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pcernie
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pcernie
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Activision pulling all Guitar Hero DLC in April http://www.computerandvideogames.com/45 ... -in-april/So if there's any tracks you're thinking of buying or need to re-download... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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'Best network in the UK' EE suffers major nationwide outage http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... ge-1235384_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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pcernie
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There's an update for those with Gen.1 Kindle Paperwhites, giving Gen. 2 functionality http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/ ... =201064850_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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pcernie
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 From the moneysavingexpert site email  | | | | Quote: ACT NOW to steal a March (sorry) on April's water, stamp prices, council tax, dental and other hikes
As well as tax changes, in April, most official bodies do their annual price hoicks. Yet act now and you can beat them....
april cost - 31 Mar: Stamp prices UP. A letter-size 1st class stamp rises 2p to 62p; 2nd class 3p to 53p, Stock up NOW - provided it says 1st or 2nd, not a price, they stay valid. See Stamp Hikes.
- 1 Apr: Water bills UP 2% (in some cases 5%). If you're in Eng or Wales, our rule of thumb is if you've more or the same number of bedrooms in your home than people, check out switching to a meter. Savings can be huge - as ChrisBland31 tweeted me: "We got a meter fitted and our bill went from £62 to £16 per month." - £550/yr saved. Full Help: Water Saving
- 1 Apr: English prescriptions UP 20p to £8.05 (they're free in rest of UK). Yet prescription season ticket costs are frozen and will save you large if you use more than one a month.
- Early April: Council tax UP avg 1-5%. Though all Scottish & some English councils have frozen it. Yet remember up to 400,000 homes in Eng & Scot may be in the wrong band - if you are, you get your payout backdated. Use our Council Tax Banding Check & Challenge. Savings can be huge, as Lorraine's said: "We appealed against our banding. After 20 years in band F, it's now reduced to Band E - got refund of £3,680." The guide also explains who's council tax exempt, eg, students.
- 1 Apr: Dental costs UP. Basic NHS dental treatment in Eng rises 50p to £18.50 (up £5 on some complex work), Wales 30p to £13 (£4 on some work), Scot 1.7% & NI up 1%. Not easy to beat this, except try booking ASAP to get work done.
- 7 Apr: State pension UP (yay) £2.95. The full, basic state single pension rises to £113.10. Yet, a reminder, over 1 MILLION eligible people fail to claim extra cash for pensioners on lower incomes in the form of the pension credit. | | | | |
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pcernie
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Last of the streams: Last.fm shutting down subscription music service http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... ce-1237483... BT dumps Vodafone for EE, paves way for new mobile operator http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... or-1237306_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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EE, Orange and T-Mobile customers hit with 2.7 per cent price hike http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... ke-1240502_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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The latest Adobe Flash update spectacularly messed-up my laptop - I had to use CCleaner to remove it just to revert to the previous version. I'd recommend avoiding the update! I'd recommend avoiding flash altogether, but...
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steve74
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Well, Adobe are advising people not to update to the latest Mac version so it's no surprise really! http://forums.adobe.com/message/6288659Says a lot! 
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pcernie
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In a way it's good to know it's not just me! _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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Virgin Media apologises for email distribution glitch http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27057112_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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Sky Go, Now TV and BBC iPlayer struck down by streaming bug http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and ... ug-1243379_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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jonbwfc
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Tried iplayer on my iphone when I heard about that. Still seemed to be working fine.
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