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Microsoft Office 2007 - Beta 2

It’s been available for a few days now, but I’ve only just got round to installing it.
Those who want to have a read about it and see what it has to offer, head over to the Official Office 2007 Preview Site.
Those of you who want to download the Beta 2 and try it […]

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Processor Wars: Intel Strikes Back!

Intel’s new desktop processor; Core 2, codenamed Conroe is almost upon us, and this time around, we should certainly take note.
With AMD reigning supreme in the performance stakes for the past few years, it was merely a matter of time before Intel presented something to make us all give an ooooh and an aaaah.
That time […]

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I’ve got a new phone!

Picked up the Nokia N80 yesterday, and have had a lot of fun playing with it so far.

I’ve upgraded to this from my previous phone, a Sony Ericsson W800i. Although the W800i was a very cool looking phone, it wasn’t much more than that.
The N80 on the other hand does just about […]

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Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference

Here we are then, last but not least, Microsoft take the stage.
Headed by Peter Moore their show covered a whole host of topics, ranging from games, peripherals, developers, windows vista, mobile gaming and more.

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Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference

Nintendo didn’t do just a press conference this morning in LA, they put on a show, and what a show it was. It began with an orchestra, of the animated kind. The composer dictating with nothing less than the Wii remote, naturally.
After the magnificent introduction, Nintendo went about outlining their plans for the future of […]

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Sony’s E3 Press Conference

I watched Sony’s Press Conference at E3 last night, and I watched with a lot of anticipation. For a long while now, the PS3 has been talked about as the machine of all machines.
After so much hype, one couldn’t help but feel a little underwhelmed over what they had to show.
The show did begin with […]

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Alton Towers

I totally forgot to post about this! I went to Alton Towers the Monday before last (April 24th), with Dal (my sister) and Rum (my brother in law).
I try to go to Alton Towers at least once a year, it’s one of my favourite places in the UK! The last time I went with […]

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Time to give my PC a rebuild

I ordered myself a copy of Windows XP Media Center Edition, and it’s due to arrive in the post today.
It’s been a long long time since I last reformated my PC, but I think it really could do with one.
It’ll take me a few hours to backup everything, and a few hours to […]