Happy Birthday Google!

Google turned 11 years old today, Sunday 27th September, and in true Google style their logo got cleverly tweaked to mark the occasion: Although Google have used this date as their birthdate for several years now, their FAQ had the following to say: “Google opened its doors in September 1998. The...

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Make a difference and Go Green with Nokia Green Explorer

Want to make a difference to your world by "going green"? Well Nokia are now making it easier to be green with their new "Green Explorer" initiative. Green Explorer provides a shared resource for advice from all around the world, on how to live greener and travel cleaner. People are now able to share...

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Is Lily Allen calling it quits?

Rumours are out that Lilly Allen has hung up her microphone, at least for now. According to a post on her recently-launched anti-piracy blog at http://idontwanttochangetheworld.blogspot.com/, Allen had the following to say: "Just so you know, I have not renegotiated my record contract and have...

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Pump up your storage with Green Power from Western Digital

It's all about data nowadays - music, videos, photos, audio streaming... you name it, it's out there, and the more you collect, the less space you have available on your PC. So why not go REALLY BIG with one of Western Digital's Green Power 3.5" Hard Drives - available in 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB sizes,...

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Altech and Seacom announce strategic bandwidth alliance to facilitate cheaper, faster broadband in South Africa

This is something of interest to the tech-heads out there (and indeed any South African who uses the internet!) - JSE listed Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) and SEACOM, last week announced their strategic alliance for the mutual acquisition of bandwidth capacity on two cable systems....

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Sampling.. the lazy way to make music

When last did you hear a track on the radio and think to yourself: "Hey I know that tune...!", only to be horrified when you hear the new lyrics of the song, which have simply been pasted over the original tune... To make matters worse, the new artist then claims the track as their own, and makes whackloads...

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Winston the pigeon vs. Telkom... what's your take?

So by now you have probably all heard about the much publicized Pigeon Race 2009, where Winston the pigeon took on our beloved Telkom, and won by rather a large margin. If not, go check it out at http://pigeonrace2009.co.za. The race started in Howick, where 4GB of data was sent over an ADSL...

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And now for something completely different...

I came across some incredible landscape photography at http://www.aurelm.com/. Great for your PC desktop - when you are having a stressful afternoon just minimize all your windows and daydream for a while! ...

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TED - Ideas worth spreading

Ever heard of TED? No, I don't mean the guy next door or the Transvaal Education Department... I am referring to http://www.ted.com/:- in short http://www.ted.com/ broadcasts "Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world", to quote their site directly. It is well worth a visit to...

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Western Digital Passport External Hard Drives - get yours now!

Running out of space on your PC, laptop or Mac? Maybe it's time to get rid of some of the clutter and archive some of your work... Well help is at hand - enter the WD Passport series of external hard drives. Plenty of storage space in a compact and stylish package. Making use of your USB port...

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Nokia to release next Firmware update for the N97

One of my biggest reasons for supporting Nokia is the fact that they listen to their customers, by releasing frequent software updates for their new phones. Barely a month after the 12.0.0.24 update for the N97, a new one is in the pipeline for October '09, and it is being punted as quite...

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Old vs. New...

I received this amazing photo in my inbox this morning. Not sure if it has been Photoshopped, but it is awesome nonetheless! The cute dog seems a bit bored, mind you....

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Some little known features of the Nokia N97

So you have read up on the Nokia N97, checked it out on http://www.gsmarena.com/, and you are pretty clued up on all the bells and whistles that it packs. Until you actually use the phone, however, there are some nifty features hidden away deep under that sturdy exterior that you may never know about: - to silence an incoming call, alert or alarm, simply flip the phone over to face down. The built-in...

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Powerline - setup a LAN without any of the cabling hassles...

So you want to setup a LAN at your home or office... You don't want to go to the trouble of drilling holes, balancing precariously in the ceiling, getting pretty dirty, burning your skin off on the glue gun etc... you get the idea! You also can't use Wireless because the walls are too thick, you have multiple levels / storeys etc... again, you get the idea! Enter Powerline - something I only...

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well what can I say?

So here goes my first post on the new Nybbles and Bytes Blog... Up until now I had a blog running at http://nybblesandbytes.weebly.com/blog-it.html where I chatted about various IT-related things:- PC's, cellphones, software, networks etc. etc. So I will try pick up here where I left off there - not that I had a huge following on my old Blog! Wish me luck.. ...

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