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Car insurance comparison website Confused.com is launching a new service, Quick Quote, which allows users to text your number plate to Confused and in within seconds, the user will receive the lowest car insurance rate for them. Confused is so confident in the speed of their service for finding you the best car insurance rates, [...]

Social TV is the next frontier in personal entertainment. The basic idea is that you are able to talk to someone else about what you are watching. TV has moved on a lot from satellite TV and Social TV was born out of the idea that TV drives social media. You will often see the [...]

It was revealed yesterday that five of the top ISPs in the UK (TalkTalk, 02, Virgin Media, Sky and Everything Everywhere) have been ordered to block Swedish torrent site The Pirate Bay. A sixth ISP, BT, is taking a couple of weeks to consider its position before blocking the site. For those who don’t know, [...]

The creators of the famous mobile game are planning to branch out into cartoons later this year. An initial run of 52 episodes, of around 3 minutes, will begin in autumn. The head of animation at Rovio, the company that created this addictive game, has expressed his desire of offering the episodes for any kind [...]

According to CNet, according to the Telegraph, according to the Sunday Times, a planned web monitoring law could soon allow the Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) to monitor your online activity, mobile phone calls, and text messages in real time. Though the government will still be unable to see the content of emails or text messages, [...]

UK MPs are proposing that an algorithm to remove search links found to be in breach of privacy is made mandatory. This following ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley’s complaint about not being able to get a video off the Internet.  Mosley is pushing for the new technology to be initiated in the UK which result [...]

With April Fool’s day coming up on the 1st of April (obviously) we thought it would be a good idea to collate all our favourite pranks into a blog post for your entertainment and also for some inspiration! Prank Calls Prank calls are one of the best and most traditional April Fool’s Day jokes, because [...]

Hello web fanatics. I thought I’d start doing a few website reviews for all of you who just can’t get enough of all the free and amazing web brilliance out there. It’s short and sweet, easy to digest and easy to refer back to. Here it goes. Rate it or hate it entry number 1: [...]

Okay, let’s be honest. Who forgot Mother’s Day? A show of hands please… wait, no one? You mean it was just me at the petrol station trying to find a cheap box of chocs at 1am? I find that hard to believe. Luckily for me, my bacon, as always, has been saved by the wonders [...]

Passengers on the Eurostar are set to enjoy a seamless internet browsing experience thanks to a deal between Eurotunnel and French telecom operators to install 2G and 3G networks. To begin with, only travellers coming from France into Britain will be able to use the service. Operators Bouygues Telecom, Orange SFR and Free have agreed [...]