traditions and Orientation which means I do not contact my area of work directly. I will get more info about my first actual day of work when I arrive or by email on or before

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-50896731450976349462011-11-24T01:51:00.001Z2011-11-24T02:52:40.067Z

Students are often portrayed as living on a shoe-string budget of a few pounds a week. Not true. Everyone I know seems to have a decent amount of money to spend, no we're not all private school kids; at least I'm not. I've been keeping a close eye on my finances to see where the money is going and it's an interesting thing to look at. Let's take this week for example: I've scheduled £70 as my

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-12911057567125351092011-11-17T10:52:00.001Z2011-11-24T02:52:06.131Z

So it's just four weeks until I go out to Disneyland Paris for 17 days to be a Cast Member. It's very exciting at the moment as I just got my contact and info pack through the post. There are two copies of the contract - all in French, detailing all the legal stuff, incl. your pay and your role amongst things like Social Security and health benefits. You send one back to the office. You also

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It's been another week since my last post on the blog where I told you I had two interviews to attend. Take a look at that post here. I am actually over the moon as I passed both interviews! Granted these were not extremely competitive positions but there are jobs out there guys and gals! I actually ended up having both interviews scheduled for the same day, the one I really wanted being the

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-581755550640257442011-07-14T01:05:00.002+01:002011-07-14T01:26:08.718+01:00

Apple today raised their App Store prices in the United Kingdom by an increase of up to 25%. The reason for this remains unclear as of yet. The changes appear to have gone live as on today, Thursday 14th July 2011 at midnight. 59 p apps have raised to 69p. £1.19 apps to £1.49 AND £1.79 apps to £1.99. It remains unclear whether more expensive apps have risen too. The rise for most of these is

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It's now about 10 weeks after I wrote my last post on "Getting a job at 18" and things have progressed quite a bit. Let me not bury the lead: I still do not have a job. Original post here. However, I have been accepted into the "Talent Pool" for Disneyland Paris meaning they should call me sometime in November to go and work over in the most magical place in Europe over the Christmas season

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-69896094057141406942011-06-23T21:03:00.001+01:002012-01-09T00:31:36.905Z

I recently attended an interview for Disneyland Paris for one of the maintenance roles, not performing. So things such as working the shops, ticketing, hotels, guest flow, rides, etc. The interview was in London and in total I'd say there was around 40 people there. We started off in the reception area where everyone was sitting silently which was very un-Disney-like and I sat in silence for

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I'm now a member of Lovefilm and get unlimited games and DVD rentals of 3 disks at a time for under £20 a month. This also includes a relatively new addition would is the Lovefilm player. On the more expensive packages you get unlimited streaming of a selection of films and Tv shows. On the cheaper packages you are limited to a certain number of hours. Lovefilm's DVD rental service has 10,000s

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On Saturday I decided to make use of the opportunity to get a free concert ticket in exchange for 4 hours of volunteering. It was fun, exhausting and very rewarding. The project I had selected was painting at Battersea Dogs and Cats home. Me and my friend arrived and we immediately noticed a big orange rock corps tent with music blaring out. It was hot as well, like 25 degree hot. After

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O2 has revealed that their network has been down all day, today Tuesday, 17th May 2011 causing millions of customers to be without voice, SMS service and data. The reason behind the downtime is theft and vandalism at an East London operations site, causing customers in East and North London, Essex and Sussex to lose contact with the outside world. O2 says engineers are working on the issue

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-58799222044390984622011-05-07T17:16:00.001+01:002011-06-23T21:05:47.909+01:00

I've lately been experimenting with a somewhat new business model of the Kindle, the ereader device from Amazon. As well as being able to publish your own books of the platform and keep 70% of the sales price, you are also able to sell blog feeds. These are either priced at 99p or £1.99. This means if you own a popular blog you can get subscribers to pay you 99p a month and they will get every

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-71975780324223497422011-04-22T18:39:00.003+01:002011-07-07T00:36:01.762+01:00

So, today I want to talk to you about getting a job in the UK at the age of 18 - more specifically in London. It is nigh on impossible. And it's not just me, I know, because A LOT of people I know are having issues in getting a job. So, what seems to be the issue - experience and over-qualification. Stores I have applied for include: Next, Disney Store, Apple Store, Stormfront, Primark, Currys,

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-473858542344039462010-12-15T14:10:00.000Z2010-12-15T14:10:04.081Z

For years, the Playstation 3 has wanted to be the hub of your living room experience - offering Blu Ray and DVD playback, web browsing, TV tuning and recording, and of course video gaming. More recently however, the proliferation of on-demand television has led to BBC iPlayer being available on games consoles, including the PS3 since 2009. This morning, ITV Player and 4 On Demand (4OD) also made

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-7639661467133778262010-04-04T22:00:00.001+01:002010-04-04T22:04:22.068+01:00

Navigon MobileNavigator for iPhone Navigon is a reputable name in the satellite navigation industry and has always produced some of the most reliable systems; they have now decided to port their navigation software to the iPhone and iPod Touch.  First experience and Features: To make this a fair review and to test user experience I decided that I wouldn't even open up the application

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-62268796783844016662010-04-02T00:02:00.001+01:002010-04-02T00:04:01.979+01:00

A job posting on the UK government run website "Directgov Jobs" reveals that Google needs an employee in Bristol who "enjoy[s] riding bicycles but also be aware that some heavy lifting and physical labour will be required." This is for the google trikes which are already going around the UK capturing even more intimate pictures of the UK. Personally I think this is fantastic news and hopefully

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-74974019031504191242010-01-30T19:52:00.000Z2010-01-30T19:52:36.529Z

The iWork team has been hard at work for over a year in order to make its iWork software available on the iPad tablet. Phil Schiller says that "they have done some amazingly remarkable work." Each one of the three applications costs $9.99 in the iPad App Store. Keynote has been designed specificially for the iPad. It runs in landscape orientation as that is the way that slides are designed on a

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-19264497531165361202010-01-29T19:57:00.001Z2010-01-29T20:00:05.284Z

The Canon Digital IXUS 120 IS Digital Camera - Black (12.1 Megapixel, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD (Amazon link - best price) has an RRP of £299 but can be found for under £200 on Amazon. What a bargain this is! The camera itself is a mere 2cm deep and houses a 4x optical zoom lens. It also has a very wide angle shot at 28mm which is suitable for taking panoramic shoots and for getting everyone

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After Apple's epically long 90 minute iPad keynote on Wednesday, it has become apparent that not all of the features of the Apple iPad have been announced. Textbooks are clearly missing from the device, running iPhone OS 3.2 according to its about screen, and we could see some newspapers and periodicals appearing around the time the 3G version of the iPad is launched. Flash was noticeably 

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-6742980185329908822010-01-28T17:25:00.000Z2010-01-28T17:25:12.486Z

Apple launched the iPad yesterday, 27th January 2010, and has once again managed to make another product that consumers now need, despite not having the need before. From the prices below it is clear that Apple will be making a lot of its money from the accessories for the iPad. The Apple iPad - $499 - this equates to around around £308 if we were to actually believe that Apple would keep the

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-14333843345226239772010-01-25T19:53:00.003Z2010-01-25T20:03:20.322Z

There have been many technological advances over the last 200 years which make it almost impossible to even explain the concept of an iPhone to a time-traveller. Let's take an adult from exactly 200 years ago, in January 1810 and try to explain the concept of the iPhone (or any other modern smartphone for that matter) to them. In the early 1800s the idea of electricity was being trialled and

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-26524921175808796762010-01-17T20:12:00.001Z2010-01-17T20:13:19.047Z

Having run several forums in the past and being a member of several large and niche forums, I have a few tips I have used myself and have seen other forum members used. It's now time to share them. Offer something different - There are tens of millions of forums on the Internet so your forum has to be different. Don't make it too general but make it too niche and you won't have a big enough

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-15488519370453121012010-01-15T21:01:00.001Z2010-01-15T21:04:55.224Z

There are more rumours bubbling around than ever, and the Apple rumour-mill will have some explaining to do if there is in fact no Apple event on January 26th/27th. Invitations are expected to be given out by Wednesday next week and we'll know by then whether anything at all will be coming in January. There are now rumours that a new OS will be coming out and possibly even an iPhone 4g, as its

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-80474768001454951782010-01-14T18:51:00.000Z2010-01-14T18:51:14.645Z

Everyone knows that the print screen button in Windows does exactly what it says on the tin...except it doesn't print. It takes a snapshot of your screen and copies it to the windows clipboard, you then have to open up Microsoft Paint and paste the image, then save it to where you want. On Mac's however there is no Print screen button and there is no obvious user-friendly way to do this if you

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-20053133023048058732010-01-13T18:40:00.000Z2010-01-13T18:40:40.848Z

Whether you think it's called the iSlate or the Apple Tablet, it's an almost certainty that by the end of the month we will have a Tablet to be drooling. Whether we actually need it, is a different story but we're sure Steve Jobs will be able to persuade us that it's the best thing since the iPhone. What might be coming that is not a tablet? An iPhone announcement will surely come - either OS

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-51818356834294365912010-01-01T12:59:00.001Z2010-01-01T21:19:57.507Z

An estimated 500million texts are expected to be sent today (January 1st 2010) in the UK alone, at an average of 13 texts per adult. In order to conduct some research, I did the same as many and in fact sent 18 texts at 00:00 exactly from my iPhone on O2s network. It was clear that the networks were feeling the strain as it took 46 minutes to send out eighteen texts and I was still receiving

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-14723005913380396142009-12-31T11:36:00.001Z2010-01-01T21:20:24.512Z

It is very rare that I actually recommend companies and leave good testimonials about them but there has to be something said for Amazon.co.uk and its incredible examples of customer service which I have received on two occasions over the past week. 1. I bought Left 4 Dead for PC at the price of £24.99 which I thought was a good deal, 2 weeks later the price had been reduced to £14.69, which I

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-42004980587010914002009-12-21T17:26:00.001Z2010-01-01T21:20:56.589Z

This app essentially transforms your iPhone or iPod Touch into a remote control which you can use anywhere. You download the small Air Mouse Server app for your Mac or PC, run this Server, open the app on your iPhone and if your connected to the same wifi network as your computer they should recognise each other. Now you can use the iPod as a mouse and keyboard, flick your hand forward and you

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-1593046370941329762009-12-21T14:34:00.003Z2010-01-01T21:23:02.820Z

Vodafone is the UK's fourth carrier to get the iPhone, O2 was the first exclusive partner which was followed by Orange, Tesco Mobile and now Vodafone. Network '3' is also looking to get the phone in the first half of 2010. Both the iPhone 3G and 3GS are available. Users who pre-order their Vodafone iPhone within the next 7 days get free Vodafone-to-Vodafone calls for the next 18 months. It

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-90236302239493440242009-12-18T17:57:00.002Z2010-01-01T21:23:13.467Z

Compact cameras are not usually known for having fantastic zoom levels and usually take pretty poor photos and when the price is as low as this it generally gets even worse, so can the Casio Exilim H10 Digital Still Camera - Black (12.1MP, 10x Optical Zoom) do any better? Impressively, Casio has managed to fit a 10x optical zoom lens into this camera – it retracts fully when switched off

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-15143430992928127982009-12-17T20:27:00.000Z2009-12-17T20:27:53.770Z

Today I came across a fantastic resource provided by National Geographic themselves that allows you to use your broadband connection to stream their shows for free. There are literally thousands of clips available ranging from between 2 and 5 minutes long and there are even some full-length shows. As well as full episodes there are thousands of clips about: animals and nature, exploration and

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-80336538820226252252009-12-16T21:45:00.001Z2009-12-16T21:45:51.237Z

UK ISP TalkTalk has announced fantastic news for its customers (I am one) as it will be giving all users a speed boost from a maximum of 8mbps to 24mbps which could mean an up to 3x speed boost. This doesn't apply to TalkTalk Pro customers who already get an "up to" 24mbps speed. This will vary depending on you location from your exchange, it's broadband essentials package will also has a

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-17999080118073051252009-12-16T19:25:00.002Z2009-12-16T19:29:05.284Z

Choosing a new desktop computer or laptop isn't getting any easier, with prices varying wildly, numerous different processor models and more, it's hard to choose what you should buy this holiday season. To help you on your way, here is MePipe's top 5 computers and laptops for Christmas 2009. Many retailers are finishing their free delivery before Christmas so get shopping now - at Amazon UK you

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-62066186288345235762009-12-12T15:33:00.001Z2009-12-12T15:34:04.922Z

Premium content on YouTube has once again expanded from its previous offering. YouTube now have UK broadcaster 'Five' on board and its shows are now available to stream. Popular shows include Neighbours so viewers can now watch Neighbours for free online. Neighbours has no ads at the moment which makes the service even better than Demand Five. Five has joined BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 in

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-22354441026047000202009-12-08T17:59:00.002Z2009-12-08T18:02:12.328Z

Google Chrome is now available in beta, below is the e-mail I received from Google:It's finally here: Google Chrome for Mac. Available today in beta!Hi there, Thanks for signing up to hear from us regarding Google Chrome for Mac! We're excited to let you know that Google Chrome is now available in beta for Mac OS X. Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for Mac team: 73,804

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-65238093094986704812009-12-07T20:24:00.002Z2009-12-13T12:10:31.752Z

Microsoft has confirmed that a free version of Office 2010 will be avaiable comprising off only Excel and Word. This will most likely get rid of the dread Works software which is included "free" with a lot of computers but frankly, isn't worth a cent. This is a great way for Microsoft to up-sell consumers to get extras such as Powerpoint and Publisher, although it is unclear whether these can be

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-60087784907318189192009-12-01T18:46:00.000Z2009-12-01T18:46:04.938Z

Freeview HD channels will be live from tomorrow for everyone in London getting their signal from the Crystal Palace transmitter. This has been officially confirmed by Freeview and this information is available on their website. Next to get Freeview HD will be Newscastle and Tyneside, Glasgow and Central scotland in February 2010 followed by Leeds, Birmingham and Bradford in March 2010. By the

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-51740785583438162892009-11-28T23:36:00.003Z2009-11-29T13:01:32.647Z

Microsoft recently revealed that it will now ban users of modified xbox consoles from their online XBox Live service. The only way to regain service is to buy a new console. This has created a new problem. After some of my own research it became appparent to me that the listings of "used" consoles on auction websites such as eBay had more than doubled. This clearly means that buyers must be

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-8827393309056716982009-11-27T12:02:00.002Z2010-01-31T10:53:44.959Z

UPDATE: Looking for a guide to iWork for the iPad? Click here. If you are thinking of buying a Mac for Christmas you might want to wait out for another month as January is the typical release month of the updates to the iLife and iWork suite 2010 and you don't get a free upgrade even if you've just bought a Mac the day before the release. iWork This is Apple's in-house equivalent to Microsoft

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-50538844131682101512009-11-25T19:48:00.002Z2009-12-07T16:39:41.490Z

Today I encountered a song which I wanted to purchase, I clicked through to 7digital.com and saw that that it was available at the reasonable price of 79p. I went through checkout and paid the price of 79p as agreed. Only to then be told that the file was not an MP3 file but in fact WMA 192kbps file - making it 100% unplayable in iTunes and un-sync-able to my iPod. How can a major MP3 store have

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-62868254083978646402009-11-23T20:32:00.004Z2009-11-23T21:00:16.259Z

Heathrow, the world's busiest airport in terms of international traffic, is getting ready to test what may potentially be the innovation of the century - driverless cars or Personal Rapid Transport (PRT). Users of Heathrow's business car park at Terminal 5, who leave their car at the car park at a cost of £21 per day or £294 per month will be able to use the PRT system free of charge. Users

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-58757233998296542882009-11-22T12:28:00.001Z2009-12-14T20:40:32.513Z

Here we are with this year's coolest tech xmas gifts for 2009, making it easier than ever for you to decide what to buy this christmas and what is really worth your hard earned cash. 1. Self Stirring Mug - this handy mug has a small propeller at the bottom which mixes your teas, coffees, drinks perfectly with no effort required by you. It also comes with a lid to keep your drink warm when going

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-56300867930614978212009-11-21T22:42:00.006Z2009-12-13T11:43:16.575Z

After having used the standard iPod earphones that come with all of Apple's iPods I quickly realised that they needed to be upgraded for the sake of my ears and for the RRP of £39.99 the rather long-named "Sennheiser CX 300-II Precision Noise-Isolation Ear-Canal Phones" these buds are a steal! First of all, let me state that the street price of these buds has declined sharply making them our

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-82946196574245737832009-11-19T16:24:00.001Z2009-11-19T16:27:30.938Z

Surfers in the UK are the first to see the development of YouTube into a premium content portal today. Broadcaster Channel 4 has joined forces with YouTube to make full length versions of its shows available on the popular video sharing website. By visiting YouTube.com/shows viewers can see many of their favourite shows. However, it is not just Channel 4 that is in on the act, broadcaster ITV

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-89904323209318344802009-11-18T19:32:00.001Z2009-11-18T19:32:04.126Z

Several very important updates have been made to Google Chrome for Mac over the past few days - extensions are now available (meaning addons will be able to be used) and even more importantly Bookmark Syncing. This is a feature that no other major browser comes with "out of the box" and will be an exclusive feature to Chrome setting it apart from competitors. This appears as a message on the "

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-80483757519804322392009-11-11T17:09:00.002Z2009-12-13T12:12:00.527Z

The 10.6.2 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes for:  an issue that might cause your system to logout unexpectedly a graphics distortion in Safari Top Sites Spotlight search results not showing Exchange contacts a problem that prevented

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-61831620795474903002009-11-08T19:12:00.000Z2009-11-08T19:12:07.405Z

TalkTalk has introduced a new TalkTalk Pro package on it's website which costs £15 a month (+ TalkTalk line rental) and it gives you speeds of up to 24Mb. To make full use of all the bandwidth you will also get an unlimited download allowance (instead of 40GB or 80GB in it's usual packages). Also included is a free wireless N-router which is the fastest and widest spec of Wifi so far, as well as

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-18538142847551246862009-11-08T10:47:00.001Z2009-11-08T10:48:40.727Z

It is now official Orange has confirmed that the iPhone will be coming to its network on November 10 and they are now also allowing pre-orders of the phone. Shops will be open from 7am to handle the high demand and they will even ship the phone to you, arriving November 11th or later, free of charge (unless you want deliver on a Saturday and have to pay a hefty £10.99 charge). The calling plans

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-32191973932529498502009-11-06T21:55:00.000Z2009-11-06T21:55:46.296Z

Today I was shocked to be greeted by a 15-second ad spot pre-roll before a YouTube video from college humor. The video I was looking at was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgls9IwWUyU&feature=fvw in case you wish to try this. This was surprising for me as I expect to see text ads on YouTube but it does make absolute, perfect sense that this is happening. YouTube was spending $1million a day on

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-56264388299202084832009-11-03T19:33:00.001Z2009-11-03T19:35:10.823Z

Orange has released details in it's terms and conditions stating that the iPhone on it's network will have a 750MB cap as part of it's 'unlimited' offering. Orange claims that it will not put in place any restrictions that would limit what applications you would use but acknoledges that 750MB may not be enough for data-heavy users. Those who like to access YouTube would be better on O2 as would

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-88162693995323811262009-11-01T15:04:00.000Z2009-11-01T15:04:48.084Z

Ninite is my new favourite program that will make your life much easier when upgrading from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7, or when you just need to install a bunch of programs at once on multiple PCs. Essentially it is an auto-installer and auto-downloader for Windows! Very simply, you visit www.ninite.com and pick the apps that you want to install. Theres everything from Microsoft Office

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-84600947128395715692009-10-27T12:54:00.000Z2009-10-27T12:54:29.223Z

Londoners have a tough time getting around the capital, with 7.5 million people moving around during the day there are bound to be some problems with public transport, on the roads and in emergencies. Luckily, to soothe your day a tiny bit below are some of the best Applications for Londoners with iPhones. TubeDeluxe  (£0.59) - This application is the best transport app around for any city in

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-79249788005627009112009-10-26T17:17:00.001Z2009-10-26T17:17:35.628Z

Creative Commons, the creators of licenses that allow content-creators to share their work while being properly attributed, are seeking $500,000 to keep the service going. At the time of writing Creative Commons is only $42,000 towards its goal and only has until December 31st 2009 to gain the remaining $450,000+. In early 2009, Wikimedia (the owners of Wikipedia) got to $6million in donations

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-16491238331783433452009-10-26T16:30:00.000Z2009-10-26T16:30:14.075Z

With Left 4 Dead 2 being released in just under 3 weeks and Windows 7 out for four days now, it is reasonable to take a look at how Steam runs on Windows 7. Thankfully there seems to be no major problems and the games appear to run just fine. However, if you have a small bandwidth cap and are waiting for the release of Left 4 Dead to switch the Windows 7, this may not be such a good idea. There

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-33504259144038355632009-10-25T10:26:00.002Z2009-10-25T20:20:05.133Z

The details of the release date of the iPhone on the Orange network have reportedly been released to the UK newspaper 'The Times' and the release date is poised to be November 10th, just one day after O2s exclusivity ends and just the right time for hundreds of thousands of consumers to switch to the orange network. After having poked around the Orange site for a few minutes, it is clear that 

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-3576103101304854512009-10-24T23:22:00.007+01:002009-12-13T12:03:57.941Z

The fantastic cross-platform game World Of Goo (PC CD) has a fantastic promotion campaign that allows you to pay whatever you want for the game. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and runs great on Snow Leopard. The objective of the game is to use blobs of goo to get from one end of the screen to the other while using triangulation to achieve a structure which doesn't fall. New

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-72384122357874935692009-10-24T23:08:00.002+01:002009-10-25T20:19:50.350Z

Google Chrome for Mac has reached version 4.0.223.11 and with that it now has several very important features added but with it a slew of problems have emerged. Two major new features now available on Chrome for Mac are Printing and QuickTime; yes Printing still wasn't there for the Mac 13 months after the original Windows release. However, I and many other users are experiencing more problems

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-31964323758574815712009-10-22T18:52:00.003+01:002009-12-13T12:15:39.254Z

As you undoubtedly know today is the much anticipated launch of Windows 7 and Amazon UK already has some good news: the pre-orders of Windows 7 beat the previous record holder for pre-orders Harry Potter -when that happens you know something Microsoft has done is seriously right. The visuals are stunning - almost, but not quite, on par with Apple; the stability is much improved and best of all

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-51943592265787984682009-10-20T17:28:00.006+01:002009-12-13T12:21:40.743Z

Today, Tuesday 20th October 2009 Apple released a range of new products on it's website. The products are all beautiful as ever, it is interesting to see that the long awaiting Apple TV has had no upgrade as of yet. This is expected to be the last release before the major upcoming holiday season. Interestingly there were no price drops but merely better value for money which may not have been

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-7236352343056922132009-10-19T22:34:00.008+01:002009-10-25T21:19:37.382Z

Live-stream ended. Last updated: 22:56, London Apple posts amazing growth of 46% - over 7 million iPhones sold and 3 million Macs. During the 'Apple Financial Results' conference call the following was revealed by Apple: Over 3.05 million Macs sold - 1 Mac sold every 3 seconds worldwide during the past 3 months. Over 7.4 million iPhones sold - one iPhone was sold per second worldwide during

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-35794856618437423692009-10-17T23:59:00.004+01:002009-10-25T21:20:06.319Z

With both Orange and Vodafone getting the iPhone 3GS within the next three months, I've been researching into what plans these operators are likely to offer in terms of texts, minutes and more importantly web and wifi. Pay as you go customers on o2 can currently purchase their phone for £440.40 for the 16GB iPhone 3GS model. They then get "unlimited" web and wifi for 12 months (worth £120) -

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-34902725873478965822009-10-17T21:50:00.002+01:002009-10-25T21:20:57.218Z

After having moved from a PC over to a Mac, it can be difficult deciding what programs you need to get. Surprisingly, many of the programs you would have to pay for on Windows have superior free alternatives on a Mac so the initial outlay may save you money in the long run. I do ask that you donate to the developers for their hard work if you can, please remember they developed this for free and

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-90148514542582777962009-10-15T17:43:00.001+01:002009-10-25T21:21:32.654Z

If you've always dreamed of staying at home and being paid for doing nothing then this is your lucky day, I have five proven ways to make money online although some effort will be required on your part. 1. Start a website - whether it is a social network, blog or any other type of website, find some sponsors and build a fan base and after a few years the money will start trickling in. 2.

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-75096056924020179342009-10-14T17:52:00.001+01:002009-10-25T21:23:29.135Z

With Mac OS X reaching the end of it's product cycle, we take a look at what may be coming in the next operating system and how this could be a really big game-changer for Apple and increase it's market share. The 'classic' Mac OS ran for 16 years and in 2001, Apple announced the   launch of Mac OS X. Throughout the same number of years Microsoft has released Windows XP, Vista and now Windows 7.

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-47986728631562262352009-10-13T18:52:00.005+01:002009-10-25T21:23:43.779Z

Today I received my official invitation from Google and I now have a few to give out, eight in fact. If you'd like to receive one, click the "contact this" link at the top-left of the page and then email me on the address there with "Google Wave" in the subject line. I only have 8 invites so get in quick! Also if you provide me with a reason why you should be chosen over the others that would be

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-4123198528111384482009-10-11T20:55:00.001+01:002009-10-25T21:23:58.642Z

The Kindle will be released on October 19th to international users and for the first time users outside the US will be able to buy books and have them delivered instantly wirelessly to their device. The device itself costs $279 (£176.18) + import fees - an outlay that is not small and comes with no books included at that price. US users are able to get New York Times bestsellers for only $9.99 (

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-32027716330862889722009-10-11T17:43:00.002+01:002009-10-25T21:24:14.906Z

Powermat - a device which allows you to wirelessly charge up to 5 device at once - is being launched aggressively in the UK this month (October 2009). The claim is that you will be able to pop your cell phone down on a mat and pick it up again later on and your phone will be charged. However this isn't truly wireless or without it's faults. You will need to connect that mat itself to a mains

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With titles such as Left 4 Dead 2, Bioshock and Half Life 2 being released on the PC exclusively on the Steam platform from Valve, it's interesting to take a look at how these delivery systems have evolved over the past few years and how they may evolve in the future. The advantages of using a download system such as Valve's Steam are very clear: fast delivery of games (usually quicker than

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With cheaper iMacs, Mac Minis, MacBooks and AppleTVs rumoured to be coming soon and a cheap Apple Tablet in 2010 it seems that next year could be very successful. In fact, over the past few weeks it has been revealed that Apple was the fourth biggest selling PC maker in the US. How will their sales increase? Read on: 1. Cheaper Macs - the white plastic MacBook currently retails $999 (£749) for

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If you've been annoyed that we don't get Mint.com - a financial service website - in the UK then fear no more. I have been testing a site which I found months ago and trust it so much that I am going to share it with you. Mint.com allows you to aggregate your different bank accounts into one neat dashboard. It automatically categorises all your spending and you can set budget so that you don't

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I have just received confirmation from several of my sources that there will indeed be a refreshed model of the white-plastic MacBook with a faster processor and a slightly more affordable price. I also have confirmation that a 2GB RAM Mac Mini will be available for either £399 or £429 starting next week and that a new model of the iMac will be released. The iMac will ship with a new

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We're all used to seeing ads on TV but why do we get so annoyed when we see them online? We turn the page of a newspaper and see a massive advert, yet an interstitial advert is completely unacceptable for many people. We walk around constantly being exposed to brand and yet we are unhappy to see a small advert on a website. So, is it right to monetise content and should you as a consumer accept

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Spotify has recently announced that you can now store over 3,000 tracks on your hard drive offline for just £9.99 a month. That may seem like a good deal but ,in reality, is it a false economy? Under £10 a month may sound like a fantastic deal for the ability to listen to millions of tracks to your hear's content without adverts and the ability to save 3000 of them temporarily offline and a

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O2 has not exclusivity to the iPhone. Starting late this year Orange will also be selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Early 2010, will see the iPhone on Vodafone. You can currently get the iphone 3G for about £350 and the 3GS for £440.40 locked to O2 including 1 year's free web and wifi. On contract, the least you'll be paying is £30 a month for 18 months for 75 mins and 125 texts plus £97 upfront.

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To make channel 'Five' more accessible to a wider range of the country, tomorrow September 30, 2009 you will need to retune your TV. If you have access to Five now, you will lose it until you retune. This also will make space for the HD broadcasts which will start early next year. Up to 400,000 people may lose access to ITV3 and ITV4, so if you can live without 'five' but not ITV 3 & 4 then

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The last five years of technology have brought us many new delights. Apple now makes a mobile phone which has gone through several iterations and is unrivalled, Microsoft has released a version of Windows with so many flaws it's unforgivable, we can now get download speeds in the UK of up to 50mbps and you can now listen to music for free legally. So what will the new 5 or so years have in store

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-52578193964556932512009-09-22T22:45:00.002+01:002009-10-25T21:31:18.520Z

There are increasingly more and more ways to purchase and get free music online, so a small round up here will keep everything in order. Only legal methods are mentioned. To buy music you can always download iTunes which has a massive stake of the online market and you can also get DRM-free tracks on 7digital.com - both offer songs from about 59p to just a bit over £1. Amazon MP3 is my go-to

Giovanni Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08446982918100094094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076271674376993658.post-65486801636415889382009-09-22T18:49:00.003+01:002009-12-13T14:12:10.989Z

A friend of mine has been accepted into the LittleBigPlanet (PS3) water beta and i have some secret insider information. Technically he hasn't told me anything, I just saw this through my own eyes. So what is happening? Read on and find out. You can now fill the entire area with water when building your level. You can adjust the water level, the amount of waves, the colour of the water, the

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