Nuromol is a mixture of Ibuprofen and Paracetamol but constructed in such a way that the ingredients that normally work at different speeds act together to give the same pain relief for longer.

With computers and their software if something does not work correctly most will be told RTFM (read the f… manual) here however the answer is RTFL (leaflet) as a large number of people continue taking painkillers without reading the leaflet supplied.

In a recent survey overall nearly a quarter of respondents did not know the difference between Paracetamol, Ibuprofen and Codeine. This rose to 37% of those in the age group of 18-24 year olds.

Medicine misuse is rife, 65% take painkillers for more than four days without seeking advice, over 30% take more than the recommended dose and perhaps most startling 29% do not read the on pack warnings let alone the leaflets inside.

Overall if you have pain that will not go away go and see your doctor or pharmacist. Numomal will not be available from corner shops or service stations just Chemists. The maximum number that should be taken in a day is six. Nuromol is available in packs of six, twelve, eighteen and twenty four and as stated only from your Chemist.

Ford made an announcement at Cebit in Germany yesterday, when the same announcement could have been made from Geneva in Switzerland at a Motor Show. It concerns a new car (range of cars) to be available in Europe in 2012, these are currently available in the USA.

I took the time to visit a link from Cebit in Germany – in a London hotel - and then a chance to have a video link (via Skype) to one of the presenters after their broadcast.

The technology in the new range of Ford Focus cars will be from Microsoft and perhaps the most interesting feature is that a lot of the technology in the car can be controlled by voice and this is provided by Nuance. So you can add your phone, Blackberry or iPod and play your favourite tunes or call your partner all by voice control, this as well as more mundane car controls such as temperature and navigation.

Perhaps another interesting feature is that a pan Europe 112 emergency number will get assistance to the car after an accident/breakdown using the language of the country you are currently in, another of the bits where Microsoft and Nuance will be working together.

Update written 1-1-11 my mistake in the first item when you click on your name its LEFT click to enter your code.

I also note that album prices have been reduced today to the cost at 20p per track, so you no longer pay extra to download a full album in one go, however remember their sale lasts only to the 4^th January.

A couple of people have contacted me to say there have been a few crashes but although I have had it happen to me it's only when I have been downloading a single track and I can immediately repurchase without problem. I would be more concerned if I was using my money than the credit via the link in the first article. However I now find it more solid than three days ago, remember this is still BETA.

I recently received an email about a new download site - not that unusual - however on investigating further it became a lot more interesting. As it is not just pop, pop and more pop but also different genres including my vice JAZZ.

On first look I assumed that would be a few well known artists and little else, wrong.

Once a member you can listen – uninterrupted – to as much music as you like so you can definitely try before you buy.

The news just gets better as from now till the 4^th of January all tracks are 20p each. So currently you can download a full album of tracks for less than the price of an album.

The album I am currently streaming is £4.49 normally but the nine tracks it contains downloaded separately will – until 4^th January – cost just £1.80, that’s £1.80 for the full album.

However don’t just take my word for it www.gadgetspeak.com has been given a code allowing a good number of readers to try it for themselves with ‘over £5 worth of music available to download for FREE

The code you need is CHEEKYELF326 and the site to use it on is http://www.mflow.com

To redeem your code right click on your name top right of the mflow window and enter the code above.

A total of six clicks from selecting the album to having it on your PC and less than 30 seconds, try it!!!

This blog from Loving Outdoors gives a general overview of the Powertraveller range. Click the links for more info... 

We may as well face facts: we need gadgets. In the olden days we didn’t need them but now we do and that’s that. Even those of us who take to the countryside to ‘get away from it all’ need gadgets to feel truly at ease- however it might pain us to admit it.

Gadgets are great; they allow you to communicate, navigate or listen to our favourite music in places where such activity might previously have been impossible. But since the invention of gadgets many things that might previously have been impossible are now quite the opposite: possible. You can listen to Chris De Burgh whilst stood at the summit of Scafell Pike. You can, depending on your mobile phone provider, call your best friend whilst watching trout swim by on the river Dee. With the aid of GPS you can navigate through thick fog with relative ease…

But then your battery runs out. Chris De Burgh is stopped in his tracks. You find yourself talking to trout. Fog engulfs and disorientates you. You try turning your gadget back on (’just a glitch, surely’) …IT WORKS! Then it dies again; for good this time- the sparkling device that had so enhanced your outdoor experience now so much dead weight. You stare into the blank screen of exhausted technology and, knowing in that moment the overwhelming solitude of permenance, tremble.

…but then you plug in your Powertraveller portable charger and everything’s fine. Your ipod, mobile phone, GPS, or whatever,  is immediately reanimated and your on your way without any need for panic.

Designed to military specification, Powertraveller portable chargers can stand up to the toughest conditions to deliver dependable and long-lasting power when you go off the grid. Named after various primates, the diverse Powertraveller range will meet all your wilderness power needs….

A great emergency precaution, the Powerchimp will charge up mobile phones, ipods and will also recharge AA and AAA rechargeable batteries with enough juice to get you by.

The Powermonkey is aimed at those who don’t intend to be near a plug socket for a good few days. It’ll charge your mobile up to three times and is compatible with ipods and other devices including PSP games consoles.

Its photosynthesising cousin the Solarmonkey does the same but uses solar panel. Not only does this make it environmentally friendly but also allows you stay out for as long as you want without being bound by the plug socket (weather permitting, of course). For those who like having the benefit of both worlds there’s the Powermonkey Explorer which combines solar and battery power to make a versatile power source that’ll see you across continents.

At the larger end of the primate scale is the Powertraveller gorilla range. Designed for use with laptops these great apes can deliver hours of power to a multitude of different devices making them king of the jungle when it comes to portable power.

The Powertraveller Minigorilla, despite it diminutive title can deliver up to 6 hrs of extra power to netbooks and other devices simultaneously and it’s big brother the Powergorilla has that bit extra muscle needed to power laptop computers.

Being an environmentally aware lot at Loving Outdoors, the true pick of the bunch for us has to be the Solargorilla. Not only can this award-winning solar panel charge laptop computers (including Macbooks), it’s also compatible with Powergorilla so you’ll have no need to return to a plug socket (weather permitting, as always). As far as we’re concerned it’s the King Kong of portable power that shows exactly why the outdoor world is going bananas for Powertraveller products.

A name new to the UK, they are a large company in the USA, partnered in the UK with Carphone Warehouse.

Their first store opens on 30^th April in Thurrock (quite neat to Lakeside shopping centre) in a retail park with other well known names.

Their store stocks kitchen appliances, mobile phones, computers, cameras, TV’s as well as CDs DVDs and accessories.

By the end of 2010 they will have five stores in various parts of England. Their eventual aim to worry the likes of the Dixons and Currys group. Yes they will be doing online sales later in the year.

On the preview day I went to earlier this week the big thing you notice is a lot more staff and they appear - from the odd casual question – to have a reasonable level of knowledge certainly a lot higher than most store employees.

Several areas of the store are set aside for rooms to show various aspects of what they sell. An audio room was quite impressive. For those wanting to see 3D TV they have a room for that, one of the employees I spoke with was very keen to show me the gaming room.

I was rather impressed with the ‘Green’ area with not only bicycles but also a rather nice Citroen electric car that looks near normal.

Given their ‘Green’ image I was surprised only to see original manufacturer inkjet cartridges on sale, no third party or kits to allow you to refill your old empty ones, surely a mistake there but as it was still a few days till they open that might be corrected, especially as I mentioned it.

The next two stores will open in June Hedge End (Southampton) and Merry Hill (West Midlands). The final three for this year Aintree (Liverpool) and Croydon (Surrey) later in the year and lastly Cribs Causeway (Bristol). Sometime in that timeframe the online store will open.

They have a Geek Squad area in the store to offer help and advice and they say it will also be available online at www.bestbuy.co.uk

Unless you have looked at the link above this morning it is a totally new site and their idea is something rather different.

You provide a head and shoulders photo of your child (boy or girl from say two to ten) and then their head is Photoshopped into one of a range of personalised high gloss books. You should also provide Bookadoo their name and a few other facts; I will find out next week exactly what.

A very young child will recognise their image long before they can read the story can be read to them by a parent. Slightly older they can be a princess or a super hero but the basic facts and the photo idea is the same into a different scenario.

I intend to try this service and when I have the resulting book I will tell you just how good or bad the whole process works, so look for a full review in the next few weeks.

http://www.bookadoo.com/uk/

We all know what a Gadget is and how it makes our life simple, or rather complex :)

We come across various forms of Gadgets like Electronic gadgets, Programmable gadgets & Application gadgets daily. So I am here to talk about them, share my inputs, review them etc.

Of course our MP3 players can be used for much more than music. Here's a great CD for those who want 25 minutes of relaxation at the end of a busy day. On your journey home, or relaxing in bed, listen to the soothing voice off hypnotherapist Georgia Foster on her CD Ultimate Unwind. Designed to induce a hypnotic state, this CD can help you to feel more positive, to release tension and to enter a deep relaxation.

You can download (£9.99) or buy the CD (£13.99) from www.spacetobe.co.uk.

Microsoft has announced that the much heralded new operating system, Windows 7, will be available for pre-order by UK university students for a special reduced price of £30 from 30 September.

To coincide with the start of the new academic year, cash-strapped university students will be able to pre-order Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit and 64-bit) or the further enhanced Windows 7 Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) from a special website at http://www.microsoft.com/uk/studentoffer  ahead of the official launch on 22 October this year. This offer is ideal for students who are not planning to buy a new PC but want to experience Windows 7 on their existing Windows XP or Windows Vista PC.

Offer available to any student with a .EDU email address, offer valid till January 3 2010.