Monthly Archives: September 2008

The ‘NEW’ MacBook Pro!

I was on Twitter yesterday when Cali Lewis; star of Geekbrief.tv, decided to send a message to her 19,000 Twitter followers.  Cali's message was simply: "Is this the new MacBook Pro?" - (with a link to a dodgy looking image) This is how the 'VIRAL PR' Apple are ...

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Patrick Norton says ‘don’t drink and drive!’

I am not usually a fan of sponsors messages.  In 99.9% of cases, for me, they often ruin programming. "When I'm listening to a 'tech podcast, I really don't want to be sold an audio book on a subject not related to tech and of zero interest to me." Some sponsors get it right However, I have just ...

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Google Chrome – Homepage and reload please!

So, Google Chrome launched last week to a predominantly positive reception. I like Chrome - but it needs work! I am not a fan of Google's 'near' monopoly of the search market - or the way their founders fly a private airliner all over the world talking about the environment - but I DO like Chrome! I even ...

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The new Apple iPod Nano

Everything announced by Apple today was so heavily leaked, there's no need to blog about it! Next!

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Ninety nine percent crap!

I saw a piece of technology marketing earlier today, which clearly demonstrated the power of a well-written marketing message and how smart tech companies are at manipulating figures! It was an advertisement for an Internet hosting company.  It makes what 'sounds' like a very positive statement; regarding the quality of their service - until you think ...

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Faceyourmanga.com is back

faceyourmanga.com has returned! Yeah, after going AWOL for around a week, everyone's favourite manga avatar website, faceyourmanga.com is back!  Yes, the website that spawned a million manga avatars on Twitter, Facebook (and my avatar for this blog) is back from the dead! We reported on the sites disappearance and have ...

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SPORE – The 1up.com landing page

If you cannot wait to get your hands on Will Wright's eagerly-awaited SPORE, this might help! It's the 1up.com Spore page; including a countdown clock to the release. Props to Garnett Lee and the 1up.com gang for a great landing page! There's also a nice

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Linking out for better SEO

If you have a website and you want to improve your search engine optimization, there's a chance you are not aware of the importance of linking OUT of your website! Linking out? Inbound links have long been established as a way to improve your search results.  However, as this

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Google Chrome Review – First impressions

Google Chrome - Fast, effectint, intuitive & a few beta issues too! As one of the first people to download today's release of Google Chrome; Google's new browser, I wanted to be one of the first to review ...

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Google Chrome Beta Available Here now!

Here's the link to the official Google Chrome download page! You can download Google Chrome now, here http://www.google.com/chrome Enjoy! TheTechNewsBlog (This is my first post using Google Chrome!)

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