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Welcome
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About
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Welcome to DigitalOutbox
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A podcast all about digital technology - computing, gadgets, gaming
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UK based podcast with a real world take on the digital trends
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Title Music
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Original music by Paul Fernihough - contact via twittter
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News
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Warner Suspends Free Streaming Services
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Warner music will not continue to licence free streaming services.
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Not clear whether this affects existing licences with Spotify / Last.fm etc.
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CNET UK report Warner bands include "Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Talib Kweli, Green Day, Biffy Clyro, Marina and the Diamonds, and that nice Michael Bubble. Warners stalwarts Metallica already refuse to stream their music, the grumpy gets."
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Warner Music want to see subscription models. They don't like downloads or add supported free services which they see as not returning enough money. They believe a subscription model could reach a far wider audience than downloads... even for people not interested in buying music....
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Google Social Circle
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If you have a Google profile and are logged in, search results form social circle now displayed at bottom of first page of search results
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If you link google profile to twitter, flickr, tumblr etc then you are linked to direct contacts and secondary contacts
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Google dipping another toe into social networking
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Google Buzz
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Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting
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Built into gMail
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Key feature #1: Auto-following
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Key feature #2: Rich, fast sharing experience
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Key feature #3: Public and private sharing
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Key feature #4: Inbox integration
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Key feature #5: Just the good stuff
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Buzz integrates tightly with your existing Gmail inbox, so you're sure to see the stuff that matters most as it happens in real time
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On your phone, Google Buzz is much more than just a small screen version of the desktop experience. Mobile devices add an important component to sharing: location.
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Webapp for android and iphone
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Facebook in gmail or is it more like Friendfeed?
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We've relied on other services' openness in order to build Buzz (you can connect Flickr and Twitter from Buzz in Gmail), and Buzz itself is not designed to be a closed system
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Any item in Buzz can become a conversation.
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Will be rolled out to gmail users across the world in the next few days
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Google Buzz was presented as a destination site, but a look at its APIs and developer roadmap indicate that it may actually intend to be a platform - the central hub for a world of distributed social networking
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Google to roll out high speed fibre network
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Up to 1gbps at prices US are used to paying for normal BB
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Are we scared of Google yet :) Google Earth less of an application, more of a mission statement.
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UK Videogames Sales Drop
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Over-the-counter unit sales of console games were down six per cent compared to 2008's figure.
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Sales of games for handheld devices dropped a whopping 25 per cent, according to GfK Chart-Track.
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partly due to last year’s 62 per cent drop in PlayStation 2 game sales.
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(Yes but you can buy 8 PS2 games at £5 compared to 1 PS3/Xbox360 game at £40. No wonder unit sales are down. Revenue's still quite healthy - Henry)
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software sales for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were up last year, while Wii game sales were down about ten per cent on 2008.
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Console sales dipped by 24 per cent between 2008 and 2009
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Glitch
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Glitch is a massively-multiplayer game, playable in the browser and built in the spirit of the web.
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The game will launch by the end of 2010
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From co-founder of flickr
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It's all one big world. Which means everyone is playing the same game and anyone's actions have the ability to affect every other player in the game.
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Looks like they are trying for humour angle, Monty Python'esque
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Why all the buzz over this - because of Flickr angle?
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iMac Update
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Another 27in graphics fix which finally fix graphic flicker
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The Apple Discussions forum on the topic now has some 271 pages (up from 191 a couple weeks ago) of comments/complaints and over 500,000 views (up from 400,000 a few weeks ago). It has more views than all the other threads combined — by far.
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Refund + 15% in UK for 27" iMac owners
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Opera Mini for iPhone
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To be previewed next week
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We plan to reveal Opera Mini for iPhone in an exclusive press and partner preview during the 2010 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona
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Will it appear in the App Store?
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SeeSaw
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Invites now going out
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TV from BBC, C4, C5
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Limited range, not new progs
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Adverts before watching
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So so quality
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Can't see why I'd use this over iPlayer or 4OD - less ad's on 4OD for same content
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Looking to add more content through the year, mulling over subscription model
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TV Gorge
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Watch TV Online
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Streams 120+ TV shows
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No geo lock
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All 24 seasons for example
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Quality a bit low
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Illegal and now no longer streaming any TV
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Links to fileshare sites instead
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Oh dear
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Vodafone does a Ratner
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On Twitter Vodafone tweets.....is fed up of dirty homo’s and is going after beaver
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Were they hacked?
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No, employee got access to the stream and tweeted
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In reply to horrified customers, We're really sorry. A severe breach of rules by staff in our building, dealing with that internally. Please keep your faith in us.
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Picks
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Shakeel
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TripIt
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Great free travel app for iPhone and website
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forward your individual trip detail confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com and your whole trip, from flight, car hire and hotel details are saved so all the details can be viewed and accessed from one location.
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very useful for frequent flyers/travellers
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TripIt Pro - 30 day free trial, $69 per year
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Ian
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Movist
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Alternative to VLC
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Minimal UI but poor icon
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Excellent keyboard support
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fast and great file support
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Movist it’s a beautiful, minimal player, with great support for codecs and, most of all, huge room for improvement.
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Virtual Revolution
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4 part series on the internet and web
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First two parts have been excellent
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Catch series on iPlayer
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Web site allows you to view episodes, clips, twitter and flickr feeds, blog - very nice
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Henry
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Inkscape
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Opensource drawing package
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Cross platform
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Scalable Vector Graphics
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Excellent free tool
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Chris
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AnyDVD
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From Slysoft
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79 Euros
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Enables copying of copy protected content you own.
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Also enables region free viewing.
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Once copy protection removed, use Handbrake to encode video from DVD
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Feedback
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Close
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Contact the Contributors
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Ian
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Ian's personal blog
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Follow Ian on Twitter
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Facebook
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Shakeel
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Shakeel's personal blog
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Follow Shakeel on Twitter
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Facebook
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Chris
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Chris's personal blog
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Follow Chris on Twitter
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Henry
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Henry's personal blog
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Follow Henry on Twitter
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