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A Counterfeit Microsoft DVD Crops Up Again

Another Counterfeit Microsoft DVD Remember how a few days ago I told you how I found I had a counterfeit Microsoft DVD. (See that post here). Well another one bought from another Amazon re-seller has proved to be counterfeit. It’s one I bought to install on the computers of a friend soon after I bought the first […]
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Published on:

5 January 2012

CATEGORIES:

Computers, Current, Software

TAGS:

counterfeit DVD, Microsoft, Office Pro 2010, Windows
They Monitor Mobile Phone Movements To Improve Customer Service

This was brought to light by APEX NEWS on 4th January 2012 as follows: One of the signs at the Princesshay shopping centre in Exeter informing shoppers that their mobile phones are being monitored. The popular shopping centre has been accused of using Big Brother tactics after it was revealed it was using stealth technology […]
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Published on:

5 January 2012

CATEGORIES:

Mobile Phones, Outdated

TAGS:

car park, CCTV, mobile, phone, shopping
Bonobo Chimp Lights Fire and Cooks On It

Bonobo Chimp Lights Fire! Kanzi a Bonobo chimp lights fire AND cooks on it! Isn’t it amazing what apes can do these days. I’d like to see a video. Click here to see still photos of Kanzi, the Bonobo chimp, on the Telegraph website. I particularly liked this comment on photo 10 “An old Congolese tribal legend […]
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Published on:

31 December 2011

CATEGORIES:

Current, Fauna, Mammals, Natural World, Primates

TAGS:

ape, ape lights fire, bonobo, chimpanzee, fire, primate
My Office Pro 2010 DVD’s Counterfeit

Introduction Well, after 13 years on the Internet it looks like I have eventually been stung. I just found my Office Pro 2010 DVD’s counterfeit after two years. It looked fine and installed well on two PC’s (the package declares it is suitable for three PC’s) and it was activated on those two PC’s in August 2010. It was purchased from […]
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Published on:

30 December 2011

CATEGORIES:

Computers, Current, Software

TAGS:

counterfeit DVD, Microsoft, Office Pro 2010, Windows
Stig of Bus Drivers In Saltburn-By-The-Sea

Stig of Bus Drivers Controls The X4 This must be the Stig of bus drivers getting his bus up this steep hill in one go without sliding all over the place. He did it in these snowy winter conditions on 9th November 2010. This is miraculous driving of the X4 service single deck bus shown here going up […]
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28 December 2011

CATEGORIES:

Amusement, Current, Human Interests, Travel

TAGS:

bus driver, Saltburn, Stig, Teeside, video, Winter, X4, youtube
iPods Magically Used In A TED Lecture

The Magic of Truth & Lies on iPods From Marco Tempest This video shows Marco Tempest conjuring with three iPods. He does it synchronised with the images on their screens to make it look as if those images move from one phone’s screen to another. Occasionally he introduces some real artefacts into the process so it […]
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12 October 2011

CATEGORIES:

Amusement, Current, TED Lectures

TAGS:

iPod, magic, Marco Tempest, TED
Bike Riding Robots Are Helped By Gyroscopes & Cameras

Watch This Video of Bike Riding Robots Watch Murata Girl and Murata Boy. They use stabilizing gyroscopes and camera technology developed by Murata Manufacturing, a Japanese electronic components company. These are bike riding robots which perform some amazing riding skills without falling off their bikes. Murata Girl is the one on the monocycle. Near the end of the video Murata […]
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Published on:

11 September 2011

CATEGORIES:

Computers, Current, Electrical/Electronic, Innovation, Mechanical

TAGS:

gyroscope, Murata Boy, Murata Girl, robot

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