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May 2009

Blogs

A tour of XP Mode

In an article I wrote about XP Mode, I said at the bottom that as soon as I could get my hands on the various bits of software, I would post. Slightly later than anticipated here we go. For the people out there who have yet to hear of the miracle that is XP Mode, you can think of it as an extension of Microsofts Virtual PC. As well as being an update to Virtual PC, it also has the added benefit of publishing apps installed on the virtual machine to the host. This means that if you have an application that is incompatible with Windows 7, you can still run it as if it were native. Still confused? Lets go through it.

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Review: Edifier Luna 5 iPod Speaker. A big sound from a big dock

If you want to hook up your MP3 player to a speaker set for a party, the main problem that you face is that most docks can be a little on the small side. They don’t quite give that ‘wow factor’ that you get from something you’d see a DJ carrying around on tour. Well, we’ve gotten our hands on the Edifier Luna 5 iPod Speaker, which first and foremost, is big enough to constitute a piece of furniture in its own right. But does its size correlate with its quality? Let’s find out.

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Gorillapod- a tripod, but bendier

Whats that in the trees? It looks like an alien from War of the Worlds, but no- it’s a Gorillapod!

The Gorillapod has flexible legs which wrap around poles, tree branches or even your arm, or can be posed at odd angles to make your camera stand level on uneven ground.

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Scary kids toy of the week- The Gloomy Bear Arm Pillow

Teddy bears. Say it and it conjures up cute fuzzy things that some women receive from their men on Valentines Day (I say some- I got ‘Lost Odyssey’ for the Xbox 360!). They normally have big eyes and an innate hugability. Except this one. Follow the link to the funny pulse website product page, and you’ll see the only product I can think of publicised with a cartoon of a pink bear savagely mauling a small child.

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iPlayer at 7 petabyte/month peak

When BBC’s iPlayer was announced in 2004, it was expected that trials of the software would completed by December 2005. By July 2007, Windows-only users were able to use the complicated iPlayer from a download.

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An absolute tech junky, I graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Computing and now live on the outskirts of Leeds working with you guessed it, Computers. I love all things gadgety but really dislike wires. For those of you who haven’t worked it out the name of the site is a combination of my nickname (Gaj) and the pronunciation ‘Gadget’.
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