Monthly Archives: August 2008

No upgrade for my Nokia N95

So, earlier today – exactly 18-months after buying my Nokia N95, it was time to upgrade my phone. I thought long and hard about this and decided; ya know what – I’m gonna keep it!  That’s right, after a year and a half of stunning pictures and video from the N95′s 5-megapixel camera, excellent built-in…

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Molly Wood is looking great!

I just saw the super-talented Molly Wood on Twitter and couldn’t help noticing how fantastic she is looking these days!  To see what I mean, just take a look at the picture on the left and then compare it to Molly’s new Twitter picture on the bottom right.  Molly – you look great! Molly, who…

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Get yourself a FREE manga avatar

How would you like to have a cool, free manga style avatar for; your blog, Myspace, Skype or Facebook etc?  Well, now you can – thanks to a free, easy to use avatar building site called faceyourmanga.com The website is really easy to use and the quality of the avatars are surprisingly good – though…

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Cranky Geeks – Highly Recommended!

This week, thetechnewsblog gives its highly recommended award to. . . Cranky Geeks! When it comes to ‘tech news reporting, John C Dvorak is a legend.  Seriously, this guy was reporting on ‘tech news before many of his present day counterparts were even born! I think that Dvoraks’ deep knowledge of the technology business, and…

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Natali Del Conte – Too busy for Twitter?

Natali Del Conte DELETES most of her viewers & fans from Twitter! Natali Del Conte recently decided to make her busy life a little easier!  The talented star of CNET’s ‘Loaded‘, decided to follow fewer people on Twitter.  After all, Natali Del Conte is a very hot prospect right now and is deservedly breaking into…

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Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott Leo Laporte

TWiT’s Windows Weekly – A Review OVERVIEW Windows Weekly is a podcast (or netcast) show on Leo Laporte’s TWiT Network, where Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott discuss ‘all things Microsoft’ (not Windows).  Subjects covered range from Xbox and the Zune to Microsoft Office, Mesh and (of course) Windows.  The shows can range in length from…

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Cuil is not so cool

In case you have not heard, there’s (yet) another ‘Google-beater‘ search engine on the block.  What am I referring to?  www.cuil.com of course! How cool is Cuil? I REALLY wanted to like Cuil (pronounced cool).  I wanted there to be a serious contender to the Google search engine crown, because the marketplace ALWAYS does better…

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Microsoft Midori

According to The SD Times website the Microsoft Midori OS is a step closer to your PC! Microsoft Midori? Microsoft Midori is being developed in a bid to totally move away from a Windows based OS.  Apparently, Microsoft Midori (not Windows Midori), is going to be far leaner than Vista and Internet focused.  It is…

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Patrick Norton – Time to show him some love!

Patrick Norton Today, thetechnewsblog wants to ‘show some love’ to Patrick Norton – one of the coolest and most professional people in the ‘Tech industry! If you don’t already know who Patrick Norton is, you probably should not be reading a ‘tech news blog.  The rest of you will know Patrick Norton as one of…

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