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Pensioner brings down internet in Armenia

A 75-year-old woman single-handedly cut off thousands of internet connections in Georgia and Armenia, according to an... Read more

7 April, 2011

From the iPad to ID cards: 2010's quotes of the year

...space "The last thing that I bought online was a floor-sweeper" - Pensioner Bob Jordan describes what he uses his fibre broadband connection for December... Read more

23 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
United Square V3.0

United Square V3.0

...of UNITED SQUARE Game!Simple rules, for all players from youngsters to pensioners, requires blind innocence or underhand cunning, Its Fun Squared!UNITED SQUARE is... Read more

24 May, 2012
Language Coach 1.3

Language Coach 1.3

...sub-topics. Extremely easy to follow for all ages, from children to pensioners Read more

24 February, 2012
RedMaze 2.0

RedMaze 2.0

...Risk Raiders! Race to the top of the open scoreboard!Who knew pensioners could run so fast?Redingtons philosophy is simple: to help clients get... Read more

23 July, 2011
Ny som chef 1.0

Ny som chef 1.0

...Och om trkiga men viktiga saker som man inte ska glmma bort - pensioner, frskringar och avtalsskrivningar. Dessutom hittar du lnestatistik frn chefer i hela landet... Read more

20 July, 2011

Fibre broadband: Northern Ireland's quiet connectivity revolution

...how his broadband used to be: slow. So slow that the Belfast pensioner would have to go and put the kettle on while waiting for... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
From Bigbang To Overpopulation 1.0

From Bigbang To Overpopulation 1.0

...everyday language intended for curious persons of any gender from teenagers to pensioners. Everything in the universe is ultimately made of quarks and electrons which... Read more

1 October, 2010

Pensioners without cash after system failure

...to discover the cause of a computer crash which prevented thousands of pensioners collecting benefits payments. Pensioners were unable to withdraw cash on one of... Read more

25 August, 2004 by Kable

News Burst: Brighton pensioners surf for fun

...aimed at the over 60s is proving to be as popular with pensioners as it is with school children Read more

6 August, 1998 by Richard Barry

RIAA pulls file-swap suit against pensioner

The RIAA has withdrawn legal action alleging a Boston grandmother shared Busta Rhymes songs online Read more

25 September, 2003 by John Borland

Pensioners pioneer Internet security

...using the Web more responsibly." In 1998, a Microsoft study found that pensioners spent more time chatting about computers than any other age group Read more

3 February, 2005 by Dan Ilet

UK man's love match is pensioner corpse-hoarder

...Thinking things couldn't get any worse, Trevor Tasker went back to pensioner Shumate's flat to discover a corpse in her freezer. The body... Read more

22 February, 2001 by Rachel Munro

HMRC loses thousands of pensioners' details

HMRC has admitted another data loss, this time over 6,500 personal details of people collecting pensions Read more

18 December, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Employers target pensioners to fill skills gaps

Businesses need to prepare for the looming 'demographic timebomb' as fewer young people come through university Read more

12 June, 2006 by Andy McCue

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

47 minutes ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

3 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

4 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

4 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

5 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

7 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

8 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

9 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

10 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

12 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

13 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

17 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

19 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

21 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

1 day ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe