UK ADSL users to get improved speed & stability?

October 3, 2008 · Filed Under Gadgets & Tech, Internet · 1 Comment 

Millions of broadband users could see download speeds rise by 1.5mbps by fitting an I-Plate. BT has claimed this after results from a test conducted in 36,000 homes, of which some houses managed to gain up to 4mbps.

The device is essentially a filter which reduces electrical interference from Lightning, Televisions and other home wiring which interferes with the quality of the signal.

The device requires that the household has a NTE 5 master socket, BT estimated that nine million households have the NTE 5 master socket.

The I-Plate is expected to retail between £10 and £15

BT estimated that nine million households have the NTE 5 master socket that the filter is compatible with.

[Via Broadband Finder]

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Jet Man successfully crosses the English Channel

September 26, 2008 · Filed Under Gadgets & Tech · Comment 

Yves Rossy, otherwise known as ‘Jet Man’ successfully managed to cross the channel after a jump from a plane more than 8,000ft above ground, with his Jet-propelled wings which weigh in at around 55kg, with four kerosene jet engines.

Jet-mans journey started at Calais and ended in Dover, this traced the first person to fly across the channel in a plane 99 years ago; French aviator Louis Blériot.

Jet-man reportedly was flying at speeds approaching 125mph, the 21-mile Journey was estimated to take about 12 minutes, but took less than 10 minutes.

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The Weekly Roundup - 13th September

September 13, 2008 · Filed Under Gadgets & Tech, Gaming, Internet, Legal, Windows PC · Comment 
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The Weekly Roundup

Saturday 13th September

Good week for:

- Far Cry fans, release date for the sequel has been confirmed as October 21st for North America and 24th for Europe.

- Warner Bros, the ‘Dark Knight’ has reached $500 million.

- Eco concerned peoples, HP has released the ‘Laptop in a Bag’ which aims to reduce packaging by 97%

Bad week for:

- Apple, they’ve been sued for selling too many iPhones!

- IT companies, a recent security poll shows that 88% of staff ‘would steal sensitive data if they happened to be fired.’

- Google, the ‘End User License Agreement’ for their new browser has been criticized as unfair.

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The Simpsons: Lego Intro

September 11, 2008 · Filed Under Funny, Internet, Television · Comment 

What if the Simpsons were lego? watch this great video from Youtube user bulc96

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LHC@Home

September 11, 2008 · Filed Under Gadgets & Tech, Science, Software, Space · Comment 

You’ve heard of Folding@Home?  Well coming soon is LHC@Home!

As with Folding@Home, due to its complicated nature LHC@Home requires a massive amount of computing power, so they are looking for your help!

Basically the @Home stuff is to do with contributing multiple computers processing power across the internet, to effectively act like a super computer.

What is the LHC? -The Large Hadron Collider is a massive particle accelerator which lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. The tunnel stretches to a distance of 27km (17 miles)

Yesterday morning proton beams were fired clockwise and then later counter-clockwise, the particles successfully travelled the full length of the colider. - Why you ask? Well scientists are looking to recreate the conditions shortly after the big bang to try to answer some big questions; such as - why do particles acquire mass? and does the Higgs boson (God Particle) exist?

Anyhoo LHC@Home is currently in development stages, it might just be available for PC to begin with, but if the massive contribution towards Folding@Home from PlayStation 3 users is anything to go by, it is possible it will become available in the near future to PlayStation 3 users.

Via[LHC@Home]

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