I received a rather convincing looking email from Company House the other day indicating that someone had made a complaint about my company. Naturally suspicious of all emails I noticed that the link in the email didn’t go the correct url for Company House and looked it up in Google. I came across the following…
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Why I Left Milk and More
I have been a user of milk and more for more than 5 years and have recently decided to stop using the service. What should be a good service has for me become unusable. I initially started using is because it was convenient. I could change my order up to 9pm the night before my…
Virtual Online Shopping
For those that find online shopping lacks the shopping experience this virtual shopping idea might be interesting. Developed by British firm Keytree the prototype allows customers to walk around a virtual store and put items in their basket. With the prototype customers use an Xbox Kinect to control movement around the store and wave their…
No Facebook Account? You Might be a Psychopath
That’s the view of some people who see staying away from Facebook as suspicious. It seems an increasing number of employers and some psychologists believe those who are not on social networking websites are suspicious. A German magazine recently pointed out that the accused theatre shooter James Holmes and the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring…
Renewing the Car Insurance
I recently renewed my car insurance and as usual looked around for a cheaper deal. My existing insurer quoted me £430 for the year to insure my Ford Focus. Not bad I thought particularly when the premium was lower than last year. Looking at a price comparison website, however, I managed to find insurance for…
Talk Talk to Offer Porn “opt-out”
If this article is correct Talk Talk will be the first Internet Service Provider to offer a way of opting out of porn. It already offers a porn filter which can be activated by those wanting to use it to protect their children. The company will now ask both new and existing users whether they…
Smartstamp Outage: An Epic Case of Royal Fail
As someone who relies upon Smartstamp to process my business mail the last few days have been what is best described as difficult and frustrating. For those of you that are unfamiliar with the service, Smartstamp is a subscription based service provided by Royal Mail that allows you to print your postage directly to your…
Meat From Westin Gourmet
I am always looking for ways to save money on the shopping bill, however, one thing I don’t compromise on is the quality of the meat I buy. Despite choosing the more premium cuts of supermarket meats it does tend to be quite tasteless and often the quality is not great. If I could afford…
Toy Meerkats From Compare the Market
Compare the Market have found another way to capitalise on the success of their Compare the Meerkat campaign. They are now giving away cute cuddly meerkats for every customer who buys car insurance, home insurance or pet insurance via the website. There is a choice of four characters including Aleksandr, Sergei, Bogdan the meerpup, Maiya…
British Library Gives Google 250,000 Books for Scanning
The British Library has recently handed over 250,000 books to Google for scanning into the Google Books project. The material which includes books, pamphlets and magazines from 1700 to 1870 are in several European languages. All of the works are now out of copyright and will be made available both on Google and through the…