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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Paper view technology

Now this is awesome but I think I need to see it first to believe it! Cheap, paper-thin TV screens that can be used in newspapers and magazines have been unveiled by German electronics giant Siemens. The firm says the low production costs could see the magazine shelves in newsagents come alive with moving images vying for the customers’ attention

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Live 8 DVD Spot Your Name on the roll-call

Today I received the following email: Spot Your Name… Live 8 has always been about people power so it’s key that you have been recognised as involved with the magic of this project from the start. So thanks to everyone who signed up with Live8LiveDVD, you made this all happen, and now you can see your name scroll across the

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MSN and Yahoo to link instant messenger services!

I was reading about this earlier this morning and straight away I knew I just had to post it here, if this does happen I just hope I get into the Beta as I believe this might not ever happen again! Microsoft and Yahoo announced on Wednesday a blockbuster interoperability deal that will reshape the landscape of the fragmented instant

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Steam Client Update Released – Steam 3 next!

Restart your Steam Client and Enjoy the new look! 😀 You’ll notice some changes in the way Steam looks since the last update. Right now we’re working on what we call Steam 3 — a collection of new features that covers everything from server robustness to support for third-party games. The first major piece we’ve updated is the organization of

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Steam 3 on the way!

Restart your Steam Client and Enjoy the new look! 😀 You’ll notice some changes in the way Steam looks since the last update. Right now we’re working on what we call Steam 3 — a collection of new features that covers everything from server robustness to support for third-party games. The first major piece we’ve updated is the organization of

By - Darren Straight

DigitalGlobe Launching Two New Satellites

DigitalGlobe, which provides satellite imagery for Google Earth and Google Maps, has announced it will launch two new imagery satellites in 2006 and 2008. Commercial satellital imaging company DigitalGlobe has announced that it will launch two new high resolution satellites in the next three years. DigitalGlobe announced details of the company’s next generation of imaging systems, WorldView I and WorldView

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Fire destroys Wallace and Gromit warehouse

Aardman Animations the company behind the new “Wallace and Gromit” film has said announced that its “entire history” has been destroyed in a fire at a warehouse containing props and sets, you would think that this would be a major blow to the company however Nick Park the creator of Wallace and Gromit, said the earthquake in South Asia helped