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Inconsistency: In some places it is Pay as you Go, in others the y is capitalised. I think it should be capital everywhere.

Why the # in front of #173? Dialling this number I get "number does not exist". I think it should be just 173
 
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Hi Ajax

Thanks for the help: Please PM your name and shirt size to Cara :)
 
finweek_not_myadsl_staff_reporter said:
IF YOU, like your reporter, is a television and technology addict then you probably already own the new high-definition personal video recorder (HD PVR) from MultiChoice. And you're probably tearing out your hair by now, like your reporter.
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finweek article so you're off the hook rpm :) but that has to be the worst opening para to a story i have had the misfortune of reading for some time
 
dominic said:
finweek article so you're off the hook rpm :) but that has to be the worst opening para to a story i have had the misfortune of reading for some time
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It gets worser:
* The electronic programme guide (EPG) - a source of irritation for as long as DStv has been available - has gone from worse to worser. To missing or no information and incorrect scheduling (thought you recorded Late Night with Conan O'Brian; you get Asia Business Report instead) have been added as a new bug. It takes tens of very long seconds to update itself: scheduling your week's viewing is now a teeth-grinder. And that's if in the end it's recorded at all. The ability to record a whole series is still not possible and setting time-based recordings isn't just a schlep but comes with its own bugs. There's no search function on the EPG.
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"Your reporter suggests holding off on going HD until the technology is ready for prime time and more HD content becomes available. Another HD PVR with Dualview will be available from Altech's UEC subsidiary before year-end." (From the article "Murky Picture")

The UEC decoder won't have dualview. No new decoders will - xtraview is your only option going forward.
 
Thanks Deenem - fixed.

Please PM your name and shirt size to Cara.
 
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/5502.html

Opera Mail now has a low-bandwidth mode which caters for users with less than reliable Internet connections. Opera mail also makes it easier to monitor different themes and threads in incoming mail.
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The word 'mail' in the second instance of "Opera mail" needs to be capitalised.

An expanded Opera Link in Opera 9.6 lets users take their favorite search engines and the browser history with them as well as notes taken in the Opera browser, bookmarks, Speed Dial and personal bar.
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British spelling of "favourite" required in locally written articles?

Opera 9.6 includes improvements in the built-in email client as well as better browser synchronisation.
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Perhaps either but I feel "improvements to" would read better.
 
Deenem said:
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Broadband/5484.html



Surely, 'value-adds' ?

You're adding value, not ading it.
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RPM, there is a second instance that needs correction later in the same article...

The ASA was also not convinced that the term “broadest band” referred to a culmination of speed, usage, price per megabyte and value-ads, and said that “The Broadband Band” would primarily be linked to speed in the mind of consumers.
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Also, initially the complainant is referred to as Mr Pretorius but later on he is simply referred to as Pretorius on a few occasions which seems very informal / disrespectful...

The ASA was however not entirely happy with this commitment from Telkom, saying that it did not adequately address the concerns of Pretorius.
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Hi Gazer

Thanks - fixed. Please PM your name and shirt size to Cara.
 
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I'm fairly sure that the cloud comp article is factually incorrect about the storage space provided by dropbox. afaik its: beta testers->2gb, non-beta after launch ->1gb.

Its pretty confusing though since wiki also says 2gb and most of the intarwebz can't agree. Maybe the company decided to keep the 2gb limit after the launch...I just know that the plan was to drop it to 1gb @ launch.
 
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