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I am a 29 year old from Cornwall in England living with partner and step-son , and have a Degree in I.T and am looking forward to September as I shall be starting my Masters Degree in Web Applications Development, so long as I get accepted! I live in a lovey

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Hobbies & Games > Video Game Consoles & Accessories Which is the better video game platform: Console or PC?: 2 of 30
Games consoles suffer from a shared, inherent property: limited life shelf. Any generation of games consoles will be supported for a certain number of years, with the number of years varying between each console depending on its popularity. Five or six years is becoming the common lifespan of a generation although some indivi... More..
Computers & Technology > GPS Devices Will Global Positioning Systems (GPS) ever replace conventional maps?: 2 of 22
Technology has benefited the human race in a variety of different ways, allowing us to carry out our daily duties more efficiently whether at work or at home. There has definitely been a drive for a paper-less society, where technology replaces paper to encourage and maintain a sustainable, eco-friendly environment. It has oc... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Buying Tips Why you don't need to buy an expensive new computer: 2 of 19
Buying a computer is always a daunting process especially for consumers who are not very computer literate, as sales people can easily fool the consumer into buying a top of the range computer made especially for resource hungry applications such as games, when all they want to do is simply surf the Internet, write letters a... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance Defragmentation explained: 2 of 15
Fragging is extremely popular in computer games such as Quake and Half-life, involving the simple idea of disassembling a gigantic character into its pixelated fragments, usually involving highly sophisticated weaponry and joyful, if not somewhat disturbing, facial expressions from the players. Each of those pixels is a frag... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance How to clean up a computer's hard drive: 2 of 12
Cleaning the hard drive (not literally cleaning it, just logically cleaning it!) is a part of general hard drive and computer maintenance. Cleaning a hard drive involves the removal of programs, files, and other miscellaneous entities that happen to find their way onto the hard drive, that are no longer used or wanted any lo... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Buying Tips The advantages of a dual-core processor: 1 of 6
Modern day computing demands is causing the single processing architecture to struggle. Operating systems are becoming more graphically processing intense; multitasking is on the increase, and video streaming, viewing and editing is becoming more popular and more demanding than ever before. These modern day demands are causin... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Buying Tips Purchasing a motherboard: 1 of 6
If the CPU is the heart of a computer that pumps digital data around the computer, then the motherboard is the body of the computer system; hosting all the bus lines (veins) that carry the digital data to all the system components (the organs). The motherboard, therefore, is the most important computer hardware component nex... More..
Education > Education (Other) Technology in today's classroom: 2 of 10
The basic premise of education and learning in the classroom has always had the same principles and values; that is, a good education will lead into higher education institutions, better employment prospects and a better quality of life. What has changed over the past number of decades is how the education and learning should... More..
Computers & Technology > Networking & IT Management Basics of network topologies: 1 of 5
A network is essentially a group of devices connected together so they can communicate with each other. A topology is a way to describe the layout or formation of the network. There are a number of topologies in existence and choosing the right topology depends on: the number of devices that need to be connected; business req... More..
Computers & Technology > Networking & IT Management What are the differences between LAN and WAN: 1 of 5
One of the main differences between a LAN and a WAN is their respective geographical covering and operation: a LAN (Local Area Network) covers a small area such as a University campus, a business premises, or even as small as a home network. A WAN (Wide Area Network) covers a much larger geographical scope such as a British ... More..