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Amazon UK has gone aggressive and slashed the prices of some classic albums to just 29p in the UK this morning (48 cents) - resulting in a mass legal downloading spree.
Albums such as Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run, Prince Ultimate Greatest Hits, Coldplay Viva La Vida (Deluxe Edition), Led Zeppelin - Mothership, Norah Jones - [...]

Google has started rolling out a new payment plan for web publishers living outside the United States, and struggling to live with the almost daily declines of the US Dollar.
Adsense customers in Europe, Australia and Canada can now choose to have their earnings converted to their local currency on a daily basis. Google says they [...]

Despite my excitement and happiness with how Windows 7 is shaping up from Microsoft, I have finally taken the plunge and placed an order for an Apple Mac computer for the very first time in my life.
I opted for a 17″ MacBook Pro over the iMac and Mac Pro for reasons of portability. I am [...]

YouTube rolled out its April Fools’ prank early on Wednesday by turning videos and entire pages of content upside down.
The stunt demonstrates one of the few advantages of running an expensive, loss-making video streaming business: you can safely screw with the user experience without needing to worry about hurting non-existent revenues and the valued sponsor [...]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes the bubble is about to burst on Apple in a big way as the global economy continues to suffer a synchronized meltdown.
Apple has racked up some impressive sales numbers in recent years on the back of the success of its iPod and iPhone products in the consumer space. However, with [...]

It’s hard to believe that we’re in 2009 and 32 bit Microsoft Windows is still the dominant version of the operating system used in desktops and laptops everywhere. Almost 14 years ago have passed since Microsoft released its first consumer version of a 32 bit operating system in Windows ’95.
So the time has definitely long [...]

I finally got my hands on a beautiful new Samsung NC10 netbook computer on Friday.
This little 10.2″ netbook has been receiving rave reviews from technoligists and laptop experts alike. And it’s not difficult to see why. The netbook has a very elegant looking design, the display is impressive for its size, and the NC10 can [...]

British prime minister Gordon Brown has been quick to jump on the populist bandwagon and celebrate Barack Obama’s landslide election victory tonight in the US of A. The Scotsman congratulated his socialist friend on an “inspirational campaign, energising politics with his progressive values and his vision for the future”.
I have prepared an alternative statement that [...]

Linux enthusiast Gary Nielsen has listed a few reasons why his desktop is still running the Windows Vista operating system and not an Open Source alternative.
His top reason really goes back to my most recent post on this subject: Why Linux will always be stuck in the minority. (lack of good commercial software on the [...]

It appears as if Chris Pirillo’s year-long Apple love-affair is finally over.
Having invested a small fortune in buying practically every Apple product over the course of the last several months, Pirillo has slammed the firm’s 3G phone device as the worst phone ever.
Pirillo wrote on Twitter: “iPhone 3G is *THE* worst phone I’ve ever owned [...]