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August 2010

It’s the Final Countdown…

August 25th, 2010 by Firecracker



The temperature's rising, the barometer's getting low, there’s a storm in the office and it’s the excitement of the Break into… final. Our team are split about who should win and it’s a tough call because the finalists are all lovely, hugely talented individuals.

It’s down to the public vote now and voting they are, while Ryan Taylor had a strong lead, Benjamin Hague has been catching up fast. On Facebook ‘Team Ryan’ have been working… read more →

10 things I hate about Microsoft

August 13th, 2010 by Elizabeth Clifford-Marsh



I want to make it clear straight off the bat – I am not an Apple fan girl. Personally I don’t give a monkey’s what OS my computer uses, and I use MS office simply because it’s there. Although I do prefer Firefox to IE – but that’s mostly a legacy of IE 6 being so pants, and it's no longer a conscious choice. However there are many things about Microsoft that get right under my skin – things that detract from a user perspective and things that surely can’t be that hard to fix.

1. MSN… read more →