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Happy New Year 2009

Tags: Opinion


31 Dec '08, 23:57


So here we are at the end of 2008, and this is my traditional last entry for the year. ...(cont)


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More nails in the coffin for DRM'd music

Tags: Music, Opinion


31 Dec '08, 18:05


The future of DRM protected music is increasingly in doubt. Not only have independent music specialists such as eMusic been offering MP3 downloads for a significant time, mainstream music is beginning to become available in the universal format through stores such as 7Digital, Amazon (which launched in the UK earlier this month) and Tesco Digital. ...(cont)


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Amazon MP3 and 64-bit Linux

Tags: Linux, Music, Ubuntu


05 Dec '08, 17:35


At long last Amazon has launched it's MP3 music store in the UK, providing more choice for DRM free music downloading (along with the likes of 7Digital and Play.com). ...(cont)


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Obama picked as 44th President

Tags: Politics


05 Nov '08, 18:53


Senator Barack Obama has been elected to become the 44th President of the United States of America, beating rival John McCain in the elections which took place yesterday. ...(cont)


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America Votes

Tags: Politics


04 Nov '08, 22:02


The inescapable news of the day (and for many days prior) is the elections taking place in the United States to choose a new President, members of the House of Representatives and a third of the House of the Senate. ...(cont)


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Gadget Show PMP Review

Tags: Gadgets, Technology, Television


08 Oct '08, 18:55


For the second time I feel compelled to write about a review broadcast on the TV tech programme The Gadget Show, which I believe was unfair. ...(cont)


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UK Government to Limit Browser Choice?

Tags: Internet, Politics


09 Sep '08, 20:21


The UK Government, in all it's (cough) wisdom, has published a draft outlining browser standards that public service sites must adhere to should it be ratified. All seems well and good, until reading the proposal which states that browsers with a market share of less than 2% need not be officially supported. ...(cont)


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Categorised Blog

Tags: This Website


26 Aug '08, 22:31


Eagle-eyed readers may have noted about 5 categories on the right side of the home page at www.bengamblin.com over the last few weeks. These were the precursors to a new categorising system that I have setup designed. ...(cont)


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Simplicity is...Ubuntu

Tags: Computers, Linux, Ubuntu


18 Aug '08, 22:42


As is pretty well established, I've been a Linux user for a while now and I've come to expect certain things of which one is whilst most things work, somethings can be a right pain in the derriere. Wireless networking has often been cited as a prime example of such headache inducing problems. ...(cont)


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New Digital Camera: Casio Exilim EX-Z1080

Tags: Photography


26 Jul '08, 21:52


With a holiday coming up, I decided I couldn't put up with marks on my pictures taken with my old Sony DSC-P200 digital camera. That's why today it got replaced. ...(cont)


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