Anything new in Tech..............

Autocar

BBC Technology page

BBC Click

PC Magazine

PC Pro

Reuters Technology page

Best TV 2015: what TV should you buy?


New Links.

An interesting read - particularly the last link.

BTW you should go to the bottom of the the link article to read comments on nospy10.

Harry/anyone have you any personal updates yet - speed, storage etc.

Google, Samsung to issue monthly Android security fixes

Could we fly from London to New York in an hour?

Personal updates......??????? Many parts of my body are showing signs of wear, but not yet in need of updating!

If you mean updates on my particular machine, then I have no idea as it doesn't offer the option of managing the updates.

Harry :-)

I meant on your experience so far on W10 as I assume you have been using it in anger for the couple of days?

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Farmer builds own broadband network

And in writing, should you be interested enough to want to make some notes....

Farmer builds own broadband network

August 17 2015 at 10:34am
By Daily Mail
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REUTERS
Living on a farm nestled in a remote area of Salisbury Plain, Richard Guy had battled for years with unbearably slow internet signal.

But the 60-year-old farmer decided enough was enough and resolved to take on telecoms giant BT and find an alternative source.

Guy noticed that his mobile phone’s 4G signal was significantly faster than the broadband link provided by BT to his home, but he needed to find a way to route the signal to his farmhouse.

So the savvy father-of-two built his own makeshift wooden telephone mast, on which he set up a 4G adaptor inside a toolbox. He then connected this to his home via a system of wires – and he was soon enjoying ‘perfect’ internet access at super-fast speeds.

The father of two said: ‘It’s a big problem for people in rural areas. The Government told us that the Olympics would bring fast broadband to everyone in Britain.

‘Well, the Olympics were some time ago now. The world assumes that everyone is online, but the 5 percent who can’t connect are just dismissed. So I decided to take matters into my own hands. We only had a 1 Mbps [megabits per second] speed, which means everything is far too slow. Now I run at 69 Mbps, it runs everything perfectly.’

The average speed households across the country enjoy is around 25 Mbps.

Guy added: ‘When I spoke to the fibre-optic people [who provide wires to transmit an internet connection], they were very intrigued.

‘They said “you’re going to do what? Put it in a box up a pole, are you crazy?” They normally deal with people like Google and IBM.’

Guy, who has worked in IT since the 1980s, had found that the strongest 4G signal was on farmland miles away from his house. He fitted a 4G dongle inside a waterproof toolbox two thirds of the way up a pair of wooden poles.

The adaptor, which is powered by a 12V battery topped up by two small solar panels, then converts the internet signal into a form that allows it to run along relatively cheap fibre-optic cables, costing £1 per metre, to his home.

Guy and his wife Gilly, who is also 60, have now started a company called Agri-Broadband
, which aims to get super-fast internet connections to Britain’s most rural homes.

‘I think at the start Gilly didn’t think it would work,’ Guy said. ‘But she’s very supportive and helps with all sides of the business.

‘I just love seeing the expression on someone’s face when you show them it’s possible that they, having been left out in the middle of nowhere, can get serious broadband. But I turn up in a dirty Range Rover and this old geezer gets out and people think “he’s not going to solve this”. I think they’re expecting some young techie, but then it works and they’re amazed.’

The farmer uses Ofcom’s mobile network website to determine where the best signals can be found in rural areas, usually within small valleys and hills.

Guy said his next customer, who will have a specialist trench dug on his farm in the Cotswolds in September, has a connection of just 0.4 Mbps, adding: ‘He’s trying to run a business on that, so he’s delighted.’ – Daily Mail

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Yesterday, I installed the free Microsoft upgrade offer from Windows 8.1 to 10.
The whole process took just over an hour. I find everything is
quicker and brighter now than with 8.1. But I still think XP was,
in many respects, superior to both 8.1 and 10. Am monitoring
the Edge stuff and might revert to Explorer, which was my
browser wth 8.1 though I tend to use Firefox most of the
time and so far have experienced no incompatibility problems with Firefox.

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:-)