Free .co.uk for one year with OVH (UK Only) [EXPIRED]

If you’re in the UK, I’ve got the perfect treat for you.

Head over to www.ovh.co.uk and they’ll give you as many .co.uk’s you like for one year for nothing whatsoever. No surveys to fill in, no “points” to collect, nothing.

It’ll be registered in you’re name, you’ll get a free Nominet registration, the right to change the DNS servers to whatever you like (if you want a good host, I suggest NovaHost) and everything else you’d expect.

Go get one. Something for nothing – that’s what I like hear on GEEK!

There’s no limit on how many you get, as long as you stick to their terms (same as any old terms).

Just make sure you’re in the UK and have a UK mobile number that they can text you with for verification (no cost on text).

The company I believe is actually French but has UK headqaurters.

17.5.09: I believe this offer no longer exists after checking the site. OVH is no longer advertising the offer. If you have already registered a domain with them, you will not loose it, however you will have to pay to extend it at the end of the free year.

WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 Out – First test on GEEK!

I logged onto WordPress today to find they’ve launched a first beta of 2.7. So quick as I could, I prepped up a test install to see what its like.

So here is the first page, and it looks wonderful.

Well, first looks – I really like the new design. Looks much more organised and tells you a lot more than the previous version’s dashboards.

WordPress 2.7 release set for 10th November

Post: http://www.geekonthepc.co.uk/2008/10/21/new-look-wordpress-on-the-way/

Just  a quick update to my post regarding the new WordPress 2.7

The release has now be confirmed for the 10th of November 2008, so remember to upgrade on the day.

More details and a preview can be found on the WordPress podcast.

I’ll post a Product Review up for it shortly after the release.

Windows 7… what do you think?

Well it’s been on the news recently that Windows 7 is beginning to get it’s first visual demos and it’s being shown around a little. And from what I’ve seen, it looks like it’s going to be really nice. The visual design of it looks much more homely, and it looks like Microsoft wants to work even further at making the computer be more of a household object.

If you haven’t heard much about the new Windows 7, this post on Neowin.net will help you catch up a little. I’ve also got a few screenshots here that give a vague idea of what it will look like.

 

Windows 7

Windows 7

 

The new start menu

The new start menu

Obviously, the design could change at any time so this is only a vague idea. But by the looks of it, it might be quite nice – although I don’t like the start bar at all at the moment, but its probably only a demo. 

Oh and a quick research says that it will be released anytime between the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 – fat chance in my opinion but we’ll see. Remember how delayed Vista was?

Lets just hope they don’t make the same mistakes with Windows 7 that they did with Vista.