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  • WoW: Cataclysm – Guild Leveling and Talents

    Hi everyone, Following up from my post on World of Warcraft: Cataclysm being announced, I thought I’d expand on some of the new guild features. In this post, I’ll specifically be touching on the subject of Guild Leveling and Talent Points. Guilds will level up similar to the way players... (more...)

  • Ulduar: Flame Leviathan Easy Mode.

    Since the release of Ulduar back in World of Warcraft patch 3.1, I’ve come across a lot of people, both in Guilds, and in PUGS, that don’t know you can activate Flame Leviathan in “Easy Mode” (that is, starting it so you don’t need to destroy all the towers to disable them). These... (more...)

  • World of Warcraft: Cataclysm announced!

    Blizzard have announced their next exciting World of Warcraft expansion pack – “World of Warcraft: Cataclysm” packed full of exciting new content! From new zones, to new raid encounters, to reworks of the classic zones, including Flying in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms and a full... (more...)

  • Burger King “Mens Fragrance”

    Fast food chain Burger King has released a men’s fragrance with a scent of meat. The fragrance, called “Flame” is described by the company as “the scent of seduction, with a hint of flame-broiled meat” The fragrance is on sale in New York for $3.99 (£2.65) or is available... (more...)

  • Youtube moves to widescreen!

    Youtube recently announced they would be changing the size and aspect ratio of the standard video player on their site. We’re expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to watch them. This new, wider player is in... (more...)

Cyberduck

Jamie On June - 6 - 2006

Cyberduck is an open source FTP solution for Macintosh’s OSX, featuring a beautifully polished design that anyone will love, along with handy OSX tools integrated, such as Spotlight and Keychains.
Cyberduck is an open source FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser licenced under the GPL with an easy to use interface, integration with external [...]

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Windows Live OneCare

Jamie On June - 5 - 2006

Windows OneCare, the all in one security program for Windows XP, has been released out of beta and renamed to Windows Live OneCare, following Microsofts trend of adding Live to all of their next generation products.
Introducing Windows Live OneCare, the new all-in-one, always-on PC care service from Microsoft. It works quietly in the background on [...]

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Introducing the MacBook

Jamie On May - 17 - 2006

Today, Apple unveiled the MacBook, completing the PowerPC to Intel transition, with the exception of the PowerMac which we are still waiting for.
Sporting either a 1.83 or 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, the MacBooks are available in both black and white. They feature a built in iSight camera, and a glossy (ohh ) [...]

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Yes, yes.. it’s true. SkypeOut, a service offered by Skype, is now free. This means that for FREE, you can call anyone in the United States & Canda for absolutely free. There is no credit card required, subscription, fees, nothing. You simply download Skype, and start calling. There are absolutely no strings attached whatsoever.
Start calling [...]

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macsupport.ca had posted a tip on their website that tells you how to select your boot device on your Mac using the included remote control. I personally find this rather pointless, seeing as you must get up, turn it on, get the remote, and go back to where you want to choose it, but it’s [...]

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See the World Through the Eyes of a Baby

Jamie On May - 12 - 2006

A group of visual researchers have came up with a way to see images the way that babys see them the first few weeks of their life.
In the first few months of life your child sees the world very differently to you. For the first time ever, using the Tiny Eyes engine, you can see [...]

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One of the coolest OSX shortcuts I’ve found over my searches is definitely Command-Shift-4. By pressing this combination of keys, an your cursor will turn into an arrow which allows you to take a screenshot of just the area you selected with the arrow. See the image for more information. I just tried it [...]

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A user on Digg had posted a method to get music from MyBloop.com for free. MyBloop.com allows users to have unlimited storage for their files and music. This workaround to get music from their servers will not last long because it should be considered a bug, so take advantage of it while you can!
The original [...]

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Awesome 1000 song iPod phone hack

Jamie On April - 27 - 2006

Over at tuaw, I read about a hack for iTunes Phones that enables you to up the song limit to 500, and thougt that some of you with these phones would be interested in hearing about it.
In order to do this, you only need a few things. You’ll need a Windows PC (or Bootcamp on [...]

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