24th January 2008
Europe’s most western capital, situated on the coast of Portugal, offers the perfect blend between a 21st century metropolis and a historical goldmine.
Today’s Lisbon owes a lot to its historical past, which dates back to around 300,000 years.
...
24th January 2008
During the summer of last year the European Commission passed legislation that essentially put a "cap" on the amount mobile service providers could charge when their customers are "roaming" the EU.
Since then there has been an average price drop of 60...
22nd January 2008
Stephen Timms, the UK's minister for competitiveness, warned last year that the UK risks falling behind in the race to providing super-fast broadband networks, claiming the situation to be "21st century's equivalent of the great arms race".
Timms drew ...
22nd January 2008
Somewhat ahead of BT’s broadband fibre network development plans for parts of Kent, Northern Ireland’s government gave their go-ahead and support to implement a similar network in parts of Belfast recently.
The project was funded by The Department ...
22nd January 2008
Broadband speeds differ a tremendous amount throughout the UK, but if you’re “out in the country”, it’s a fair bet that the speeds you’re experiencing are far from what you would like.
A study published by the Commission for Rural Communities...
22nd January 2008
The average UK broadband speed is around 2 – 2.5Mbps, this is a far cry from the 8Mbps advertised and even further from the average 21Mbps users’ in other parts of Europe are experiencing.
Its old news that the UK is falling behind other developed...
22nd January 2008
Alertme.com, a UK based home security company and the Ember Corporation; developers of ZigBee, a wireless networking technology have recently combined forces to offer consumers a revolutionary means by which to monitor their homes.
The technology in qu...
22nd January 2008
Mobile phone ticketing is not a new prospect, with companies within the theatre and train business already boasting such features. Until recently though, there was no such system in place for regular buses.
Go North East (GNE), one of the leading bus ...
21st January 2008
Originally a service facilitated mainly by business users, allowing them to wirelessly “keep in touch” with the office, mobile broadband is starting to find its place in the consumer market.
In terms of hardware it’s surprisingly easy to set up, ...
21st January 2008
If you regularly make use of underground train services, or ‘the tube’, then chances are you’ve noticed the complete lack of mobile network coverage.
From a technological point of view this is fully understandable, as the networks that provide u...
20th January 2008
Payday loans can either be a short term blessing, or a longer term problem, it all depends on your intentions.
There are a number of situations where the facilitation of a payday loan may be a good decision, just as there are situations where they woul...
20th January 2008
A recent report has revealed that over the past few months there has been a considerable slow down in personal loan lending throughout the UK.
November of last year saw a decrease of 10% in the number of personal loans processed by UK lenders.
Becau...
19th January 2008
As many know, when it comes to personal loans, if you borrow a larger amount you will pay less interest in a proportional sense. Of course, other factors play a part, in particular, loan length, and other fee’s.
However, what many don’t know is ju...
19th January 2008
The key aspect that makes the payday loan application process so quick is the lack of background checks and in particular the rarity of pulling up applicants’ credit record.
The lack of applicants’ credit checks is also one of the reasons payday l...
19th January 2008
Payday loans are an excellent means by which to obtain cash for any situation, with approval being both quick and easy.
The following are some of the important factors that should be taken into consideration prior to committing to a payday loan.
Th...
