Tech & Gadgets

There’s probably an Open Source (OS) alternative for almost every kind of commercial software. OS is a great way to save money on tools for business and leisure. It’s free. Created by communities rather than individuals, it’s the product of mass collaboration. Because the code is freely available for people to improve and add to,…read more

In the 1970s a power cut meant no telly, radio or lights… and that was more or less it. In the days before central heating was common, along with thousands of others my Mum blundered around pitch black supermarkets with lighted candles stuck to her shopping trolley to show her the way. Today it just…read more

Sometimes household name, big brand, widely-advertised and marketed goods are genuinely better quality than those you don’t see emblazoned all over the telly, newspapers and internet at every turn. That’s the thing about brand advertising. It doesn’t mean the products are any better… just that the manufacturers spend more on promoting them and raising awareness….read more

I don’t know about you, but we spend at least fifty quid a month with Virgin Media. That covers our broadband, landline (which we rarely use these days) and the telly. We can access a ridiculous number of channels, most of which are a bit rubbish. We usually end up watching the BBC channels, ITV1,2…read more

I bet you didn’t know that you should be thanking Asa Candler, one of the founders of Coca-Cola, every time you use a discount code to get money off an online purchase. Why, you ask?. Well quite simply because he’s the guy that started the whole coupon craze waaaay back in 1888 by giving away…read more

Smartphones are taking the world by storm with millions of us glued to the blasted things more or less 24/7. The same goes for tablets and readers. Have you seen that advert where a good looking couple are wandering along in stunningly pretty mountainous countryside with their eyes glued to their Kindle rather than looking…read more

Want to use this graphic? Right click this link & save to download | Click to enlarge the image | Go to embed code Embed this infographic on your blog: iPhone 5 Launch Day Weather Forecast created by a Discount codes website Creative Commons License Information – In short, feel free to use this graphic…read more

Great news for all those original 80’s gamers, who devoted hours trying to complete games like Rambo, Buggy boy, Boulder Dash and Street Surfer – the Commodore 64 is back! The commodore 64 was a huge success in its day earning the title of the best selling computer of all time. The classic device has…read more