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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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System Administrator’s Day song – A blast from the past!

Remember seing this ages ago, but it’s still good and true and worthy of a blog post! 😉 The System Administrator Song, Live at the ThinkHDI Conference in Vegas 2005, Dedicated to System Administrator Appreciation Day. Don’t forget to check out: www.deadtroll.com/sysadmin/

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EduGeek and Microsoft ICT webinar – Wednesday 26th January 2011

EduGeek and Microsoft will be hosting a live webinar presenting on how to cut your schools spend using ICT solutions. Virtually every school in the UK is buying and using Microsoft software widely across their IT systems. This year there is enormous pressure on school budgets, and this is threatening your IT budget for next year too. Predictions from BESA

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Serif Launches New Digital Crafting Product CraftArtist

Creative types looking to make professional-looking print projects can soon benefit from CraftArtist Platinum, which launches tomorrow on the 21st January 2011. The new digital crafting package from Serif, the award-winning publisher of design, publishing and creative software, is perfect for anyone who wants to easily and quickly make unique photobooks, wedding stationery, cards, scrapbooks and loads more at home.

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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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Sunderland business man claims to have launched worlds first 3D website

A young entrepreneur is making sure his business stands out with the launch of the world’s first 3D website. Saif Chaudhry brought a new dimension to Sunderland’s business portfolio when he set up one of the world’s first integrated stereoscopic 3D content and technology consultancies in the city earlier this year. The company has now launched the world’s first stereoscopic