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The map of the London Underground is world famous for its linear representation of train stations and lines. It was created by Harry Beck in the 1930s and subsequently became the standard by which other metro and subway maps were designed. The map uses a simple set of rules to great advantage, such as coloured lines, stations equally spaced, lines can
Here in the UK, the big telco is British Telecommunications Ltd., otherwise known as BT. Every few years, it produces a physical telephone directory ("White Pages" for our North American cousins). Each house gets a free copy for the local area. When the directory arrives on my doorstep it goes straight in the (recycling) bin. It's not because paper directories
My daughter and I are regular visitors to our local public library. She loves getting new books for bedtime reading and I love reading them to her. Sometimes the simple pleasures are best. For my own reading, increasingly I've been reading ebooks on my Nook, either purchasing from Waterstones or finding free novels elsewhere on the web. Previously I had
Channel 4 News is reporting that the British Government will put forward changes to the UK's archaic copyright laws on Wednesday. Format shifting for both music and video is expected to become legal as will sharing with family. Parody works will gain protection. The proposals will be announced by Vince Clarke Cable, Business Secretary on Wednesday, and while file sharing
The BBC is highlighting a campaign to warn gamers of the risk of deep vein thrombosis caused by long gaming sessions in a sitting position. Chris Staniford died earlier in May from a blood clot which formed in his leg before moving to his lungs. Chris was a keen gamer and would play his Xbox 360 for up to 12
News International today announced that this Sunday's edition of the News of the World newspaper would be the last edition and that the newspaper was closing down. Ostensibly the reason is that a phone hacking scandal had a irretrievably stained the name of the newspaper but the suspicion is that there's far more to the closure. For non-UK residents, it's an
Congratulations to Rich Costin for winning last week's competition for G Data AntiVirus 2012 - his prize will be on its way to him shortly. Disappointingly, the number of responses to the competition was a bit low, though the quality of the response was high, so we're going to try to attract a few more UK GNC readers and listeners