Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

My Minecraft Server – Cooming Soon!

Now that I’m back online (see post here) and after being banned from a Minecraft Server (see post here), I was hoping to announce the launch of my Minecraft server – making the ip public today, but unfrotunetly after Notch’s last update well (see here – as quoted below): As I’m sure many of you are aware, the 1.2 Update for Minecraft

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Packard Bell EasyNote S series

The Packard Bell EasyNote S series brings style and comfort to your digital life all at the same time. Available in multiple colours and extremely elegant, it perfectly fits the latest trends, increasingly identifying consumer electronics devices with fashion accessories. The Packard Bell EasyNote S series flaunts a rounded shape and smooth lines, enriched with stylish details. The elegant palmrest

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Video: iPad 2 Video Snuck Out of CES 2011

GearZap.com products’ specialists have just come back from CES 2011 in Vegas, and they’ve brought back one of the first videos of what Apple’s iPad 2 will look like. This video is of a dummy iPad 2 which we believe was given to a Chinese supplier to help build iPad accessories and cases before the official launch by Apple, so

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Education puts its own stamp on “The Big Society”

If David Cameron’s Big Society is about citizens of Great Britain getting more involved in their community, then he’d be delighted to hear about the buzz travelling around BETT 2011 in London’s Olympia this week! The Life Learning Cloud was unveiled at the biggest international exhibition for educational technology; (www.bettshow.com), Challenging us all to ‘join in’ and contribute to the

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Radiopaq launches Flex headsets to deliver outstanding audio performance in the gym.

Radiopaq have this week announced the launch of the Flex – unique high-tech sports earphones that are fully geared for use during even the most vigorous sporting activities. Please see the end of this email for the press release and full details. Compatible with a range of devices including Apple iPhone and iPod, the Flex earphones boast a gold-plated 3.5mm audio jack

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Thetutorpages.com teams up with Nextshoot to create video ads

Thetutorpages.com has teamed up with Nextshoot, one of the UK’s leading web video production companies, to create the UK’s first online video ads for private tutors. A wide range of education specialists – from piano and singing teachers to maths and French tutors – can now commission a tutor video to showcase their expertise. The videos, which are shot by

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It’s the 14th January 2011 and I’m back online!

Well I haven’t been able to attend to this blog for near enough a week, my Internet has been slower than dial up and that’s no joke – I could barely load any web pages and when I did the most I could get was a white background with some of the text and maybe an image or two if after