GDrive Launches? Good Margins For Google

GDrive Launches? Good Margins For GoogleWe covered the launch of the pay for addition for Google’s Gmail, where they ‘let you’ pay for additional storage beyond the 2.8Gb that they give you for free.

We’ve been wondering if this is an under cover launch of the long-rumoured GDrive service from Google – utilising Google huge, worldwide server infrastructure to host your data, for easy recall using any Internet connection.
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1&1: The Worst Hosting Company In The World?

1&1: The Worst Hosting Company In The World?Phew … A huge sigh of relief.

After having suffered under a truly appalling service from the travesty that they call 1&1, we have successfully moved hosting company to Exonetric.

Exonetric are the exact opposite of leviathan 1&1, a small, dedicated team of knowledgeable people who are keen to help out.

The service we experienced with 1&1 is, with no exaggeration, the worst we have ever come across in over 20+ years of experience. They’re driven by answering your query as quickly as they can, without bothering to read what the query was in the first place.
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OFT Look Into Sky Buying Amstrad

OFT Inquiry Into Sky Buying AmstradThe UK Office of Fair Trading has issued an Invitation to Comment on the proposed deal of Amstrad being bought by Sky.

The OFT does this when they thing that the deal needs to be looked at and is the first stage of possibly taking it further.

We’re sure that this will be welcomed by the various other companies that currently provide Sky with digiboxes around the world, and potentially by other too.

If you want to leave a comment, details can be found on the OFT site.

Solwise HomePlug AV Price Drop & Certification

Solwise HomePlug AV Price Drop & CertificationIt’s been a busy time for Solwise of late. Near the start of this week their high-speed HomePlug, the AV 200Mbps / PL-200AV, passed the HomePlug AV certification testing at the recent PlugFest in France, giving them the right to display the “HomePlug AV Certified” logo.
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GMail: Pay For Increased Storage: UPDATED

Google have quietly (as ever) introduced a pay for extra storage facility on GMail.

GMail: Pay For Increased Storage

I’ve come close to stop using Gmail over the last 6 months or so, after having heavily used it on a daily basis for over two years. It’s has all of my emails for my numerous accounts going through it.
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