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By - Darren Straight

Microsoft ends Windows Live Butterfly Program

Well I guess all good things come to an end, or at least that’s what some people say. But it looks like that one good thing has unfortunately come to an end, that of which I’m sad to see go as I was a part of it, that is that the rumors circulating earlier this week about the MSN/Windows Live Butterfly

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HP Announces Easy-to-use SimpleSave Back-up Solution

HP today announced the HP SimpleSave external hard drive series for customers needing a simple and automatic backup for photos, video, music and data.  Protecting personal content with SimpleSave is as easy as plugging the drive in to a USB connection, so families can feel confident that their precious memories are safe. “With SimpleSave, once connected, backup is automatic and

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Packard Bell Rebrand Launch Event

Last week I was invited to Packard Bell’s rebrand launch event at The Roof Gardens located at 99 Kensington High Street, London. There I was invited to look around a Packard Bell’s new product line up of PC’s, Laptops and Netbooks. As well as watch a presentation about Packard Bell and how they are evolving. One of Packard Bells’s studies has

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Microsofts New Search Bing goes Live!

Microsoft’s new search engine at http://www.bing.com has today gone live! Microsoft designed Bing.com to help you overcome search overload and make faster, more informed decisions when searching online. Microsoft says that research indicates that 66 percent of people are increasingly turning to search engines to assist in making decisions — above and beyond simple navigation or information retrieval, for which

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HP announces the launch of the Compaq Mini 110c

 HP yesterday unveiled the latest addition to its growing portfolio of stylish and ultra light mini PCs, the Compaq Mini 110c. Building on HP’s successful Compaq Mini 700, the sleekly-designed yet affordable Compaq Mini 110c is set to deliver a rich set of computing features while enabling users to access the Internet at home or on-the-go. The Compaq Mini 110c features

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Packard Bell’s makeover

Packard Bell has very recently undergone an incredible makeover that is hoping to leave anybody breathless! Here’s a snipet from the UK Press Release: The Packard Bell brand is where simplicity, trends and technology meets to create fashionably new ways of living and ultra smart forms for working. Across all products and segments, Packard Bell sets the standard for cool, design-driven technology. “We

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New Search Engine Oparla Launches With First Cash Draw For Users

Oparla, the all new search engine that pays users to surf the net, marked its launch this week with its first ever daily cash payout. The inaugural prize draw was made by the engine’s founder, British entrepreneur Daniel Jupp at Oparla headquarters in London and saw one registered user win a lump sum for choosing Oparla to find information online.

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PC World and TechGuys first to launch Intel Remote Assist Technology

PC World has today announced the launch of new Intel® Remote Assist Technology, available exclusively on its latest range of Advent PCs, including the massive spec Advent QC6003 and Advent QC8003. Called TechGuys Remote Assist, the new service is only available at PC World stores across the UK and online at www.pcworld.co.uk The 19″ Advent QC6003, (£579.99), has a really