I am in the market for a Nintendo Wii Fit - mother in law wants to get one for daughter for Xmas. Somehow I’ve ended up as being the one to do the shopping for it. Read more

I picked up the phone a few minutes ago and an Indian-sounding gentleman asked to speak to Mrs Jackson. I acknowledged who I was and he asked if I remembered speaking to him last week - no I didn’t. Anyway, he proceeded to tell me that my computer was sending his company emails generated by a virus that was in a hidden file on my hard drive. I became a little suspicious at this point.

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…I’ve been busy all day and have to go and tackle the washing up

Anyway, I went into the Vodafone shop to ask about the Blackberry Storm. They kindly let me play on a live one. Boy, I know what’s on my shiny new next gadget list.

I must say though, the Sony Xperia did look cool too but I looking for good email access more than anything.

Just read this article about BT shareholders and their decision over BT investing in better broadband for the country. I’m disgusted. Read more

I’ve been keeping up with the debate on the sale of pre-owned games; some games developers/sellers are concerned that they aren’t making money from these sales. It got me thinking, is there a place for pre-owned software? Read more

Son likes Call of Duty 4.

He’s been waiting for Call of Duty: World at War to come out for ages and was most miffed when one of his online friends said that he’d got his copy through the post 2 days early. I had to go to Asda the day before release and cheekily asked if it was out yet (knowing full well it wasn’t). “Midnight” was the reply.

I mentioned this to Son who said “Can’t I go?” “No” was the stern reply, it’s a school night - what kind of mum does he think I am?? Anyway, hubby said he’d call in on his way home from work so Son could get a half hour or so of morning play in before school. Read more

It’s getting around to that time again - my phone contract is up. Seeing as I am now a business owner I am looking more for an office help than a multimedia device. I have had a Nokia N95 for around 18 months and absolutely love it. In fact my contract was up back in July but I decided to keep my phone and get a cheaper contract. Read more

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The gist is that the Ts&Cs for this company state you cannot knowingly or unknowingly leave your wi-fi unencrypted. If you do they will cut you off. Read more