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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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+44 drop out of Reading and Leeds Festival 2007

It’s been confirmed by NME (however still no word from mean fiddler) that+44 have cancelled their appearance slot at the Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festivals. The band are also cancelling their upcoming European tour dates to focus on the follow up to their 2006 debut album ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’. In a statement the band said: “We want

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New Halo 3 and Xbox Windows Live Spaces Themes

Windows Live Spaces has teamed up with Xbox! So you can customise the look and feel of your Windows Live Space with two all-new Halo 3 and Xbox themes. Show your true gaming spirit and pimp your Live Space with either one of these fantastic backgrounds. Simply click on the link below and your profile will be updated. If you don’t already have

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Paint.NET v3.10 Beta 2 is now available

Paint.NET v3.10 Beta 2 is now available. Check it out at http://www.getpaint.net Changes include: Changed: Increased max brush size to 500, as per forum members request Fixed: Some layout issues with the Save Configuration dialog and the DDS configuration control Fixed: In some cases, undoing an action that removed a layer would result in the un-removed layer not showing up

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Perfect 10 Porn site sues Microsoft

Soft-core porn site Perfect 10 is suing Microsoft, claiming that their MSN search engine is providing links and images to sites that are illegally hosting its content. But Microsoft isn’t the company’s first target, as it recently lost similar cases against Google, Amazon and A9 search, all of which it is appealing. The suit was filed on Tuesday in a

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LEAKED: Windows Vista SP1 analysed in-depth

It’s no secret that there’s a leaked beta of the Windows Vista SP1 (service pack 1) floating around, but no-one has of yet has really taken the time to analyse it in detail to find out what it really does. So James Bannan from APCMag has made it his mission to trawl through the registry and file changes in SP1 to find out as

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Worldspace Radio Live on MSN India

MSN India, Worldspace Satellite Radio, and music maestro A R Rahman, have announced the launch of 5 Worldspace stations on MSN India. With this, music lovers will have 24×7 access to the five Worldspace stations, including Farishta (Hindi film classics), Gandharv (Hindustani classical), Sparsha (Kannada), Spandana (Telugu), and Shruti (Carnatic music) at http://www.in.msn.com/worldspace for a monthly fee of $9.9 (Rs

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lastminute.com Talking iPhone Translator

Following the successful launch of the six free Talking Mobile Phrase Books for Nokia and Sony Ericsson cell phones in May earlier this year, software developers Coolgorilla have today announced an all-in-one version of the talking phrase books for Apples new iPhone. Sponsored by online travel and leisure retailer lastminue.com the iPhone Translator is a completely free service providing travellers

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Sonific launches Playlists: finally, no more one-track music widgets!

Sonific LLC, a leading provider of music widgets for social media sites, have recently announced the availability of playlists for its SongSpots music widgets. Following this release, a www.Sonific.com user can build and share fully customizable playlists with up to 25 full-length tracks containing any of the over 200.000 songs provided by Sonific, on-demand and in any order, without any restrictions, free

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The Wong and Only Logo Contest

Something’s missing on Mister-Wong.com and the Mister Wong Team need your help to fill that gap. So, they are holding The Wong and Only Logo Contest – an international crowdsourcing contest in search for their new logo. And they’re giving away $12,000 to find one! Starting now, till September 8, 2007 all international web designers, graphic artists, and artistically creative people are being called