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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Happy 4th Birthday, Windows XP Media Center Edition!

While Windows XP might be celebrating its 5th Birthday, Windows XP Media Center Edition is celebrating its 4th Birthday today!  It’s been a long ride, but it all started on October 29, 2002 when HP started shipping their first Media Center PC. It launched with the help of this guy (pictured below) and sported features such as use of a single

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Happy 5th Birthday, Windows XP, We Love You!

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the beloved Windows XP operating system. And Travis Hudson from Gizmodo thinks in honor of this birthday, we should spread the love towards the often-hated Windows XP operating system.With Windows Vista on the horizon, it is important to look back at the life of Windows XP and commemorate it with a list of why we

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Microsoft Firefox 2007 Professional

Microsoft(R) Firefox 2007 Professional The new award-winning browser from Microsoft is now faster, securer and quicker anything else on the market. Why use anything else? Enjoy a Better Web Experience MS Firefox 2007 delivers a dramatic boost in the download speeds of online pornography. By utilising a proprietary dynamic algorithm – anything that remotely resembles a tit or a boob

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Amnesty International Call to Bloggers to stand up for freedom!

Amnesty International has issued a ‘Call to Bloggers‘, asking them to get online and stand up for freedom of expression on the internet. The organisation says this is a critical time when fundamental rights particularly freedom of expression and privacy are under threat from governments that want to control what their citizens say, and what information they can access. The call

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Charles Simonyi plans to be space tourist!

With a March 2007 spaceflight in hand, American space tourist-in-training Charles Simonyi celebrated with a launch of his own Thursday as he debuted a personal website where he’ll document his trek to the International Space Station (ISS). Simonyi [image], 58, is now set to launch towards the ISS on March 9, 2007 aboard a Russian-built Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft that will