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Alistair Madden

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Windows 10: The verdict

October 7, 2015October 6, 2015 sub.editors 0 Comments Alistair Madden

Alistair Madden gives us the final word on Microsoft’s new operating system.

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Killer message strikes Apple products

June 11, 2015September 23, 2016 sub.editors 0 Comments Alistair Madden

Alistair Madden discusses a bug that has been crashing Apple devices.

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Earth Mark II: Kepler finds further habitable exoplanets

January 24, 2015September 23, 2016 sub.editors 0 Comments Alistair Madden

Alistair Madden discusses the discovery of three new distant Earth-like planets

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Minecraft sale: a game changer?

October 23, 2014September 23, 2016 sub.editors 0 Comments Alistair Madden, Mariam Hayat

Alistair Madden ponders whether the sale of Mojang to Microsoft will have an effect on Minecraft as a game

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Will the lights go out for Britain?

May 10, 2014September 23, 2016 sub.editors 0 Comments Alistair Madden

Alistair Madden gives an account of the recent Durham panel debate on the future of energy in the UK

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Flappy Bird has flown away for good

February 27, 2014September 23, 2016 sub.editors 2 Comments Alistair Madden

Have you played Flappy Bird? No? Well, hard luck. On Sunday 9th February the game was pulled from both Apple’s App Store and Google Play

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Stephen Hawking offers radical new black hole theory

February 15, 2014September 23, 2016 sub.editors 0 Comments Alistair Madden

In a recent paper published online, Steven Hawking has suggested that there are no black holes. Alistair Madden explains

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