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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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Digital Britain Amendment
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Drafted on Tuesday, Clause 18 will allow courts to grant injunctions against websites that aid copyright infringement. That sounds fine, I hear you say - well not when a website can be targeted based on "a location on the internet which the court is satisfied has been, is being or is likely to be [italics mine] used for or in connection with an activity that infringes copyright".
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Yes people, Clause 18 proposes does indeed propose that courts should be allowed to bring injunctions against websites that do not, but that may in the future be used for copyright infringement. So that's innocent until proven, oh hang on...
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Bloody Mandelson
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Newzbin loses court case
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Newzbin, a website which indexed Usenet files, but did not host them, has been found liable for copyright infringement by the High Court of Justice in London .
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Newzbin was a members-only website and had turnover of more than £1m in 2009. It provided members with a search engine for Usenet groups. Precise terms of the judgement are still to be decided, but the site is unlikely to continue in its current form.
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What next?
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Flash Player to be bundled with Google Chrome
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Adobe has announced that its Flash Player will be included with future versions of Google Chrome right out the gate
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Furthermore, updates to Flash Player will be delivered directly via Google Chrome’s updating system, ultimately minimizing security risks that tend to surface when using outdated software and components
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In addition, Adobe says it is working with Mozilla and Google and the “broader community” to create a new API for browser plugins.
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This new API, which will build off Mozilla’s NPAPI, which has been designed from the start to be both operating system and browser neutral.
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In essence, the goal of the new API is to allow plugins to more tightly integrate with host browsers, which in turn should benefit users in terms of performance and security.
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Is this a setback for HTML5?
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Seems to fly in the face of latest Google developments - is it to slapdown Apple and the growing movement against Flash with Apple products?
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Also part of Chrome OS - We plan to bring these benefits to Chrome users across all platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, and Google Chrome OS
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Wolfram Alpha Admits Mistake
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Mobile site is back
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iPhone app from $50 to $1.99
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Issues a refund to everyone who has bought the app at the dearer price
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iPad
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Reviews are in, universal praise apart from Flash and lack of camera
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Walt Mosberg
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David Pogue
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Stephen Fry
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Andy Ihnatko
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Stephen Fry met Steve Jobs
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I have met five British Prime Ministers, two American Presidents, Nelson Mandela, Michael Jackson and the Queen. My hour with Steve Jobs certainly made me more nervous than any of those encounters.
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In the design department, Jobs saw the work of a young Briton called Jonathan Ive and asked for a meeting. Ive, underused and ignored for a year, turned up with a resignation letter tucked into the back pocket of his jeans. He left with instructions to unleash his talent. The result was the iMac
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[On leaving Apple:] Is this then the curtain dropping on your third act?" I ask. "Will you perhaps leave Apple on this high, a fitting end to your career here?" "I don't think of my life as a career," he says. "I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That's not a career — it's a life!
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Battery life is at least if not slightly more than 10 hours which is very impressive
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Some great apps
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Flight COntrol HD, Instapaper Pro, Articles, Things for iPad, Nat Geo World Atlas, Elements a visual exploration, Civ Revoluiton, Wall Street Journal, Geometry Wars Touch, Weather HD, Netflix, iDisplay
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See Gizmodo list
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Popular Science
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Many sites now moving to HTML5 support just for iPad
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Rumour - April 24th for UK
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Ian - will probably pick one up - fool
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Picks
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Ian
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Screen Sharing Menulet
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Free for Macs
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Real-time search for available local and Back to My Mac hosts.
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Option to enter custom non-local hosts.
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Great tool - very handy for quickly connecting and screen sharing with other Macs
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Henry
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Focus Booster
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Free cross platform help to help you get things done
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Designed based on Pomodro technique
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Very helpful and implemented well via Adobe Air
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Chris
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Google reader Play
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Google Reader Play a new way to browse interesting stuff on the web. It's super easy to use - after you've read an item, just click the next arrow to move to the next one.
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Let us know which stuff you enjoy by clicking the "like" button, and we'll use that info to show you more stuff that you'll like.
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Includes the most popular items on the web
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Contact the Contributors
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Ian
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Ian's personal blog
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Shakeel
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Shakeel's personal blog
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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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