After downloading Windows 7 from MSDN Academic allience (blog to come soon) I burnt the ISO to a disk and went about formatting to install and test it out. However, shortly into the installation process an error message appeard stating that the drivers for the disk-srive (which windows was reading the disk from) couldn’t be [...]
It has emerged this week that the attacks on Chinese human rights activists were made from, yes you guessed it, Internet Explorer. Microsoft’s director of Security was quoted earlier this week saying that the attacks were “targeted and limited” and were mainly “exploiting Internet Explorer 6″. Similarly, McAfee stated that the weeks attacks “showed a [...]
You may have read that I recently installed a complete new system in my family house lounge? Well here is the kit I used:
Samsung 46″ 5 Series LCD (Comet – £599)
SkyHD+ box (Sky – £30)
PS3 Slimline 120GB (Asda – £180)
HDMI 10.2Gbps Monster Cable x2 (Amazon – £100)
Logitech Z5500 5.1 THX (Amazon – £298)
This setup falls [...]
For those of you in the know, you will understand the burden which is IE6. It’s far less efficient, and awkward to boot, at designing websites to look both good and work well. Amongst the problems are;
Images can’t be wider than 800px
Images can’t be .PNG
Padding is calculated differently
IE in general is a nuisance; things in [...]
So, I have finally completed Assassins Creed 2 (Brilliant story line – Can’t wait for the next episode!) and decided to give COD:MW2 a blast!
I must say, ever since I picked up the controller, I haven’t stopped thinking about it! It’s advanced so much since the days of the M1 Grand (Call of Duty 2 [...]
The installation is complete! The router is up and running (the second one, which Virgin delivered yesterday!) with remarkable speeds!
The pre-installation results were showing between 14Mb/s to 20Mb/s – Limited by the router. The new (D-Link ‘N’ rated wireless) router has now been installed and is running with amazing results. The first attempt at installing [...]
Its a clash of the titans – Two of the biggest Game developers both releasing highly anticipated games within one week of each other: Assassins Creed 2 (Developed by Ubisoft) is released exactly 7 days after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Developed by Activision).
Despite the close release dates Ubisoft aren’t worried by the success [...]
Orange has the largest coverage of 3G networks in the UK.
It’s a big point that Orange are making over why it has better tariffs than O2. However, according to LLC UK (largest independent wireless company in the world) it is Vodaphone who in fact have the strongest 3G services. O2 cover over 90% of the [...]