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I Thought I had seen the end of impressive iPhone Apps, but this one took my breath away.

Let me reminice for a few seconds on an event which happened 5 years ago.  I was walking through the city of York with a friend when we came upon this girl who was having an asthma attack.  We called an ambulance, which said it would be five minutes.

In the meantime however we were stuck with a girl who could not breath and did not have an inhaler, what should we… Continue Reading»

Many iPod Touch users were more than just a little downhearted when the iPhone was released .  The iPhones similarities to the iPod Touch were noticable, but the 3g and GPS capabilities included on the iPhone  were a vast improvement for convenience and application.

Fortunately Truphones have come along with a sleek, handy iPod Touch app which utilizes the iPod Touch’s WiFi capability to at least some way convert the iPod Touch into an iPhone.  By using the iPod Touches WiFi Capability you can use… Continue Reading»

Keith Combs from Microsoft anounced today that those attending Microsoft Developer Conferences in Mid-January 09 (01/13/2009) would be able to to take a DVD with the Windows 7 Beta, the long anticipated Windows upgrade to Vista.

This is the second release of Windows 7 to b released by microsoft since the Pre Beta was released in October.

You can view the full information on teh Windows 7 Beta 1 Release on the MIcrosoft Technet blog Here

This is great news for those lokoing for a slightly less cluttered and annoying version of Vista, as Windows… Continue Reading»

From Geekywood

Today Adobe announced the upcoming launch of Photoshop CS4, and more importantly a major new landmark feature which is set to revolutionise the graphic designer world.

Unlike all previous versions of Photoshop CS4 is capable of utilizing your graphic card’s power, rapidly speeding up the speed at which Photoshop can zoom, manage and manipulate high end graphics on your PC.

This move is set to be a large blow to Apple users who were previously one of the few people able to access GPU compatible graphics design packages, at the cost of limited… Continue Reading»

The best thing about Firefox is that it is fully customizable unlike other internet browsers. You can make Firefox your own by downloading and installing the various available add-ons and extensions. Add-ons are installable enhancements to the Firefox. Add-ons allow the a user to add or enahnce the Firefox application features. Firefox has got a lot of Add-ons which can be used to download different kind of stuff from the internet. Be it downloading Videos, flashs, webpages, PDF’s or Software, these add-ons make downloading in firefox a snap. Here are some of these add-ons that you can install on your… Continue Reading»

Quick ShutDown is a fairly old, but damn good small piece of free software that shuts down windows quickly, be it Windows 2000, NT or XP).

It may not seem like much but the Windows Quick Shut Down application quickly terminates running processes, removes any USB devices and shuts down windows with impressive speed.

To make things easier it also has a windows taskbar button that can shut down or reboot your PC depending on if you single or double click it.

Windows Quick Shut Down is 100% free, very configurable and one of… Continue Reading»

Valve, the company behind clasic First Person Shooter Games has announced its proposed update to Steam – Its internet based application for delivering games to players world wide.

The update is music to gamers ears as it takes a users stats and stores them remotely, allowing people to goto any location, be it an internet cafe or a friends house and play with their own profile and settings.

Valve was initially condemed by gamers due to its copywrite management systems implimented to prevent piracy.  However after a rocky start, and with the help of the half life 2 realease, Valves Steam system… Continue Reading»