Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Sonic The Hedgehog for Xbox 360

Sega has recently released some screenshots of the next generation Sonic the Hedgehog game coming for the Xbox 360, from the look of the screens it looks pretty impressive though I won’t be buying an Xbox 360 so unfortunately I’m going to miss out when it’s released, but if they release a PC version afterwards then I will defiantly buy

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Imitations of The Million Dollar Home Page

It looks like we are already staring to see the first copy cat websites of Alex Tew’s, The Million Dollar Home Page, these copy cat websites are imitating what Alex at originally thought up himself, I have already received two emails in my spam box from two of these sites asking me if I wanted to sign up to theirs,

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Fuel price reaches £1.09 a litre in South East Kent

The cost of fuel here in the South East of England is continuing to rise all the time and now a Proteus garage in Chartham, near Canterbury in Kent has increased its prices to £1.09 a litre, blaming rising oil costs. I live in the South East of Kent so this isn’t good at all for me, luckily the Petrol

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Use the Bart PE Builder to put Windows XP in Your Pocket

The Bart PE Builder software utility takes Windows XP and shrinks the OS to your USB flash drive. Besides converting your mini- drive into an emergency boot disk, you can use the utility to load a Web browser, media burning software and more – to have handy anywhere you go. And by the way, no it doesn’t violate the Windows

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The Million Dollar Home Page

Alex Tew, 21, of Cricklade, Wiltshire who will be going to university this year studying business management has launched a page called The Million Dollar Homepage (milliondollarhomepage.com) in which he’s selling ad space on it, ok nothing new there you would think, but think again, because he’s selling it off in 10×10 pixel blocks, with each pixel costing $1 and

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BBC opens TV archive to remixers

The BBC has released the first TV clips from its archive onto the internet for people to “rip, mix and share”. Almost 100 clips, from shows such as Walking With Beasts and Tomorrow’s World, are for the UK public to use for free in their own creative works. The BBC hopes to foster innovation by letting anyone re-use its material

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MSN Activity API

According to a post on a blog by Leah a Program Manager of MSN Messenger soon developers will be able to create Activates and Games for MSN Messenger, take a read below if your interested! MSN Activity API Have you ever clicked on the Activities or Games buttons in the Messenger conversation window and thought These are awesome, but I

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Happy Birthday Google your 7 years old today

So many people use Google but not so many know when Google’s Birthday is or that in fact it is actually today, here’s a little fact about Google Birthday! Google’s official birthday is September 7, 1998. If Google were a person, it would have started elementary school late last summer (around August 19), and today it would have just finished

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Apple iPod Nano

ake everything you love about iPod and shrink it. Now shrink it again. With 2GB (500 songs) and 4GB (1,000 songs) models starting at $199, the pencil-thin iPod nano packs the entire iPod experience into an impossibly small design. So small, it will take your music places you never dreamed of. Link to the site