Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level. It also provides ongoing improvements to the Windows Operating System, by including previous updates delivered over Windows Update as well as continuing incremental updates to the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms based on customer and partner feedback. This enables organizations to deploy a single set of updates.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will help you:

• Keep your PCs supported and up-to-date
• Get ongoing updates to the Windows 7 platform
• Easily deploy cumulative updates at a single time
• Meet your users’ demands for greater business mobility
• Provide a comprehensive set of virtualisation innovations
• Provide an easier Service Pack deployment model for better IT efficiency

Read more about the Service Pack and download it directly from the Microsoft website.

Most UK companies will show you one price to bring in the customers, then show that the price advertised was only if you commit to 5 years or buy 10 domains, then some administrative fees get added on, followed by VAT on top, and by the time you hit the checkout you’re paying almost double the figure you saw to get you interested! Our price structure is simple: £3.49/year for .uk domains, and £9.99 for .com (and similar) domains. No further charges, no further taxes – it’s simply the all-inclusive final price! Find out if your domain is available to register today!

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We have experience working at a high level with National Instruments hardware, particularly PXI, cRIO, cDAQ, Vision, USB, and WiFi devices. NI LabVIEW is a graphical programming language that was originally designed with tight hardware integration and multi-threading in mind. Atgram Systems offers a new consultancy service to help use LabVIEW with good programming architectures, ensuring that your applications are always over-engineered.

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Google is working on releasing a brand new operating system, called Chrome OS, that is based on its Chrome browser. Initially, the small OS will be aimed at low-cost and low-power netbooks, but will eventually head towards PCs.

Chrome OS will be capable of running on an x86 machine (normal Intel & AMD processors) and ARM chips. Google is currently working with OEMs to ship Chrome OS with some new netbooks starting in the second half of 2010.

Via BBC News article.
Read the Google blog.

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Some Google products like Gmail have been in beta for the last five years. Everything’s changing now because Google Apps, including Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and Talk, are coming out of beta stage. Almost 2 million companies in the world use Google Apps to run their business.

Gmail is still as free as always, and is the most popular web-based email service recommended by tech companies. So if you haven’t already, head on over and create a Gmail account today.

Read the Google blog.

Acer Timeline 1810T

There has been a new leak of an upcoming netbook from Acer, the Timeline 1810T. This netbook will share the same laptop-like chassis of the Acer One 751, but the internals are bumped up for a much more solid performance.

• 11.6-inch display (1,366 x 768 resolution)
• Intel 1.4GHz ULV SU3500 processor
• GMA 4500MHD graphics
• hardware-accelerated HD video decoding
• up to 4GB of RAM
• HDMI socket
• gigabit Ethernet
• WiFi
• optional 3G
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• 8-hour battery
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• FREE upgrade to Windows 7 included

The free upgrade to Windows 7 ensures that we would recommend this to any buyers looking for a netbook in the near future. Unfortunately, we don’t have a release date or price yet.

Via macles blog.

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BT began the trialling of Fibre-To-The-Cabinet (FTTC) broadband for businesses and consumers yesterday. The first two locations to be activated are Muswell Hill in London and Whitchurch in Cardiff.

FTTC can achieve end-to-end speed/throughput of up to 40 Mbps. ISPs trialling in the pilot scheme include BT retail, O2, Sky, TalkTalk, and others using BT Wholesale’s phone lines.

FTTC is where fibre is connected to a cabinet in the street and the premises in that immediate area use existing copper lines to connect to that cabinet. BT plans to have 29 exchanges FTTC-enabled by early 2010, and 40% of the UK ready for 2012. These 29 exchanges are the lucky ones to be selected to be enabled at the beginning of 2010:

• Chelmsford, Essex
• St Albans, Hertfordshire
• Watford, Hertfordshire
• Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
• Leagrave, Bedfordshire
• Luton, Bedfordshire
• Canonbury, London
• Chingford, London
• Edmonton, London
• Enfield, London
• Highams Park, London
• Tottenham, London
• Thamesmead, London
• Woolwich, London
• Bury, Greater Manchester
• Didsbury, Greater Manchester
• Failsworth, Greater Manchester
• Heaton Moor, Greater Manchester
• Oldham, Greater Manchester
• Rusholme, Greater Manchester
• Belfast Balmoral
• Dean, Edinburgh
• Glasgow Halfway
• Glasgow Western
• Cardiff
• Taffs Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Halifax, West Yorkshire
• Pudsey, West Yorkshire
• Calder Valley, West Yorkshire

Even better than FTTC is Fibre-To-The-Premises (FTTP, or Home; FTTH), which would achieve speeds of up to 100 Mbps. BT have also been trialling this technology and plan to deploy it starting March 2010, starting with 40,000 homes.

Read the ZDNet UK article.

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Until earlier this year, all of our websites were designed & developed with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox compatibility mainly in mind. Since the turn of the year, we have had to ensure our websites were compatible with the newest and fast upcoming browser – Google Chrome. Like Firefox, Chrome is an open-source browser that allow users to browse fast and securely with ease. We have found the switch from Firefox to be seamless as they are very similar in appearance and functionality.

Chrome Pros

• Address bar includes powerful search with results from your default search engine
• Tabs and windows are interchangeable – detachable and attachable
• Application shortcuts for web-only applications such as Gmail or Calendar
• Private browsing without tracking browsing history

Chrome Cons

• No addons/developer extentions like Firefox available yet
• Potentially high memory usage if too many tabs are open as each is its own process

We highly recommend everyone to download Chrome or at least upgrade to the newly released Firefox 3.5 for the best possible Internet surfing experience.

BT Openzone & Cashbox

BT Broadband customers and O2 iPhone owners will be given access to WiFi hotspots integrated into 2,500 ATM machines over the UK, courtesy of BT Openzone and Cashbox. Non-BT or iPhone users that want access will have to pay £5.88 for 90 minutes or £9.79 for 24 hours.

View the PC Pro article.