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The best of the web at your fingertips

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT

While spending hours trawling the internet for information, entertainment and ideas is some people’s idea of a brilliant way to spend their time, that’s not the case for millions of others out there.

Why Google missed a beat with Buzz

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:39:00 GMT

The attraction of social networking is undeniable. Posting status updates, photo tagging, 'poking' and telling each other how pretty we look has been like catnip to web surfers for many years now. In fact, if Facebook were a country its 400m members would make it the second largest country in the World behind China and India and 25% larger than the United States. Understandably, as widely recognised king of the Internet, Google felt it was being left behind. It wanted to catch up, and - as is Google's obsession - fast.

Win a Sony PSP by playing classic computer games

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:11:00 GMT

There’s no doubting that computer games have come along way in the last few years. Games like Call of Duty 2 come with Hollywood-style budgets and bags of controversy.

How Twitter will change internet search forever

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:09:32 GMT

The name alone instantly polarises reactions, but 'Twitter' looks set to have a far greater impact on our lives than anyone could have imagined.

Sixty seconds with: Jason Glynn from uSwitch

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:52:00 GMT

Mark Schmid from the TalkTalk Blog goes 60 seconds with Jason Glynn, Commercial Manager at comparison website uSwitch. uSwitch is a free, impartial comparison and switching service that helps customers compare prices on a range of services including gas, electricity, home phone, broadband providers and personal finance products. The site’s aim is to help customers take advantage of the best prices and services on offer from suppliers.