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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Worms and Lemmings comming to the PSP

The two classic games, Worms and Lemmings will be coming to the PSP, I don’t think I will be getting a PSP, but I’m still very happy to see these two games come out for it, games like this should not be left to die. Check the following links out for the most recent news on them: Team17 Site Team17

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Worms 4: Mayhem 10th anniversary

Worms 4: Mayhem now out on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, marks 10 years of worm-on-worm violence and to honour it the codemasters website has a 10th anniversary celebratory video. The movie sees Worms 4: Mayhem’s wriggling warriors giving a spectacular synchronised performance as they are blown up in time to the music of the 1812 Overture! It’s only fitting

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Windows Vista Beta 2 to Ship Late 2005

Despite rumors to the contrary, but in keeping with the schedule that was posted months ago, Microsoft is planning to ship Windows Vista Beta 2 in late 2005, not in early 2006. According to internal documentation, Vista Beta 2 is scheduled to be “feature complete” by September 29, 2005. Then, Vista Beta 2 will enter lockdown mode between October and

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MSN CNI: New beta delivery program

I found this posted at Chris’s Msn Space today, what do you think about it, will this really work? What is the MSN Customer Network Initiative (CNI)? “[MSN CNI] is a web-based product for pre-releasing service and application software to the world. Our product is designed to grow our partner’s pre-release programs from thousands to millions of customers through a

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MSN Messenger letter to Google Talk

Here’s an extract of a classic letter to Google Talk from Leah the Program Manager of MSN Messenger. But I love this about us, I love that we’re so different because it means that we have a lot to learn from each other. Maybe you will build up a robust feature set and I will improve my usability. Maybe your

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Send your Name to Pluto!

NASA is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Pluto’s discovery by sending a new probe to Pluto called Horizons. But here’s to good part and that is that you can actually have your name on it, now isn’t that great, all you have to do is visit the site and give them your full name, please be aware that the e-card