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Watch Richard Branson Blast Off into Space Here!
In a move that has undoubtedly largely been planned to upstage Jeff Bezos’ launch scheduled for next week, UK entrepreneur Richard Branson will today (and all going well) become the first billionaire to ever slip the surly bonds of Earth and blast off into space. Yes, at 3:30 pm (BST)…
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Toonstruck Is Free on GOG and You’d Be Mad Not to Grab It!
Toonstruck There are very few games that will make me gush as to how good they are, but Toonstruck is definitely one of them. Released in 1996, the game was received very well by both critics, fans and certainly me (yes, I bought it back then, big box and all!)…
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Virgin Media Increasing Broadband Speed to 500Mbps by May
Even Faster UK Broadband Coming Good news for Virgin Media broadband subscribers in the UK. According to the company, the maximum speed available to its broadband customers is about to rise to 500Mbps by May, if not April at the earliest. The news is actually tucked away inside their preliminary…
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Virgin Space Ship Successfully Reaches ‘Space’
Virgin Space Ship Successfully Reaches ‘Space’ Between Space X and the Virgin Galactic program, there seems to definitely be something of a space race on our hands. Rather than getting us back to the moon though, the main purpose of these missions is to make a flight into ‘space‘ commercially…
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Five Broadband Suppliers Agree To Mandatory Compensation
Broadband Suppliers Agree To Mandatory Compensation There is perhaps nothing more frustrating these days than having your internet connection drop out. I can personally relate to this not just for personal reasons, but also for work. Put simply, if I don’t have the internet, I can’t work or game and…
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Virgin Galactic To Launch In Just Weeks!
Virgin Galactic To Launch In Just Weeks! Since the beginning of the year, it’s been difficult to ignore the major successes that have been seen from Elon Musk’s ‘SpaceX‘ program. It has been so successful in fact that its very easy to forget that Virgin has been looking into this…
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At least 50% of UK Homes Have Broadband Problems
More than half of UK homes have had broadband problems! With the number of devices in our homes these days, although it sounds very 1st world problems, the internet is almost as necessary a utility as gas, water or electric. It seems, however, that despite the need for good reliable…
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Richard Branson Invests in Hyperloop One
Hyperloop One – the world’s biggest company working on Elon Musk’s revolutionary transit technology – is receiving huge investment from Virgin founder Richard Branson. Branson is pumping undisclosed millions into the rebranded Virgin Hyperloop One and taking a seat on the board of directors. #FindingMyVirginity is all about embarking on…
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UK ISP Fibre Broadband Advertising to be Investigated
After years of misleading customers, UK ISP fibre broadband advertising is set to be investigated after the ASA (Advertising Standards Agency) finally look to be responding to ever-increasing complaints. Currently in the UK, only Virgin run fibre cables to your house by default. They do not use Openreach and have…
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Virgin Media Users To Experience Broadband Issues Until 2017
As a consumer, the last thing you would want to hear after a recent price hike is that the service you are paying for will be experiencing broadband issues, especially during peak periods. But that is exactly what Virgin Media users in the UK are getting with users noting that…
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Boom – The Supersonic Startup Gets Support From Virgin
When you think of startups, you often think of a small group of people working on a new gadget or maybe a new piece of software. Boom is a little different, the startup looks to create the world’s fastest passenger plane. Boom looks to create a plane that will go…
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Virgin Galactic Prepares to Launch SpaceShipTwo
Richard Branson has announced that Virgin is soon set to launch the latest version of its SpaceShipTwo, the result of 700 engineers working “day and night,” Branson told UK TV show Good Morning Britain (via Wired). The last iteration of SpaceShipTwo fell victim to an unfortunate explosion 18 months ago,…
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New Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo set for February 2016 Reveal
Eager to take a trip to space within your lifetime? So long as you’ve got the money for it, the Virgin Galactic team are still working hard to bring commercial space flight to the (well-paying) masses and after the tragic accident in 2014 which killed one pilot and hospitalised another,…
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Virgin Media Planning £3B Broadband Network Upgrade
Virgin Media is planning to spend £3 billion on upgrade their existing network hardware in what is known as ‘Project Lightning.’ The new scheme will see broadband speeds of 152Mbps being provided to 4 million more UK homes. The new scheme is said to provide the UK with 6,000 new…
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Virgin Joining Race To Accessible Internet With “Most Satellites Ever”
Virgin is joining the race to provide internet access everywhere by “creating the world’s largest satellite constellation”. Joining the ranks of Facebook with its internet.org and Google with its Project Loon, Virgin aims to provide high speed internet to “billions”. Virgin founder Richard Branson said in a blog post that…
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