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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Pedal-Powered Boat for Trans-Atlantic Voyage Comes to Life with Autodesk Software

A team of British engineers relied on software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to design an innovative pedal-powered boat for a 3,000-mile trans-Atlantic race to raise money for charity. The Project Torpedalo team used Autodesk Digital Prototyping software, including Autodesk Alias Design, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Maya and Autodesk Showcase, to design, visualize and simulate the carbon fibre boat that will

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Baby Bethany is the Queen of Flickrs Peoples Royal Wedding Album, while Pippa Middleton is the Princess of Search

“Bethany was very excited to watch the Royal Wedding”, a photo taken by Flickr user Louisa Who?, has been chosen as the winner of Flickr’s ‘People’s Royal Wedding Album’ (http://www.flickr.com/groups/peoplesroyalwedding) by Yahoo! Royal Wedding Ambassador and former BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond. At the same time, the undoubted star of the Royal Wedding was Pippa Middleton, according to Yahoo! Search.

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Minecraft Bans on the up for May 2011

Wow what a crazy day on my Minecraft Server (Yet Another Minecraft Server). I have had to ban a total of 12 people so far today! That has to be a record, but it’s not a record I am proud to say we have achieved on the server but unfortunately some people just don’t follow the rules. I will not tolerate

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Channel 4 Seeks New Presenter For Future Family Series In Partnership With E.ON

Channel 4 is looking for someone with a passion for technology and gadgets to join the presenting team for Future Family, a major new documentary series in partnership with E.ON. The new five-part TV and web-based series will follow an average family as their lives are transformed using futuristic technology and gadgets. Featuring the latest environmental and energy-saving technology, Future

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Meet ‘Doodle’ – the worlds first fully personalised speaker

‘Doodle’ is the first of a kind, a speaker that you can design! In just a few simple steps you can have your very own custom Doodle speaker printed and delivered to your door! ‘Doodle’ is a music speaker that can have any picture printed on it. Just take an image, photograph, logo or some custom artwork and then upload

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Top 10 Search Keyphrases for April 2011

4138 different keyphrases were used to find my site in April 2011, here are the top 10 with the amount of times they were used plus their overall usage percentage. 4138 different keyphrases Search Percent desperate dan 302 3.7 % there was an error opening this document. access denied 137 1.6 % harry s speech 109 1.3 % excel 2010 easter egg

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