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Windows 7 Beta – First Glance

It is almost unbelievable that Microsoft are bringing out a new version of Windows when Vista was only released two years ago…but I suppose it is only in Beta.  But we have it here to test and have been playing with it for some time. First impressions are that it is very Vista-like!  But we [...]

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Things to do

Everyone goes on how you can do pretty much anything with a computer now days….but is that true?  Things to do is a small site from Google which aims to help you to do something new and different with your searches in Google.  For example, fancy a good read but can’t get to a book shop [...]

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Windows 7 Beta

We like to be on the ‘cutting edge’ when it comes to Microsoft Software..so I think we must have been one of the first to download the Windows 7 Beta when it was made available last week! So far we haven’t done much with it other than Install it on a Dell Optiplex 360 with [...]

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Site Of The Month – The Last Ever….

This Month’s Site Of The Month brings some very sad news…This will be the last ever Site Of The Month!  But don’t worry, we have come up with a NEW idea to replace Site Of The Month for the forthcoming year.  All will be revealed on 31st January 2009!  As it is the last ever [...]

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Live Mesh

Live Mesh is a new application from the ‘Windows Live‘ range.  Mesh enables you to connect to your devices, desktops etc from anywhere in the world.  This really is a breakthrough in technology in a market which is becoming more and more internet based.  There is just one thing which you must do to be [...]

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New Theme

Today we launched our new theme, one of the best things about WordPress is the vast amount of freely available themes that are on the web and how easy it is to change them! So here we are an orange version of the red theme used on www.brandstar.co.uk. We will continue to make a few [...]

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New Software Page On Brandstar.co.uk!

Brandstar have recently released a brand new Software page!  The software page attempts to tackle the problem of not knowing which software is worth buying and downloading.  After all, there are so many options to choose from!  It covers a variety of both free and commercial products in the genres of Computer Security, Media, Office [...]

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Quick Tip: Apple iTunes 8

Apple have released the latest version of the music software iTunes.  iTunes isn’t something we give much time to but credit has to be given to Apple really because it is a brilliant bit of kit and if you have an iPod it works seemlessly. Allowing you to fully manage your music, videos and podcasts! [...]

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Hotmail 2 – live.co.uk

Probably a bit slow on the uptake here but I was setting up a hotmail address for someone at the weekend and I noticed that there are live.co.uk addresses as well as hotmail.co.uk!  Three fantastic reasons to consider this address potential! live.co.uk – makes your email address nice and short for people to remember! Unlike hotmail that [...]

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Site Of The Month – New – Xpanity

The last day of each month this year we will be writing a short post with our “Site of the Month” suggestion, with a brief explanation of why we like the site so much This can vary from it being a fantastic design to useful content to something just very different! This month the site [...]

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